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Lyr Req: songs about hot dogs

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Subject: Lyr Req: song about hot dogs
From: GUEST
Date: 21 Sep 03 - 10:03 AM

need lyrics to a song about hot dogs other than the oscar myer song


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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: song about hot dogs
From: GUEST
Date: 21 Sep 03 - 11:38 AM

Commercial jingle from the western US, circa 1970's

Hot Dogs, Armour Hot Dog
What kind of kids eat Armour Hot Dogs
Fat kids, skinny kids, kids who climb on rocks
--------kids, ------------- kids, even kids with chicken pox
Eat Hot Dogs, Armour Hot Dogs,
The dogs kids love to bite.


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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: song about hot dogs
From: wysiwyg
Date: 21 Sep 03 - 11:45 AM

Here is one that is close, and adaptable, or can be parodied:

DER DEITCHER'S DOG

~Susan


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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: song about hot dogs
From: wysiwyg
Date: 21 Sep 03 - 12:00 PM

Well, I forgot, I actually wrote one awhile back, BUILT FOR FLAVOR.

Then there's Move It on Over by Hank Williams. Each verse ends with a reference to a different "better dog," and it closes with this verse:

Remember pup, before you whine
That side's yours and this side's mine
So shove it on over (move it on over)
Sweep it on over (move it on over)
Move over cold dog cause a hot dog's moving in



The Boy Scouts have a cheer/yell... Cheers, Yells, and Applauses
Compiled by Daniel R. Mott District 23 Roundtable Staff.

Applause stunts are a great way to recognize a person or den/patrol in a troop/pack meeting for some accomplishment they have performed. Be sure before you start that everyone knows and understands the applause stunt and how to do it. Applause stunts serve more then one purpose they not only provide recognition but also help liven up a meeting. Applause stunts need to be fun. Strive for quality of performance in your stunts.


Hot Dog with Mustard: Get your hot dog and put it in a bun. Pick up the mustard bottle and squeeze some mustard on the hot dog, then take a big bite and say, "Yummmmm!" Not sure how you'd use that....


I have a database listing for "BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON Hot Dogs," but I dunno if it's a song or an album title.

~Susan


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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: song about hot dogs
From: GUEST
Date: 21 Sep 03 - 12:15 PM

Susan, you said:

"Hot Dog with Mustard: Get your hot dog and put it in a bun. Pick up the mustard bottle and squeeze some mustard on the hot dog, then take a big bite and say, "Yummmmm!" Not sure how you'd use that....

Maybe I don't understand your concept of applause stunts. How is putting a hot dog on a bun and putting mustard on it an "applause stunt" or cheer or yell?

Dave Oesterreich


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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: song about hot dogs
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 21 Sep 03 - 12:46 PM

Frankfurter Sandwiches!

Nigel


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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: song about hot dogs
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 21 Sep 03 - 03:07 PM

At the same website as Frankfurter Sandwiches:

Hot Dog (from the days of chicks, cats and bop)
Hot Dog

Thanks, Nigel- hadn't tried that website before.


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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: song about hot dogs
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 21 Sep 03 - 03:19 PM

I hadn't tried that website either, I just knew some of the lyrics & googled in

Nigel


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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: song about hot dogs
From: wysiwyg
Date: 21 Sep 03 - 04:37 PM

Dave, it's from the Scout songbook, as I indicated; I have NO idea how you would use it, but I thought perhaps someone interested in hot dogs might find a use for it.

~S~


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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: song about hot dogs
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 21 Sep 03 - 07:05 PM

Well a pasty isn't quite a hot dog, but for songs about that class of cuisine you can't beat Cyril Tawney's "The Oggy Man."


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Subject: Lyr Add: I WANNA HOT DOG FOR MY ROLL
From: Stewie
Date: 21 Sep 03 - 09:05 PM

Here's a bit of double entendre fun from Butterbeans and Susie. I used it years ago in a presentation/entertainment called 'Acid Folk' at a national festival in Alice Springs.

The lines don't line up neatly as they did in Word before pasting and posting, but it's all there.


I WANNA HOT DOG FOR MY ROLL

Hot dog Man:   Hot dogs, hot dogs. Here come the hot dog man
Woman:   Hey, come here!
HM:    What is it, lady ?
W:    Well, I see you got a hot dog stand.
HM:    You know something, lady, I'm known now as the hot dog man.    Yessir, hot dog.
W:       Well, listen.
            Well, I want a dog without bread, you see.
HM:    Why, why what's the matter?
W:       Because I carries my bread with me.
HM:    Now, lady, you peculiar, and that's a natural fact.
W:       Yes, and if I like your dogs, why I'll come back.
HM:    I know you will.
W:       How much is it? I'm here to pay.   Satisfy me.
            Listen while I say.
HM:    What have you got to say?

W:       I wanna hot dog for my roll.
HM:    Well, here it is, here it is.
W:       I want it hot, I don't want it cold.
HM:    My dog's never cold.
W:       Give me a big one, that's what I say
            I want it so it will fit my bread

HM:    I have a hot dog for your roll
W:       Now is it hot? I don't want it cold
HM:    My dog's never cold
W:       I sure will be disgusted
             If this dog ain't full of mustard
             Don' want no excuse
             It must have lots of juice
             I wanna hot dog for my roll

HM:    Come and let me straighten you out
             Now, here's a hot dog that's long and lean
W:       Uh, uh, that ain't the kind of dog I mean
HM:      Now, here's a dog, lady, it's short and fat
W:         But I sure need something different from that
             Now here's my roll
HM:      Where's your roll?
W:         Now where's your dog?
HM:      Uh, uh, it's just that that roll you got will hold a half a hog. Yessir.

W:       Well, listen, man, can you fit it?
HM:    Why sure I can
W:       Why boy?
HM:      Why, lady, I'm known now as the champion hot dog man.
             Now, here's a hot dog for your roll
W:         It must be hot, I don't want it cold
HM:      My dog's never cold
W:       Give a big one, that's what I said
             I want it so it will fit my bread

HM:      Now, here's a hot dog for your roll
W:         Now, is it young? I don't want it old
HM:      My dog's never old
W:       I sure will be disgusted
             If this dog ain't full of mustard
             Don' want no excuse
             It must have lots of juice
             I wanna hot dog for my roll
HM:      Hot dog man is goin'.    I'm goin'.   Hot dogs.


Source: transcription of Butterbeans and Susie 'I Wanna Hot Dog For My Roll' recorded on 31 March 1927 in NYC for Okeh. Unissued.   First appeared on LP:   Various Artists 'Stars of the Apollo' Columbia 67203. The complete recorded works of Butterbeans and Susie [Joe and Susie Edwards]

Note: The reason for the non-release in the 20s is unclear – far more raunchy and explicit songs were released on race records in the 20s.

--Stewie.


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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: song about hot dogs
From: GUEST,.gargoyle
Date: 21 Sep 03 - 11:04 PM

DON'T FORGET the heart-tugging love-song:

I'll give you a weiner each day

I'll give you a weiner each day

'Til the stars leave the sky

Or, I piss in your eye

I'll give you a weiner each day.



Sincerely,

Gargoyle


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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: song about hot dogs
From: GUEST,Jack (who is called Jack)
Date: 21 Sep 03 - 11:18 PM

I know a weenie man
He has a weenie stand
He sells most anything from hot dogs on down
Some day in later life
I'll be his weenie wife
hot dog I love that weenie man


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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: song about hot dogs
From: GUEST,.gargoyle
Date: 21 Sep 03 - 11:31 PM

WYSIWYG -



Is YOUR Scout Songbook from a book on YOUR immediatly available... collected-book-self, (publisher, country, date, page)............................ or is it grifted/grafted/stolen from another website? What's the URL?



Giving credit where it is due...

.can lead to less confusion with folkies like you.



Sincerely,

Gargoyle


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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: song about hot dogs
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 21 Sep 03 - 11:54 PM

Pack up your weiners in your old knapsack
And hike, hike, hike
Put in a loaf of mother's good brown bread
And hike, hike, hike
Marshmallows if you like;
What's the use of worrying?
All cares are out of sight, so-
Pack up your weiners in your old knapsack
And hike, hike, hike.

This one is insipid enough to be from a scout manual, and so it is.
Scouts Canada


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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: song about hot dogs
From: Barry Finn
Date: 22 Sep 03 - 12:00 AM

"Hot Diggity, Dog Diggity boom what you do to me

It's so new to me, what you do to me

Hot Diggity, Dog Diggity boom what you do to me

When you're holding me tight"

I believe by Perry Como.

Not that you'd be serious about this one, just thought I'd toss it in as a lark.

Barry


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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: song about hot dogs
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 22 Sep 03 - 12:17 AM

Lot more diggity: Hot Diggity
By Al Hoffman and Dick Manning, 1956. Perry Como was the chief beneficiary.


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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: song about hot dogs
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 22 Sep 03 - 12:24 AM

Sure I had the link right. Now it has disappeared, but try this one for the same thing. The music is by Chabrier: Hot Diggity


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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: song about hot dogs
From: Stewie
Date: 22 Sep 03 - 12:29 AM

Oops! The uncompleted sentence in my earlier posting was supposed to indicate that the complete recorded works of Butterbeans and Susie are available on 2CDs on the Document label. I can't believe that anyone would want that much of their stuff. However, their 'Elevator Papa, Switchboard Mama', in a similar vein to 'Hot Dog', is available on the excellent Yazoo compilation: Various Artists 'Please Warm My Weiner'.

--Stewie.


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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: song about hot dogs
From: GUEST
Date: 22 Sep 03 - 02:01 AM

Here's a longer version of the one submitted by Jack(also called Jack). Wish I could remember where I heard it so I assign proper blame, I mean give due credit.

I know a weenie man
He runs a weenie stand
He sells most anything from hot dogs on down
Some day I'll share his life
I'll be his weenie wife
Hot dog! I love that weenie man

I know a baker lady
her name is hot cross Katy
She stays up all the night
Bakin' that good stuff
When her buns are in the oven
I'll slip over for lovin'
(spoken) She's got a lotta dough, folks, but that's not why I love her

I know a weenie couple
They do the weenie shuffle
(next two lines forgotten)
They shuffle down the street so fast
It's hard to "catch up" let alone pass
(spoken) I'm gonna lear that weenie shuffle and I look forward to it with great relish!

(Repeat first verse)


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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: song about hot dogs
From: GUEST,Ed Silberman
Date: 22 Sep 03 - 02:05 AM

I think Bessie Smith did one with a lyric like "I need a little hot dog in a roll"? It might rhyme with "I need a little sugar in my bowl", which might be the name of the song


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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: song about hot dogs
From: GUEST,Ed Silberman
Date: 22 Sep 03 - 02:08 AM

Woops, I'm the "Guest" who posted the long version of "Weenie Man". I was reprimanded once before for not indentifying myself when I post at this forum


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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: song about hot dogs
From: GUEST,Ed Silberman
Date: 22 Sep 03 - 02:15 AM

Does Dunderbecks' Machine, found in DT as simply Dunderbeck, count?


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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: song about hot dogs
From: GUEST,Ed Silberman
Date: 22 Sep 03 - 02:19 AM

Woops, it's probably obvious but the Bessie Smith line should have read "I need a little hot dog in my roll."


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Subject: Lyr Add: PLEASE WARM MY WEINER (Bo Carter)
From: Brian Hoskin
Date: 22 Sep 03 - 08:46 AM

PLEASE WARM MY WEINER - Bo Carter

I got somethin' to tell you baby, don't get mad this time,
If you want my Weiner you gimme, he's all up in my mind.
Baby, please warm my Weiner, baby please warm my Weiner.
Won't you just warm my Weiner, `cause he really don't feel right cold.

Now listen here, sweet baby, I ain't no lyin' man,
If you warm my Weiner one time you'll want to warm him again.
Baby, please warm my Weiner, oh, warm my Weiner.
Won't you just warm my Weiner, `cause he really don't feel right cold.

Says some say to take hot water, baby can't you see,
But your heat, baby, is plenty warm enough for me.
Baby, please warm my Weiner, please warm my Weiner.
Won't you just warm my Weiner, `cause he really don't feel right cold.

Now listen here, sweet baby, you know that time is growing old,
I don't want you to warm half my Weiner, I want you to warm him all.
Baby, please warm my Weiner, baby please warm my Weiner.
Won't you warm my Weiner, `cause he really don't feel right cold.


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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: song about hot dogs
From: nancyjo
Date: 22 Sep 03 - 10:56 AM

Not a song, but a reference to hot dogs I can't resist mentioning -
When Oakland relief pitcher Knowles was asked about his teammate Reggie Jackson, Knowles replied, "There's not enough mustard in America to cover that Hot Dog."

nancyjo


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Subject: Lyr Add: THOSE LAZY HAZY CRAZY DAYS OF SUMMER
From: GUEST,Ed Silberman
Date: 23 Sep 03 - 03:24 PM

I don't know if one reference to weenies in one line is what you're looking for but if...

THOSE LAZY HAZY CRAZY DAYS OF SUMMER
Nat "King" Cole


Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer
Those days of soda and pretzels and beer
Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer
Dust off the sun and moon and sing a song of cheer

Just fill your basket full of sandwiches and weenies
Then lock the house up, now you're set
And on the beach you'll see the girls in their bikinis
As cute as ever but they never get 'em wet

Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer
Those days of soda and pretzels and beer
Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer
You'll wish that summer could always be here

Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer
Those days of soda and pretzels and beer
Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer
Dust off the sun and moon and sing a song of cheer

Don't hafta tell a girl and fella about a drive-in
Or some romantic moon it seems
Right from the moment that those lovers start arrivin'
You'll see more kissin' in the cars than on the screen

Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer
Those days of soda and pretzels and beer
Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer
You'll wish that summer could always be here

You'll wish that summer could always be here
You'll wish that summer could always be here


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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: song about hot dogs
From: CraigS
Date: 23 Sep 03 - 07:07 PM

I believe taht the BLJ reference is to an instrumental (mainly) tune in which you can hear his Hot Dogs (feet ) tapping the floor - I've never heard it, but I've seen a repro of an old handbill referring to it and Stefan Grossman recorded it.


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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: song about hot dogs
From: Stewie
Date: 23 Sep 03 - 07:24 PM

Craig, you are correct. The BLJ is an instrumental with foot tapping/stomping and a running spoken commentary. He sings a couple of couplets such as:

Me and my feet is never late
Me and my feet just won't wait

It has been reissued on CD: Blind Lemon Jefferson 'Best Of' Yazoo 2057.

--Stewie.


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Subject: Lyr Add: CHICKEN A-LA-BLUES (T Ball and K Sultan)
From: Steve-o
Date: 24 Sep 03 - 12:14 PM

"CHICKEN A-LA-BLUES", by Tom Ball and Kenny Sultan
(typical 8-bar blues)

I used to eat so many hot dogs,
I couldn't look a cold dog in the face
I used to eat so many hot dogs,
Couldn't look a cold dog in the face,
Yeah, I'd eat some with chili and onions,
You know I'd eat some with tomato paste

Yeah, but now all I eat is chicken,
And it's drivin' me insane
Yeah, now all I eat is chicken,
It's drivin' me insane
You know I eat so many chickens
Well, it clucks all in my brain

BREAK

On Sunday I had fried chicken (stop)
Monday I had chicken wings (stop)
Tuesday I had chicken fricasee (stop)
Wednesday I had chicken a-la-king (stop)
Thursday I had chicken giblets,
Friday I had chicken stew,
Saturday I had scrambled eggs.....you know that's chicken too

No more hot dogs,
My hot dog days are gone,
Yeah now I eat so many chickens,
You know it clucks all in my bones!


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Subject: Lyr Add: HOT DOG (Schuyler Greene, Jerome Kern)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 26 Sep 03 - 09:32 PM

(Copied from http://www.thepeaches.com/music/composers/kern/HotDog.txt)

HOT DOG
(Words, Schuyler Greene. Music, Jerome Kern. From the show "Very Good Eddie," 1915.)

CHORUS: There's a café that the real swells know.
It is safe, and I long to go,
Just to shake my dogs about
Where the thoroughbred pups hang out.
There's a floor that is smooth and grand.
Something more: there's a big jazz band.
When I hear the music play,
I could throw myself away.

Roo-ti-too-ti-too-ti!
Come, my little beauty,
Step a little step with me.
Where the lights are gay, kid,
Till the break of day, kid,
Join me in a jamboree.
I have bottled up a lot
Of love I've not
Uncorked as yet.
Linger just within my reach,
So I can teach
You how to pet.

I'll put my arms around you, baby,
Hold you close, and maybe,
After we have stepped a few,
We shall both adorn a
Cozy little corner,
Big enough for just us two.
Hid away from all our bunch,
We'll sip our punch
And cool eggnog.
Life is full o' beauty,
Dancin' with my cutie,
Roo-ti-too-ti-toot-hot-dog.


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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: song about hot dogs
From: nancyjo
Date: 06 Oct 03 - 09:25 AM

I just happened to mention this thread to my daughter and she immediately started singing UNDER THE BOARDWALK by the Drifters.

"From the park you hear the happy sound of a carousel
Mm-mm, you can almost taste the hot dogs and French fries they sell
Under the boardwalk, down by the sea,yeah
On a blanket with my baby is where I'll be"

I was surprised that I hadn't thought of it, and that it wasn't mentioned. Good one, daughter!

nancyjo


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Subject: Lyr Add: CHICKEN A LA BLUES (Cousin Joe)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 28 Apr 17 - 10:01 PM

Steve-o posted another version of this song on 24 Sep 2003. I have verified the following lyrics by listening to the recording which you can hear at Spotify or on YouTube. I believe this was the first recording, on Decca 48157.


CHICKEN A LA BLUES
Written by Joseph Pleasant (Cousin Joe)
As recorded by Cousin Joe, 1950.

I ate so many hot dogs, couldn't look a cold dog in the face. (2x)
I had them in chili, baby, and I had them in tomato paste.

Down in New Orleans, in the place where I was born, (2x)
I ate so many chickens till it clucks all in my bones.

Sunday, we had fried chicken; Monday, chicken a la king;
Tuesday, chicken giblets and Wednesday, chicken wings;
Thursday, chicken fricassee; Friday, chicken stew;
Sat'd'y, scrambled eggs, and you know that's chicken too.
No more hot dogs! Those days are really gone.
Now I eat so many chickens till they clucks all in my bones.


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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: song about hot dogs
From: JHW
Date: 29 Apr 17 - 05:40 AM

The Hot Dog is the only dog that feeds the hand that bites it


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Subject: ADD: ACME (Bev & Jerry Praver)
From: Bev and Jerry
Date: 29 Apr 17 - 04:33 PM

Here's one we wrote way back in 1979:

ACME
by Bev and Jerry Praver

CHORUS

Who puts the ham in the hamburger and the dog in the old hot dogs?
Who serves genuine beef by products from the finest Iowa hogs?
Who uses only pure bred horses of the finest pedigree?
It's the A-C-M-E Acme Fast Food Factory


1. I was rollin' down the interstate when I saw that neon light
It was an Acme Fast Food Factory so I just pulled in for a bite
I got me a hot dog on a bun - it was the worst 'thing I ever ate
So I called the manager over to me and we commenced a big debate

2. The manager said to me, "Look here, boy I don't wanna hear you whine
Right out there in front of the place I put a great big warning sign"
So I went outside to read that sign, ending our dialogue
And there it was just as plain as day, it said, "Boy, beware of the dog"

3. The next thing I knew I was laid out flat and the doctor had just arrived
He said to me, "Boy, you had a close call, it's lucky that you survived"
I thought to myself, "I'm poisoned for sure" as I contemplated my last meal
But I was hurt runnin' down the road chasin' an automobile

4. So when you're drivin' down the road and you hanker for a bite to eat
Fall into an Acme and get yourself a ptomaine treat
From Canada to Mexico, from New York to 'Frisco Bay
Ilt's the A-C-M-E Acme, endorsed by the AMA

Bev and Jerry


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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: song about hot dogs
From: BrooklynJay
Date: 29 Apr 17 - 09:10 PM

And, of course, the very risqué Frankfurter Sandwiches.

It's on YouTube here sung by Harry Rose, from a very old film, possibly Metro Movietone Revue (1929).


Jay


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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: song about hot dogs
From: GUEST,.gargoyle
Date: 29 Apr 17 - 10:11 PM

Dear Jay,

Thank you for the link.

If you do not mind...would you please:
... Listen
... Transcribe
... Post
The lyrics, words, poem.

Sincerely,
Gargoyle

Ten minutes for thee, that understands, may be two hours of labor for the "uninitiated."


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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: song about hot dogs
From: Peter the Squeezer
Date: 30 Apr 17 - 02:32 PM

Not a song - but a tune (and a half)!

Hot Dog - Sidney Torch

Recorded on the organ at the Regal Cinema, marble Arch, London (the largest cinema organ in Europe), some time in the mid 1930's.

This instrument had a very extensive (almost excessive) range of silent picture effects, including a set of tuned bird whistles, which can be heard at about 1'07".

The organ was removed into storage in Cornwall about 1964, and the Cinema demolished. The instrument survives, and is currently undergoing restoration.

I heard some years ago that Leslie Clair was a nom-de-plume for Sidney Torch.


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Subject: Lyr Add: HOT DOG SONG (Arrogant Worms)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 07 May 17 - 03:51 PM

HOT DOG SONG
As recorded by Arrogant Worms on "Toast" (2004)

Everybody loves hot dogs; even pasty hippies
Find it's hard to beat a tube of meat, but now a question hits me:
What the hell's in a hot dog? I shouldn't ask, maybe,
'Cause I don't know any animals that grow cylindrically.

CHORUS: So have a hot dog on me, my friend.
It's made out of animal odds and ends.
Have a hot dog on me, my friend.
It's the particle board of meat.

It's good to reuse and recycle the unpopular pieces of meat
That are quite gross, yet after they're processed, are such a delicious treat
That the children eat them till they're queasy, because they love the taste
Of sodium phosphate and iridorbate,* soy protein and sodium nitrate. CHORUS

May or may not contain chicken and/or pork and/or meat,
So have a hot dog on me, my friend.
Don't think 'bout the parts from the pig's rear end.
Have a hot dog on me, my friend.
It's the particle board,
The particle board,
The board particles of meat.


[* I can't confirm that this chemical exists.]


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Subject: Lyr Add: THE HOT DOG SONG (Bullets over Broadway)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 07 May 17 - 04:38 PM

THE HOT DOG SONG
Words by Woody Allen, music by Marvin Hamlisch and Craig Carnelia.
From the musical play "Bullets over Broadway" (2014)
As recorded by Heléne Yorke in the original cast album.

Is there someone here who'd give a girl a hand?
I'm looking for the guy who runs the hot-lunch stand.
He's us'lly here around half-past three,
And I'm a hung-a-ry girl, you see.

They say I'm fickle; that's a fact,
But if I like the service, I might come back.
Tell me: how much is it? I'm willing to pay,
So listen to the words I say:

I want a hot dog for my roll.
I want it hot; I don't want it cold.
Give me a big one; that's what I said.
I want it so it will fit my bread.

I want a hot dog for my roll.
I want it young; I don't want it old.
I sure will be disgusted
If that dog ain't full of mustard.
Don't want an excuse.
It must have lots of juice.
I want a hot dog for my roll.

Now here's a dog that's short and lean.
That ain't the kind o' dog I mean.
Well, here's a dog that's short and fat.
You better show me something better than that.
Well. here's my roll; where's your dog?
Uh-uh, that roll you got would hold half a hog.

Hey! Tell me, can you fill it? Why, yes I can.
I'm known as the champion hot-dog man.
Now here's a hot dog for your roll.
You want it hot; you don't want it cold.

I haven't eaten; it's been a while.
Oh, my dog will lay you in the aisle.

She wants a hot dog for her roll.
She wants it young; she don't want it old.
Don't worry; it won't hurt her.

It's just a friendly frankfurter.

She'll wait in line. If it's kosher, that's fine.
She wants a hot dog for her roll!
She wants a hot dog for her roll!



[I have omitted some patter that appears in the recording. I have italicized the words sung by others than the main singer.

The above song is adapted from a comedy record by Butterbeans & Susie called "I Want a Hot Dog for My Roll" (1927) which you can hear at YouTube.


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Subject: Lyr Add: HOT DOG (Buck Owens)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 07 May 17 - 05:39 PM

HOT DOG
As recorded by Buck Owens (as Corky Jones), 1957.

My baby works at a hot-dog stand,
A-makin' them hot dogs as fast as she can.
Up steps the capt'n, yells: "Don't be slow.
Gi' me two hot dogs ready to go."

CHORUS: Hot dog! She's my baby.
Hot dog! Drive me crazy.
Hot dog! Don't mean maybe.
Ya ought to seen my baby at the hot-dog stand.

In the cool of the evenin' when the sun goes down,
All the chicks an' the cats all gather roun'.
They order hot dogs an' red soda pop,
Then they head down the road to a hep-cat hop.

Well, I'm a-waitin' for my baby ever' night at twelve.
She closes up the shop and then we lose ourselves
At the hep-cat hop in a crazy way.
We're a-doin' the bop at the break of day.

Well all o' the cats ha' been a-hangin' around
Tryin' to get my baby, puttin' me down.
She either don't hear or she either don't care,
Or maybe it's the way that I part my hair.


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Subject: Lyr Add: HOT DOG (Chris Powell & Five Blue Flames)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 07 May 17 - 06:41 PM

HOT DOG
As recorded by Chris Powell & The Five Blue Flames, 1949.

(Hot dog!) Ain't they very nice?
(Hot dog!) Tried them once or twice.
(Hot dog!) Babe, we'll find advice,
With the mustard and the relish and the pickles, too.

(Hot dog!) Hurry, hurry, won't you, boy?
(Hot dog!) Make you jump for joy.
(Hot dog!) Believe me, it's the real McCoy,
With the mustard and the relish and the pickles, too.

Cola, save my soul-a.
I don't want orange, lemon or lime,
'Cause somethin' else fine is on my mind.

(Hot dog!) Hurry, hurry, don't be late.
(Hot dog!) Try them on your dinner plate.
(Hot dog!) Ooh, it's a date with fate!
With the mustard and the relish and the pickles, too.

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

(Hot dog!) Man, I can hardly wait
(Hot dog!) To get a handful on my plate.
(Hot dog!) Ooh, it's a date with fate!
With the mustard and the relish and the pickles, too.


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Subject: Lyr Add: HOT DOG MAN (Sam Theard)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 08 May 17 - 01:40 PM

I would classify this song as hokum. I can imagine a jug band doing it. Ordinarily I would not bother to post 8 copies of a chorus, but Theard so persistently introduces minor variations that I think his effort should be documented.


HOT DOG MAN
As recorded by Lovin' Sam Theard, 1929.

1. Mama is worried, and my papa too.
They all upset 'bout my sister Sue

'Cause she crazy 'bout a hot-dog man.
Oh, she's always hangin' 'round his stand.
She's the funniest gal in the land,
Wild about a hot-dog man, yes, sir,
She's a fool about a hot-dog man.

2. She stays out at night till three o'clock,
Followin' that man around the block.

Oh, she crazy 'bout a hot-dog man.
She's always hangin' 'round his stand.
She's the funniest gal in the land.
She crazy 'bout a funny-lookin' hot-dog man,
Crazy 'bout a hot-dog man.

3. Maybe it's them good hot dogs makes her love him so,
Or something else; I don't know,

But she crazy 'bout a hot-dog man.
She's always hangin' 'round his stand.
She's the funniest gal in the land,
Wild about a hot-dog man, yes, sir,
Goin' crazy 'bout a hot-dog man.

4. Ain't no use jokin' an' it ain't no bluff.
That hot dog man must know his stuff,

'Cause she crazy 'bout that hot-dog man.
She's always hangin' 'round his stand.
She's the funniest gal in the land,
Goin' crazy 'bout a hot-dog man, yes, sir,
Crazy 'bout a hot-dog man.

5. Pa put that hot-dog man in jail.
My sister Sue, she went his bail,

'Cause she crazy 'bout that hot-dog man.
Oh. she's always hangin' 'round his stand.
She's the funniest gal in the land,
Wild about that hot-dog man, yes, sir.
She's a fool about the hot-dog man.

6. She's my own dear sister but I'm forced to say:
There never was no hot dog could make you act that way,

'Cause she crazy 'bout that hot-dog man.
She's always hangin' 'round his stand.
She's the funniest gal in the land,
Wild about the hot-dog man.
I don't know, but she's just a fool about that hot-dog man.

7. Listen here, folks; I'm tellin' you:
That hot-dog man has put that thing on Sue,

'Cause she crazy 'bout that hot-dog man.
She's always hangin' 'round his stand.
She's the funniest gal in the land,
Wild about that hot-dog man, yes, sir,
That same ol' hot-dog man.

8. Oh, buys her clo'es, sends her to school,
But that hot-dog man done turned her [a] fool,

'Cause she crazy 'bout a hot-dog man.
Oh, funniest gal in the land.
She's the funniest gal in the land,
Wild about a hot-dog man, yes, sir,
A funny-lookin' hot-dog man.


[Theard also wrote (I'LL BE GLAD WHEN YOU'RE DEAD) YOU RASCAL YOU, famously recorded by Louis Armstrong.]


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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: songs about hot dogs
From: RunrigFan
Date: 08 May 17 - 03:15 PM

I do believe the hot dogs go on

Sorry wrong thread.


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Subject: Lyr Add: FIDO IS A HOT DOG NOW (Billy Murray)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 08 May 17 - 03:21 PM

This is a bizarre one. You can hear it sung by Billy Murray at YouTube, or see the sheet music at Mississippi State University's web site.


FIDO IS A HOT DOG NOW
Words by Charles McCarron and Thomas J. Gray; music by Raymond Walker, ©1914.

1. We had a dog name Fido that I liked very much.
I used to spend all my dough for puppy cakes and such.
Our fam'ly learned to love him; to our hearts he was endeared,
But now they've gone in mourning 'cause poor Fido's disappeared.

CHORUS: But I won't look all over,
The way they did for Rover,
'Cause I know just where little Fido's gone. (Poor dog!)
He's in a place below,
Where all the naughty doggies go,
Down, down, down, where there isn't any snow.
Though his hair was short, and his tail was long,
I miss the little devil somehow. (Bow wow!)
{But he won't get cold feet at that.
There'll be too much mustard where he's at.}
Fido is a hot dog now.

2. We never had a burglar; they wouldn't take a chance,
'Cause they knew little Fido would hang on to their pants.
I used to love bologna; 'twas the only meat I'd get,
But now I cannot eat it; it reminds me of my pet.

ON SECOND CHORUS, SUBSTITUTE:
{He's smothered now in sauerkraut.
'Twill take too long to dig him out.}


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Subject: Lyr Add: FRANKFURTER SANDWICHES (Dubin/Pease/Nelso
From: BrooklynJay
Date: 09 May 17 - 08:47 AM

FRANKFURTER SANDWICHES
Words by Al Dubin and Harry Pease, music by Edward G. Nelson, ©1927

Since the world began
The girl expects the man
To bring her tokens of his love
Some bring bags of gold
Their ladies love to hold
And jewels bright as stars above

But my sweetheart's ideals
Are so much higher, so much higher,
And here's how I fulfill
Her heart's desire…

Every night I bring her
Frankfurter sandwiches
Frankfurter sandwiches

How my baby loves those
Frankfurter sandwiches
Frankfurter sandwiches

I tried to win her with flowers, flowers
All kinds of sweetness
`Til I found out my baby's weakness

Every night she whispers
Thanks for the sandwiches
Thanks for the sandwiches
But I fear there's something wrong

Instead of her billing and cooing
All she starts doing is chewing
Frankfurter sandwiches
Frankfurter sandwiches
All night long

Say…

Every night I bring her
Frankfurter sandwiches
Frankfurter sandwiches

How my baby loves those
Frankfurter sandwiches
Frankfurter sandwiches

I tried to win her with candy, candy
Ice cream and custard
But how she likes hot dogs with mustard

Every night she whispers
Frankfurter sandwiches
Frankfurter sandwiches
But I fear there's something wrong

Listen…

Even when it was Yom Kippur,
Quietly I had to slip her
Frankfurter sandwiches
Frankfurter sandwiches
All night long!

************************************

These are the lyrics transcribed from the version sung by Harry Rose in Metro Movietone Revue (1929).


Jay


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Subject: Lyr Add: >HOT DOGS AND SASPARELLA / SARSAPARILLA
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 10 Nov 24 - 06:31 PM

HOT DOGS AND SASPARELLA
Words by Leonard Whitcup, music by Walter G. Samuels.

As recorded by Todd Rollins and His Orchestra with vocal by Chick Bullock; Jun 18, 1934; Banner 33092-B. [Internet Archive]

Hot dogs and sasparella
Underneath a beach umbrella
And you to make the day so sunny.
I’ll write love letters to you in the sand.
Ah, won’t it be grand
To be wicki-wacki-wooin’ at the seashore?
Oh, boy! There’s nothin’ sweller:
Hot dogs and sasparella
With lots of kisses from my, from my honey.
You’ll be my Cinderella.
I’ll be that lucky fella—
Hot dogs and sasparella with you.

- - -
Also recorded as HOT DOGS AND SARSAPARILLA (but still pronounced “Sasparella”) by Sid Peltyn and his Orchestra [pseudonym for Tom Berwick and His Orchestra] with vocal by Dick Robertson; June 1, 1934; Bluebird B-5528-A. [Internet Archive]

And as HOT DOGS AND SASPARELLA by Ted Fio Rito and his Orchestra with vocal by Muzzy Marcellino; June 4, 1934; Brunswick 6924. [Internet Archive]


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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: songs about hot dogs
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 12 Nov 24 - 02:25 PM

The song FRANKFURTER SANDWICHES, which BrooklynJay posted the lyrics to above, was also recorded in western swing style by Lulu Belle and Scotty and their Farm Boys, on FM 286 B, August 1948, which you can hear at the Internet Archive.

You can also see the 1927 sheet music at Baylor University. According to the sheet music, the full title is EVERY NIGHT I BRING HER FRANKFURTER SANDWICHES.


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Subject: Lyr Add: FRANK THE FRANKFURTER MAN
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 12 Nov 24 - 05:09 PM

You can hear this at the Internet Archive:


FRANK, THE FRANKFURTER MAN
(Words and music by Charles J. McCarthy, Dick Sanford, Nelson Cogane)
As recorded by Al Trace and His Silly Symphonists on Gennett 7041-A, 1930.

Who’s the busiest man in town? Frank.
Who’s the man that always comes around? Frank.
Rain or shine, he’s always going strong,
Making people happy with his song:

Get ’em while they’re hot!
Get ’em while they’re hot!
Get ’em while they’re hot!
Red hot!
Here comes Frank, the frankfurter man.
How the kiddies run,
Yelling: “Gimme one!
Yummy-yummy-yum!”
Well done!
Welcome Frank, the frankfurter man.
They’re so delicious for young and old.
They’re just like kisses; they’re not so hot when they’re cold.
So get ’em while they’re hot!
Get ’em while they’re hot!
Get ’em while they’re hot!
Red hot!
You’ll thank Frank, the frankfurter man.

[SPOKEN] They’re harmless; they’re homeless; they’re boneless.
You can’t tell a player without a red-hot.
All right, fall right out for your pedigreed puppies!
Our franks go furder.

When you’re out to the ball game, (Make mine with mustard!)
At the circus with the kiddies,
You will see him with his basket selling dogs. (Arf! Arf!)
Hot dogs! (Arf! Arf!)
That’s Frank, the frankfurter man. (Arf! Arf!)
(Arf! Arf!)


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Subject: Lyr Add: AT A LITTLE HOT DOG STAND
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 13 Nov 24 - 11:09 AM

This song could be a textbook example of bathos. You can hear it at the Internet Archive.


AT A LITTLE HOT DOG STAND
Words by Larry Spier, music by Sam Coslow, ©1939.
As recorded by Barry Wood and His Orchestra on Regal Zonophone G23950, 1939.)

Something in the air was continental.
There were moonbeams caressing the sand.
I was feeling young and sentimental
At a little hot-dog stand.
Gallantly I handed her the mustard.
Then she curtseyed and I kissed her hand.
Inwardly my heart was getting flustered
At a little hot-dog stand.
The bubbles in our soda pop just hit us like champagne.
I guess that we had five or six.
But somewhere in the distance came a Viennese refrain,
Or was my fancy playing tricks?
There and then a spark of love ignited.
It was real and the feeling was grand.
To our wedding breakfast you’re invited
At a little hot-dog stand.

There and then a spark of love ignited.
It was real and the feeling was grand.
To our wedding breakfast you’re invited
At a little hot-dog stand.

- - -
Second Hand Songs says this song was also recorded by
Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye, with vocal refrain by Charlie Wilson, 1939.
George Hall and His Orchestra, with vocal chorus by Dolly Dawn, 1939.
Bob Crosby and His Orchestra, with vocal duet by Bob Crosby and Marion Mann, 1939.
Roy Smeck and His Serenaders, with vocal chorus by Donald King, 1939.
Dick Todd with Orchestra and "The Three Reasons", 1939.


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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!

- - -
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.

- - -
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.


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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.

- - -
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,


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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.


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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!


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