Lyr ADD: I had a little candy store

Subject: RE: Lyr ADD: I had a little candy store
From: Mrrzy
Date: 15 Dec 22 - 06:47 PM

Dad used to sing these lyrics when the Israeli national anthem played.

Subject: RE: Lyr ADD: I had a little candy store
From: Joe Offer
Date: 20 Nov 22 - 03:37 AM

Next time we see Riggy at the Mudcat Singaround, we need to ask him to sing this.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I had a little candy store
From: GerryM
Date: 19 Nov 22 - 04:00 PM

I'm sure I've seen another, longer thread about this song elsewhere on this site. Maybe the two could be combined, or at any rate linked to each other.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I had a little candy store
From: GUEST,vivian billick
Date: 19 Nov 22 - 03:12 PM

i learned this song at a jewish camp in the laurentians north of montreal

once i had a candy store
business was so bad
i asked a man what to do
this is what he said
take a can of gasoline
spill it on the floor
take a match
make a scratch
no more candy store
hey, candy store, candy store
no more candy store !

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I had a little candy store
From: GUEST,Jill Tallmer
Date: 07 Jul 15 - 05:43 PM

My mom just started singing this in the middle of a discussion about baseball and national anthems. She's about to turn 90. She was very excited to see that her song was Googleable. Thank you, Mudcat--especially for pointing out that "bad" rhymes with "said" in fake Yiddish. Mom sings it straight, so it never rhymed.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I had a little candy store
From: GUEST,riggy
Date: 30 Nov 05 - 12:10 PM

sung to the tune of Hatikva, the Israeli national anthem, so I'd guess this falls into the anti-semitic genre'. Something about it makes me think it was written by someone jewish, so it's like using the N word in rap.   The chorus I've heard [ from Danny Kornbloom of
Catskill Mts NY ] runs:

Oy vey iz mere, no more candy store
Oy vey iz mere, boint it to da floor
Took out an insurance policy
Made my wife beneficiary
Bought a house in Miami
No more candy store

Riggy

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I had a little candy store
From: GUEST,allan S.
Date: 30 Nov 05 - 11:03 AM

I learned it back in the 1950's at U-Conn folk song club.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I had a little candy store
From: Sorcha
Date: 30 Nov 05 - 10:47 AM

Found this,

I had a little candy store,
Business was so bad,
I asked mine mama what to do,
This is what she said.
Take a little gasoline,
Put it on the floor.
Take a match,
Give a scratch,
Poof, no candy store.

Here:
http://shakti.trincoll.edu/~mendele/vol02/vol02.111
Interesting site.

Subject: Lyr Req: I had a little candy store
From: GUEST,Mrr
Date: 30 Nov 05 - 09:09 AM

I had a little candy store, business it was bad
So I asked (someone? My wife?) and this is what she said (pronounced to rhyme)... anybody know this song? Thanks,

-Mrr