Lyr Req: songs about hot dogs

Subject: Lyr Add: HOT DOG (Leon Eason)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 13 Nov 24 - 03:59 PM

You can hear this at the Internet Archive:


HOT DOG
(McAllister-Eason)
As recorded by Leon Eason with Red Lincoln’s Madcaps, on Whirlaway 75-3, 1948.

(Hot dog!) Ain’t they very good?
(Hot dog!) Get twelve if I could.
(Hot dog!) They taste like chicken stew,
With the mustard and the relish and the pickles too.
(Hot dog!) Put one in the pot.
(Hot dog!) Kill it when it good and hot.
(Hot dog!) They taste like chicken stew,
With the mustard and the relish and the pickles too.
I want soda,
Nice an’ col’-a.
I don’t want vanilla, lemon, or lime—
Anything I can get for a dime.
(Hot dog!) Fit for king and queen.
(Hot dog!) Yes, they are supreme.
(Hot dog!) They taste like chicken stew,
With the mustard and the relish and the pickles too.

Gi’ me one.
Gi’ me two.
Gi’ me one, two, three, four.
Last hot dog!

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There is another recording by the Ray-O-Vacs, with vocal by Harry Lester, on IRegent 1039-B, from 1951, at the Internet Archive. The words vary a bit from the one above, but they are hard to understand.

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The following version is clearer, also at the Internet Archive:


HOT DOG
As recorded by Taps Miller on Ronnex 1024, 1953.

Hot dogs! Ain’t they very good?
Hot dogs! Yes, they very good.
Hot dog! It’s always understood
I want the mustard and the relish and the pickles too.
Hot dog! Ain’t they very good?
Hot dog! Yes, they very good.
Hot dog! It’s always understood
I want the mustard and the relish and the pickles too.
I want a soda,
Oh, nice an’ col’-a.
I don’t want strawberry, lemon, or lime.
Somethin’ else is on my min’.
Hot dogs! They good for kings and queens.
Hot dogs ain’t beyond your means.
Hot dogs really are supreme
With the mustard and the relish and the pickles too.

(Hot dog!) Take one from the pot
(Hot dog!) They are killer when they’re good and hot.
(Hot dog!) Give me all you got
With the mustard and the relish and the pickles too.
(Hot dog!) You better give me three
(Hot dog!) No, that’s not enough for me.
(Hot dog!) Oh, they taste like chicken stew,
With the mustard and the relish and the pickles too.
I want a soda,
Oh, nice an’ col’-a.
I don’t want strawberry, lemon, or lime.
Somethin’ else is on my min’
Hot dogs, they good for kings and queens.
Hot dogs ain’t beyond your means.
Hot dogs really are supreme
With the mustard and the relish and the pickles too.

Subject: Lyr Add: HOT DOG RAG (Osborne-Prince-Rogers)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 14 Nov 24 - 12:07 PM

My transcription has one gap where I found the words unintelligible. From the Internet Archive.


HOT DOG RAG
(Osborne-Prince-Rogers)
As recorded by Ruby Wright on King 15210, 1952.

There is a gent that plays pianna
In a juke in old Savannah,
Mister Hot Dog Jones,
And when he starts a-plink-a-plunkin’,
All the folks a-honky-tonkin’
Want to shake their bones.
It’s such a tantalizin’ hypnotizin’
Pulverizin’ harmonizin’
Rag-time kind o’ jag,
When he plays that hot dog rag.

And when you’re under his spell,
The only thing you can do is yell:
“Hot dog!”
He plays a jiggly beat
That puts the wiggly in your feet.
Hot dog!
So bring your sweetie along
And you can never go wrong,
Because you’ll have her in the bag
When she hears that hot dog rag.

So if you’re ever in Savannah,
Come and hear him play pianna,
Mister Hot Dog Jones.
Brother, I ain’t tryin’ to ——(?).
Just remember what I said
When you hear his tones.
It’s such a fascinatin’ jubilatin’
Aggravatin’ sycopatin’
Ragtime kind o’ jag
When you hear that hot dog rag.

When he plays that ever-lovin’ hot dog rag.

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Various discographies say this song was also recorded by
Richard Hayes, on Mercury 70110, 1953.
Red Foley with Owen Bradley and His Ragland Band, on Decca 9-28759, 1953.
The Claviolines, on Decca F.10076,

Subject: Lyr Add: SAM THE HOT DOG MAN (Lil Johnson)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 17 Nov 24 - 01:57 PM

From the recording at the Internet Archive:


SAM THE HOT DOG MAN
As recorded by Lil Johnson on Vocalion 03241, 1936.

I’m goin’ down south in Alabam’,
Lookin’ for a man by the name of Sam.
He’s got good hot dog.
Oh, he’s got good hot dog.
Oh, he’s got good hot dog, honey, in his hot dog stand.

You can drink your coffee, eat your jelly roll,
But if you take Sam’s hot dog, it’ll satisfy your soul,
’Cause he’s got good hot dog.
Oh, he’s got good hot dog.
Oh, he’s got good hot dog, honey, in his hot dog stand.

Sam makes a-plenty o’ money and spends it fast.
Women don’t do nothin’ but sit on they yas-yas-yas
And wait for Sam’s hot dog.
Oh, and wait for Sam’s hot dog.
Oh, they wait for Sam’s hot dog, honey, in his hot dog stand

SPOKEN: Yes, he’s got good hot dog.
I don’t mean no weenie.

Sam got the best hot dog in this town.
I like the way he serves it; he goes round and round
Baby, with his hot dog.
Baby, with his hot dog.
Baby, with his hot dog, honey, in his hot dog stand.

When you get enough hot dog, stop and rest it awhile
If you want any mo’, Sam’ll serve you with a smile,
Baby, with his hot dog.
Baby, with his hot dog.
Baby, with his hot dog, honey, in his hot dog stand.

He’s at my house last night and brought me one.
I want about his hot dog, the son of a gun.
I want about his hot dog.
I want about his hot dog.
Oh, I want about his hot dog, honey, in his hot dog stand.

Late last night bout half past twelve,
Women shouted Sam; they was raisin’ hell
Just about his hot dog.
Just about his hot dog.
Just about his hot dog, honey, in his hot dog stand.

Subject: Lyr Add: HOT DOG JOE
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 18 Nov 24 - 12:11 PM

I find this song very appealing, but parts of it were unintelligible; they are represented by ellipses (...). From the recording at the Internet Archive.


HOT DOG JOE
(Alexander - Graham)
As recorded by Van Alexander And His Orchestra with vocal by Butch Stone, on Variety 8082, 1939.

Now, I know a man sells a certain kind o’ meat.
You’ll find him on the corner, well, most any street.
He’ll be there in the rain; yes, he’ll be there in the snow.
Ev’rybody knows it’s Hot Dog Joe.

Hot Dog and me, we went to diff’rent schools together.
Now I’m playin’ with ...; he’s prob’ly doin’ better.
If there’s any ...
But there’s one sure way to find him....

When you hear ... Hot Dog Joe,
It’s never a ... charge, you know.
He’s out in the open wherever you go.
Oh, yeah! Hot Dog Joe!

Introduce ... Hot Dog Joe.
He eats ’em himself and he ain’t thin.
He’s paid off a nickel but that ain’t thin.
Oh, yeah! Hot Dog Joe!

Do like yours with sauerkraut?
Or do you like yours just plain without?
If you have the slightest doubt,
Wienerschnitzel! Well, shut my mouth!

If you want to find romance, go down to big ol’ Joe.
Just bring ’long your sweetie; you don’t need much dough.
It’s better than goin’ to a vaudeville show—
Oh, yeah! Hot Dog Joe!

(Hot dog! Hot dog! Hot dog! Hot dog!)

[Spoken, with Yiddish accent:]
Say how much costing one o’ these ... blintzes, Hot Dog Joe?
You say it’s not kosher? So who’s gonna know?
You shred it out with cabbage and it wouldn’t show.
Hoy hoy! Blintzer Joe!

(Hot dog! Hot dog! Hot dog! Hot dog!)

[Spoken, with Italian accent:]
Here’s something’ll make you grow into a big ...
He’s a ...
If’n you don’t wanta believe, ask-a Luigi, Giusepp’, Frances’.
Come stai, paesan’? ...

Do like yours with sauerkraut?
Or do you like yours just plain without?
If you have the slightest doubt,
It’s a ...! Well, knock me out!

Hot Dog Joe.
There’s never a ... charge, you know.
He’s out in the open wherever you go.
Oh, yeah! Hot Dog Joe!

Now, I don’t need Sam, the vegetable man.
I don’t need Tony, who sells spumoni.
I don’t need Jake, who bakes a cake.
I’m talkin’ ’bout my goo-goo-goo-goo-good friend, Hot Dog Joe!

Oh, boy! I mean Hot Dog Joe!