food songs

Subject: RE: food songs
From: Mrrzy
Date: 23 Jan 22 - 11:38 PM

Smells like winter at our house, smells like souP! There was just a thread on it.

That final P is kinda overpronounced.

Subject: RE: food songs
From: Sol
Date: 22 Jan 22 - 07:14 AM

"Jambalaya" here
"Mashed Potato" here
"Chocolate Girl"

Subject: RE: food songs
From: GUEST,Phil d'Conch
Date: 21 Jan 22 - 08:59 PM

Can it really be Mudcat has no dedicated chocolate thread? So many songs in D.T.! And since thoroughly modern food songs are already here, try: Baby Metal Gimme Chocolate!.

Headphone volume warning. It's loud. Not in English but there are translations available on ytube.

Subject: Lyr Add: OH, HOW THAT WOMAN COULD COOK (Kahn/LeBoy
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 21 Jan 22 - 01:47 PM

I became aware of this song by hearing a recording of “An Evening with Groucho” (1972) in which Groucho Marx sang the first verse and chorus, accompanied by Marvin Hamlisch on piano. The following is my transcription from the sheet music, which you can see at Indiana University. You can hear Groucho’s version at YouTube, which also has a more complete and much older version by Maurice Burkhart. The latter recording has quite different lyrics, but it would be difficult to transcribe.


OH, HOW THAT WOMAN COULD COOK
Words by Gus Kahn, music by Grace Le Boy, ©1914.

1. I once knew a woman who couldn’t spell “cat,”
And she was as homely as “cinch.”
In winter she always wore last summer’s hat,
And a size ‘leven shoe in a pinch.
When she played piano, weak women would faint
And strong men would cry out in grief,
While as for her singing, well, that made you feel
That it wasn’t so bad to be “deef.”
Yet still, she had company most ev’ry day,
And her looks and her voice couldn’t drive them away,
For—

CHORUS 1: Oh! How that woman could cook!
Her bread was like Angel’s Fool’s cake!
She could take soup meat and give it a look,
And it tasted like tenderhouse steak!
Her “Zup” had a flavor like peaches and cream,
Her pan-a-cakes, oh! What a beautiful dream!
With a table between us, she was pretty like Venus.
Ach Gott! How that woman could cook!

2. I once had a meal in a high-toned hotel,
Where the waiters was dressed up like dudes.
The crock’ry and silver was terrible swell,
But I did not care much for the foods.
I ordered “Con-soom-me” account of the name.
I said I’d be swell when in doubt.
It made me quite crazy to find when it came,
It was soup with the filling left out!
When I paid the waiter, I said: “Here’s a tip:
When you’re hungry to my friend’s house just take a trip,
For—

CHORUS 2: Oh! How that woman could cook!
I could not prescribe it to you!
She had receipts which was not in no book,
And what nobody else ever knew!
She made “Vegetabubbles” like never before,
And you “et” and you “et” till you couldn’t no more!
And her “Eysters” and fishes was simply delicious,
Ach Gott! How that woman could cook!

CHORUS 3: Oh! How that woman could cook!
I tell you the words won’t come out!
She made a pie called a plum pudding cake
And it simply would melt in your mouth!
Her strudels with noodles would just make you weep,
And when you drank her coffee, your feet fell asleep!
While her liver and onions would cure corns and bunions,
Ach Gott! How that woman could cook!

Subject: RE: food songs
From: GUEST,James Phillips
Date: 27 Feb 21 - 06:09 PM

Brose and Butter

Subject: RE: food songs
From: Donuel
Date: 27 Feb 21 - 10:04 AM

My favorite food song is Thats why you're overwieght
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEXggWES7Fc

Subject: RE: food songs
From: open mike
Date: 26 Feb 21 - 08:40 PM

I am still wondering about a food song ... the title of an album by the backwoods string band... "feed your Babies Onions" i think the next line was "so you can find them at night" but I cannot find this song anywhere, only the title on an album that does not even include the song....any clues???

Subject: RE: food songs
From: open mike
Date: 26 Feb 21 - 08:39 PM

and 2012 show..... thanksgiving (see previous 2 posts for more info)

Tom Russell / Bowl of Red / Heart on a Sleeve / Bear Family Records
Sweet Potato Pie / Roly Poly / Brand New Day / Mountain Fever Records
Dave Van Ronk / One Meat Ball / title Song / Appleseed Records
Tom Paxton, Anne Hills, Bob Gibson / Bottle of Wine / see above
Debi Smith, Doc Watson / Pie / see above 16:15
Chuck McCabe / Meats in a Can / Creatures of Habit in a World of Change / Scuppernong 20:30
Chuck McCabe / Holidaze / see above
Lance Brown / Kitchen Blues / Too Busy to Work / www.lancetunes.com
"Uncle" Dave Osterreich / Beans, Bacon and Gravy / Mudcat Sampler / Blue Plate Special 31:00
Yvonne Hollenbeck / Bachelor Junk Food / Sorting Time / Dorian Buttes Pub. 35:18
Joe Craven / Hot Turkey / Camptown / Acorn Music 37:05
Faith Petric / Highway Hunter / When Did We Have Sauerkraut? / Center Records 41:49
" " / Idaho Spud / see above 44:55
" " / Title Song / see above 47:40
Cathy Fink, Marcy Marxer / Orange Cocoa Cake / Parent's Home Companion / Rounder 51:16
Rail Road Earth / Livin' the Good Life / Title Song / Sugar Hill 54:20
Greg Brown / Canned Goods / Prairie Home Companion 1983 / 1:00:00
Peter Cooper and L.G. / Mamma Bake a Pie / The Lloyd Green Album / Red Beet Records 1:02:15
Ellis Paul / The Star in the Apple / Dragon Fly Races / Black Wolf Records / 1:06:32
Readings from several Farmer's Almanacs by Laurel 1:08:00
Background music by Clare Milliner and Walt Koken / Cookhouse Joe / Mudthumper
Kate Campbell / Pans of Biscuits (Bowls of Gravy) / Blues and Lamentations 1:21:08
" " / Corn in a Box / Monuments / Large River Music / 1:25:00
Dana and Susan Robinson / A-Z Farmer's Market / American Hornpipe / Threshold Music 1:28:15
James Reams & The Barnstormers / Cornbread, Molasses, and Sassafras Tea / One foot in the Honky Tonk / Mountain Redbird Music 1:32:00
Flatlanders / Eggs of Your Chickens / Wheel of Fortune / New West 1:33:45
Greg Brown / Out in the Country / Prairie Home Companion 1986 1:37:15
Katie Lee / Ballad of Alfred Packer / Ten Thousand Goddam Cattle / Katydid Music 1:42:00
John Walker / Red Beans & Rice / NE Tall Grass Sampler / Prairie Dog Mus. 1:45:19
Craig Werth / Zucchini Surprise / The Spokes Man / SELF 1:50:15
Ann Hills and David Roth / Rhubarb Trees / Title Song / Wind River Music 1:52:37
Connie Kaldor / Okanagan Peaches / Postcards from the Road / Word of Mouth 1:55:50
Fiddlestix / The Beer Song / Live at the Conservatory of Music, Stockton, CA / SELF 1:58:30
Ian Tyson and Nanci Griffith / Canadian Whiskey / Wounded Heart of America, Tom Russell Songs / High Tone Records 2:03:52
Water Tower Bucket Boys / Tequila and Lime / Sole Kitchen / Monkey Trench Studios 2:07:23
Dandelion Wine / Miss V Gypsy Cowgirl / Range Rider, Songs of the Trail / Self (Eagle) 2:11:45
David Grisman and Jerry Garcia / Drink Up and Go Home / Been All Around This World / Acoustic Disc 2:15:39
Whiskey Before Breakfast / Huckleberry Flint / Pillowfort

Subject: RE: food songs
From: open mike
Date: 26 Feb 21 - 08:36 PM

Here are the food songs from my 2013 November radio show
XRDS 2013-11-23 GRATEFUL AND ALIVE Giving thanks in November.

Played
Title
Album
Artist
Label        
2:55pm, 11-23-2013        Salty Dog        Blue Sky Boys        Blue Sky Boys                
2:55pm, 11-23-2013        title song        Water From Another Time        John McCutcheon                
2:41pm, 11-23-2013        Whittlin' Boy        Twilight the Taj Mahal        David Massengill                
2:39pm, 11-23-2013        title song        From the Pasture to the Future        The Waybacks                
2:38pm, 11-23-2013        Home From TN, and Mexico        Knee Deep in Mossy Creek        Mossy Creek                
2:30pm, 11-23-2013        Thanksgiving        Thanksgiving        Si Kahn et al                
2:21pm, 11-23-2013        The Old Cross Road        Way Out West        Chris Hillman, Herb Pedersen                
2:18pm, 11-23-2013        Girl at the Crossroads Bar        Almost Acoustic        Jerry Garcia Band                
2:15pm, 11-23-2013        Bright Morning Stars        Ragged But Right        Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band                
2:06pm, 11-23-2013        Left Out in the Cold        Dirty Kitchen        Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen                
2:02pm, 11-23-2013        Harvest        Harvest        Kathy Chiavola                
1:51pm, 11-23-2013        Wheat Field Annie        Flip City        Ranch Romance                
1:49pm, 11-23-2013        Bloody Mary Morning        To All the Girls        Willie Nelson , Wynonna Judd                
1:46pm, 11-23-2013        Headlights and Hubcaps        Headlights and Hubcaps        Make it So                
1:38pm, 11-23-2013        Happy American Solstice        We The People        Lou Dominguez                
1:34pm, 11-23-2013        Midnite on H2O, Bonaparte's Retreat        Long Time Comin'        Vi Wickham                
1:27pm, 11-23-2013        Long Story Short        Copper and Coal        Copper and Coal                
1:25pm, 11-23-2013        Killing the Blues        Raising Sand        Robert Plant Alison Krauss                
1:22pm, 11-23-2013        Settled Down LIke Rain        Hollywood Town Hall        Jayhawks                
1:21pm, 11-23-2013        Daddy's Little Girl        Bryndle        Bryndle                
1:20pm, 11-23-2013        River of Stone        Bryndle        Bryndle                
1:19pm, 11-23-2013        No Time To Cry        My Life        Iris Dement                
1:18pm, 11-23-2013        Let the Mystery Be        Infamous Angel        Iris Dement                
1:17pm, 11-23-2013        Brother Warrior        Song and Sigh        Dan Schatz

Subject: RE: food songs
From: open mike
Date: 26 Feb 21 - 08:34 PM

For over a decade I hosted a radio show. On Thanksgiving, I always produced a 2-hour segment that featured songs about food (and drink) I will see if I can find a playlist of one or more of those shows.
Right now the first song to come to mind is by the recently deceased Peter Ostroushko ... B O R S C H T. a song about beet soup. (it is in the Mudcat database)
Here are the songs I played in 2014 on the Crossroads show KROV-FM

A Cornucopia Of Food – You Are What You Eat – krov.fm
Thanksgiving show – You Are What You Eat – A Cornucopia of Food

Who Will Watch the Home Place – Blackberry Winter – In These Ozark Hills – Self
Woodsmoke and Oranges – James Keelaghan – Home – Appleseed
Ol' Cook Pot – The Duhks – Migrations – Sugar Hill Records
Old Dan Tucker – Laurie Lewis and Tom Rozum – Guest House – Hightone
Working on the Food Chain – Mark Graham – Natural Selections – Self
Good Fish Chowder – Debra Cowan – Among Friends – Muzzy House
Potato – Cheryl Wheeler – Greetings From: Cheryl Wheeler Live
Pop-Tarts & Spam – Cheryl Wheeler – Greetings From: Cheryl Wheeler Live
Down on the Farm – Steve Wacker – Shadows and Grace – Wacker Words and Music
Corn Bread Nation – Tim O'Brien – Title Song
Collard Greens – Patrick Sylvest – A Little Less Louisiana – Self
Shortnin' Bread – Ron Block – Walking Song – Rounder
Don't Leave the Farm – Martha Burns – Old-Time Songs – Self
Some Little Bug and Whiskey Seller – Martha Burns – Old-Time Songs – Self
A Cherry With No Stone – Stolen Thyme – Time Is Possibility – Blackbeard’s Fiddle Music
Roly Poly – Cow Bop – Cowlifornia Swing – B4Manmusic
I'm Puttin' All My Eggs in One Basket – Carolyn Martin – Java Jive
Blackjack Supper Club – Trout Steak Revival – Flight – Self
Diner in the Sky – The Amigos – Title Song – self
Spoon – Dehlia Low – Tellico – Caught by a Train
Almanac Readings – Laurel
Come on in My Kitchen – Kristina Olsen Live From Around the World – Philo
Methodist Pie – Tom Paley
Applesauce – Christopher Smith – Sweet River Grace – Small Time Production
Ground Hog – Wild Mountaineers String Band – Live at Paradise Gold Nugget Museum
The Caldera / The Silver Spork – Three Bean Salad – Reels and Fakes – Self
NaCl *(salt) – Kate and Anna McGarrigle – The McGarrigle Hour – Rykodisc
Sugar Enough for Me – Jack Williams – Four Good Days
Gingerbread man – The Border Band – It's a Short Life – Wolf Dog Studio

Subject: Lyr Add: PICKLE IN THE MIDDLE (And the Mustard on
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 25 Feb 21 - 05:38 PM

My mother used to quote this to me! I never heard her sing more than the first 2 lines. So I was thrilled when I ran across this today. I did my best to transcribe it, but there are still a few gaps. I couldn’t find any other source.


PICKLE IN THE MIDDLE (And the Mustard on Top)
Words and music by John Tackaberry and Carl Sigman.
As recorded by The Four King Sisters with Buddy Cole and his Orchestra, on RCA Victor 20-1903-A, 1946, as heard at the Internet Archive.

Pickle in the middle with the mustard on top,
Just the way I like ‘em an’ they’re all red hot,
Tasty little hot dog, toasted right,
With a bark as tender as its bite.

Ev’rybody’s happy and the laughter runs high,
Till the sun gets pickled in the sauerkraut sky,
Plus a little raindrop when you’ve got
Pickle in the middle,
Sizzlin’ off the griddle,
Pickle in the middle and the mustard on top.

The peanut man, the ice-cream man,
Shout their wares like nobody can;
Like nobody can except one man:
Favorite funny old frankfurter man.

Red hot! red hot!
Red-hots are all he’s got.

Pickle in the middle and the mustard on top.
I could eat a bushel but my tummy says stop.
You may laugh at frankfurters and their sort,
But you’ll find one in the Supreme Court.

Never hear the vendor shoutin’ “turkey” or “duck,”
Still I bet they end up with a million bucks.
Leavin’ that dog dry(?) in their shop,
Pickle in the center,
Summer or the winter,
Pickle in the center with the mustard on top.

[Instrumental break]

Red hot! red hot!
Red-hots are all he’s got.

Pickle in the middle and the mustard on top,
Just the way you like it with a bottle of pop.
Eat ‘em at the circus ...
They’re out there … at a baseball game.

Shouldn’t have to worry ‘bout the number you ate.
You can get a bottle of bicarbonate.
You will have more ulcers than you’ve got.
Pickle in the middle,
Sizzlin’ off the griddle,
Pickle in the middle with the mustard on the top.


[Louis Prima also recorded this in 1946, on Majestic 7179 A, but he omitted some of the above lyrics.
The catch phrase that the song is based on was introduced by Artie Auerbach, a comedian who appeared regularly on the Jack Benny Program, and the song was written later.]

Subject: RE: food songs
From: GUEST,Kenny B
Date: 07 Apr 19 - 06:08 PM

Tuna the food of my Soul - Tune - Whispering Hope
Sung by Jean Redpath & Garrison Keillor

Subject: RE: food songs
From: Mrrzy
Date: 07 Apr 19 - 04:00 PM

Koberoxu... The Nutshell Library. I still have mine. Pierre, Alligators All Around, and One Was Johnny were the other 3.

Why O why, to get back to the thread, has Johnny McAdoo not been listed? Or is that an eating song rather than a food song? He swallered tripe and lard by the yard, he did.

Subject: RE: food songs
From: Joe_F
Date: 06 Apr 19 - 06:59 PM

Dried Apple Pies
I forget who sings this, but it does have a tune.

Subject: RE: food songs
From: Donuel
Date: 06 Apr 19 - 05:16 PM

My fav is "That is why you're overweight"

Subject: RE: food songs
From: FreddyHeadey
Date: 03 Apr 19 - 05:52 PM

(cold)COWD STRINGY PIE

Over in Yorkshire, a farmer do dwell
And they call 'im Yaddy 'ughes, ...
thread.cfm?threadid=36152#497461

Subject: Lyr Add: SOME CALL IT SODA (John C. Bunnell)
From: John C. Bunnell
Date: 15 Mar 19 - 04:28 AM

I am minded to offer a lyric of my own to the ongoing thread (there is no recorded version, but I do know that East Coast filker Mark Mandel has performed a version with at least one adapted verse). Note that the refrain is one of those where the second half changes with every verse, indicated by the lines given in parentheses -- and that every brand name and flavor mentioned actually exist, or at least have existed.)

SOME CALL IT SODA

words: John C. Bunnell © 2000
music: traditional (“Sweet Betsy From Pike”)

You begin with plain water, as clear as you might,
Then flavor and sweeten until it tastes right;
With CO2 bubbles this mixture infuse,
and you’ll have a bev’rage that few can refuse.

REFRAIN:
Now some call it soda, and some call it pop,
And some cannot drink it, and some cannot stop;
(With cherry fudge cola white grape lemon-lime,
You’re sure to find something you like, given time.)

Now first came the colas, with sugar and spice;
The taste, it was bracing, the fizz, it was nice;
Though one little tidbit is hard to explain:
That once classic Coke got its kick from cocaine.

(Squirt Dr. Brown’s Bubble-Up Canada Dry;
You’re sure to find something you like, if you try.)

The flavors of citrus are frequently found,
As sure as the orange and grapefruit are round;
If lemon-lime bores you, then try tangerine,
Perhaps Mello Yello, or something in green.

(With green apple celery kiwi root beer,
It’s certain that something you like will appear.)

The spices in soda are sometimes obscure
(What is sarsaparilla? I’m really not sure);
The roots in my root beer I fear I don’t know;
As for Dr. Pepper – no, there let’s not go.

(Since Mr. Pibb Sunkist Tab Jones Minute Maid,
It’s certain that something you like is displayed.)

If sugar’s off limits, we’ve still drinks for you,
With saccharine, Splenda, and NutraSweet too;
Just fill up your beaker and cheerfully swig –
But try not to think of the words “guinea pig”.

(With passion fruit bubble gum almond cream peach,
You’re sure to find something you like within reach.)

Now some folk use soft drinks to keep them awake;
The sodas taste better than pills they might take;
For true sleep avoidance, the choice must be Jolt –
The cola so strong it makes rattlesnakes molt!

(On Green River Mountain Dew Schweppe’s Diet Rite,
You’re sure to find something you like within sight.)

Much more could I tell you, and someday I might,
But if I tried now, I’d be singing all night;
Suffice that there’s more in that can than you think –
And now that I’m finished, I sure need a drink!

(With strawberry fufu ginseng ginger ale,
It’s certain that something you like is for sale.)

////

Subject: RE: food songs
From: keberoxu
Date: 14 Mar 19 - 12:18 PM

Thank you Jim Dixon:

"Chicken Soup with Rice"
was a Maurice Sendak book
marketed to the very youngest of children --
so young,
that the book would have to be read to them
by somebody old enough to read.
I can see the little drawings now.

Subject: RE: food songs
From: FreddyHeadey
Date: 12 Mar 19 - 07:51 PM

written by Carole Prior: a humorous look at what constitutes the Scottish diet with the "strapline" -
"The Nation that was built on OATS!"

https://youtu.be/-Yju71UvxxQ?t=6m30s
Keith Festival 2017

Subject: RE: food songs
From: Mo the caller
Date: 08 Feb 19 - 08:33 AM

Well, Bert beat me (by several years) with Found a Peanut.

But I don't think anyone has mentioned
"Life is but a Meloncholy Flower"
repeated several times to the tune Frere Jaque
On the page it doesn't look like a food song, but try singing it.

Subject: Lyr Add: GREEN ONION TOP (Roosevelt Sykes)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 07 Feb 19 - 12:02 PM

I almost put this in the thread called Lyr Req: Onion Songs, but since it mentions and praises several other foods, I figured it would be a better fit here.

You can hear this at the Internet Archive:


GREEN ONION TOP
Written & recorded by Roosevelt Sykes, 1951.

Pig tails and sauerkraut
Make your belly stick way out.
Dig the pig with solid bop.
Don’t be green like a onion top.

Slipp’ry okra and collard greens,
Best stuff that you ever seen.
Slide the okra with a solid bop.
Don’t be green like a onion top.

Pickled pepper, sliced tomatoes,
Oh, boys, what a plate!
Lemonade, slice of pie,
Hurry, hurry, don’t be late.

Boiled corn and lima beans,
Best dish that you ever seen.
Dig the corn with solid bop,
And don’t be green like a onion top.

Subject: Lyr Add: SANDWICHES ARE BEAUTIFUL (Bob King)
From: AllisonA(Animaterra)
Date: 12 Nov 17 - 07:53 AM

It's wonderful to scroll through old threads like this and see beloved late-lamented Mudcatters, from Spaw to Sandy Paton.

I can't believe this one didn't make the list: Sandwiches Are Beautiful

SANDWICHES ARE BEAUTIFUL
Bob King

CHORUS: Sandwiches are beautiful; sandwiches are fine.
I like sandwiches; I eat them all the time.
I eat them for my supper; I eat them for my lunch,
And if I had a hundred sandwiches, I'd eat them all at once!

1. A-roamin' and a-travelling and wanderin' along,
And if you care to listen to me I will sing a happy song.
I will not ask a favour; I will not ask a fee,
But if you have yourself a sandwich, won't you give a bite to me?

2. Once I went to England and visited the Queen!
I swear she was the grandest lady that I've ever seen.
I told her she was beautiful and could not ask for more.
She handed me a sandwich and she threw me out the door! CHORUS

3. Once I knew a pretty girl, the fairest in the land.
All the young men in the county, they were asking for her hand.
They?d offer her the moon and they would offer her the sea,
But I offered her a sandwich and she said she'd marry me.

4. Now a sandwich may be egg or cheese or even peanut butter,
But they all taste so good to me it really doesn't matter.
Jam or ham or cucumber, just any kind will do,
But I like sandwiches; how about YOU?! CHORUS

Repeat CHORUS

Subject: RE: food songs
From: Joe_F
Date: 11 Nov 17 - 08:09 PM

Another watermelon song:

Just plant a watermelon on my grave
And let the juice [slurp] run thru.
Just plant a watermelon on my grave --
That's all I ask of you.
Now a chicken or a duck or a turkey may be fine,
But nothing could be sweeter than a watermelon rind,
So just plant a watermelon on my grave
And let the juice [slurp] run thru.

Subject: Lyr Add: THE WAR IN SNIDER'S GROCERY STORE
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 10 Nov 17 - 08:08 PM

Today I went to see the "WW1 America" exhibit at the Minnesota History Center (which will soon go on tour), and one of the things I discovered there was this remarkable novelty song, where various foods represent nations at war.

The following lyrics are from the sheet music at the The University of Illinois at Chicago. You can hear it at YouTube sung by Billy Murray, Ian Whitcomb, or Bob Michel.


THE WAR IN SNIDER'S GROCERY STORE
Words and music by Hank Hancock, Ballard Macdonald, & Harry Carroll, 1914.

1. Hans Gustav Snider,
A local provider
Of groceries, canned goods and such,
Had read of the war,
Till himself and the store
Were both what is known as "in Dutch."
His brains he'd been feeding
On so much war reading,
He woke up one night in a fright.
He rushed down the stairs,
Fell over two chairs,
And turned up the groc'ry store light.

CHORUS: There were eggshells bursting near and far,
Above the Russian caviar.
A Bismark herring by itself
Was pushing all the French peas off the shelf.
An Irish potato started to cry
When a Spanish onion hit its eye?
Frankfurters fighting all over the floor,
Howling and growling: "We're the dogs of war!"
There was "Sunny Jim," upon a horse,
Swooping down with all his "Force."
The paprika,
Growing weaker,
Shouted out: "Won't you open that door?"
And a couple of tough Vienna rolls,
Shot a poor Swiss cheese all full of holes,
In the terrible war in Snider's groc'ry store.

2. Dutch pumpernickel
Had joined a dill pickle,
Attacking the fresh navy beans.
A Limburger cheese
Greatly strengthened the breeze,
And anchovies, prunes and sardines
Were fighting an army
Of dago salami,
And that's only half what he saw.
He jumped into bed,
Put ice on his head,
And went on the wagon once more. CHORUS

Subject: Lyr Add: FOOD BLUES (The Corries)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 11 May 17 - 09:46 PM

This was mentioned by GUEST,ozmacca back on 16-May-2002:


FOOD BLUES
As recorded by The Corries on "Flower of Scotland" (2009)

I was sittin' in the motorway restaurant
When the waiter came up; he said: "What do you want?"

I looked at the menu; it looked so nice
Till he said: "Let me give you some advice.

"Spaghetti and taters they got too much starch.
Pork chop and gravy are bad for your heart.

"There's hormones in chicken and beef and veal.
Ravioli is a dead man's meal.

"Bread's got preservatives, nitrates in ham,
Artificial coloring in jellies and jams.

"Stay away from doughnuts; run away from pie.
Pepperoni pizza's a sure way to die.

"Sugar rots your teeth and makes you put on weight.
Artificial sweetners got cyclamates.

"Eggs got cholesterol; there's fat in cheese.
Coffee ruins your kidneys; so does tea.

"Fish's got mercury; red meat is poison.
Salt's goin' to send your blood pressure risin'.

"Hot dog and salami got deadly red dyes.
Vegetables and fruits are sprayed with pesticides."

I said: "What can I eat that's gonna make me last?"
He said: "A small drink of water in a tiny wee glass."

Then he stopped and he thought for a minute.
"Never mind the water; there's carcinogenics in it."

I got up from the table, walked out into the street,
Realizin' there was nothin' I could eat.

Ain't eaten for a month but I'm feelin' fine,
'Cause he did not mention beer, whisky and red, red wine.

Subject: Lyr Add: TEXAS COOKIN' (Guy Clark)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 09 May 17 - 07:10 PM

This was mentioned by Roger in Baltimore and an unnamed guest:


TEXAS COOKIN'
As recorded by Guy Clark on "Texas Cookin'" (1976)

I'm going down to Austin, Texas.
I'm going down to save my soul,
Get that barbecue and chili,
Eat my fill, and come back home.

I'm gonna take my baby with me.
We gonna have a high ol' time.
We gonna eat till we get silly.
Sho' do make a beer taste fine.

CHORUS: Oh, my, mama, ain't that Texas cookin' somethin'?
Oh, my, mama, it'll stop yo' belly and backbone from bumpin'.
Oh, my, mama, ain't that Texas cookin' good?
Oh, my, mama, eat it ever' day if I could.

I know a man that cook armadillo.
Tastes so sweet he called it pie.
I know a woman makes pan dulce.
Tastes so good it gets you high.

Get them enchiladas greasy.
Get them steaks chicken fried.
Sho' do make a man feel happy
To see white gravy on the side. CHORUS

I know a place that got fried okra.
Beat anything that I ever saw.
I know a man that cook cabrito.
It must be against the law

We gonna get a big ol' sausage,
A big ol' plate o' ranch-style beans.
I could eat the heart of Texas.
We gonna need some brand-new jeans. CHORUS

Subject: Lyr Add: THE PIZZA SONG (Trish Santer)
From: Tattie Bogle
Date: 13 Apr 17 - 07:30 PM

Closely followed by my Pizza song, which arose out of a wee family disagreement, when my daughter wanted to give her friends that pizza that had had been languishing in the freezer far too long, and Dad said no!


THE PIZZA SONG
Trish Santer - Oct 2002

Chorus
Well, you can't eat that pizza, 'cos it's mine,
I bought it for a very special reason,
There ain't another pizza quite like it in the world,
So leave it in that freezer just a-freezin'.

I went to Tesco's Friday 9 p.m.,
I waited for the girl with the stickers and the marker pen,
When she marked that pizza down to less than half a crown
I had the very best bargain in the end.

Chorus

It may be just a simple Margarita,
But I have plans to make it taste much sweeter,
With a full tin of anchovies, and half a pound of stovies,
And pepperoni, cheese and more tomater.

Chorus

I'm saving it for after the theater,
We won't have time to eat till so much later,
It's then when we're both starving, that pizza we'll be halving,
So tonight you'd better have a baked potater.

Chorus

So now it's at the bottom of the freezer,
Where maybe it could be forgot for ever,
But in a year or two, when it's perma-frosted through,
I'll be so glad I kept that bargain pizza.

Chorus

Subject: RE: food songs
From: Tattie Bogle
Date: 13 Apr 17 - 07:23 PM

Only nearly 3 years since I said I might post it later! (Recipe included!)

JANET'S STOVIES                                © Trish Santer 20.10.06.
                                                                                        
For my friend Janet Weatherston, who makes such superlative stovies.

Chorus
Janet's stovies are the best
We lo'e them abune the rest,
But we ha'e only ane request,
Bring us a plate o' stovies.

Slice yer onions nice and thin
Fry them gently, then throw in
Loads o' tatties wi'oot skin,
You've started makkin' stovies.
Salt and pepper tae your taste,
Scraps o' meat ye neednae waste,
Cannae be in awfy haste
When yer makkin' stovies.

Mak' them in yer muckle pot
Dinnae ha'e the ring ower hot,
Let them sweat until ye've got
A gey guid pan o' stovies.
Stovies ayeways fill ye up
Skoosh them in a plate or cup,
Dinnae bide, jest serve us up
Oor Janet's hamely stovies.

She mak's them for the Christmas ceilidh,
Tops them aff wi' sprigs o' holly,
You micht think that awfy silly,
Daein' that wi' stovies.
When Burns supper cam's aroond,
In the kitchen she'll be foond,
Haggis, neeps and tatties roond,
But ye cannae beat her stovies.

Of stovie-makkin' she's the master,
Better than a bowl o' pasta,
Mak's the eightsome reel gae faster
Efter Janet's stovies.
Never gi'e ye constipation,
Ideal form of regulation
Maybe too much information,
But that's why we tak' stovies.
Final chorus: Stovies, stovies, stovies, stovies,(x3)
We lo'e Janet's stovies.

Subject: Lyr Add: SOUTHERN FRIED CHICKEN (Hank Penny)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 13 Apr 17 - 02:45 PM

SOUTHERN FRIED CHICKEN
Written by Jack Aberth, Jack Davis, & Tennessee Williams (!)
As recorded by Hank Penny, 1956.

SPOKEN: You know they tell me the shortest way to a man's heart is through his stomach,
And woman, if you listen, I got a few shortcuts fer ye, by doggies!

1. Now southern fried chicken, good hot biscuits like my mama used to make,
Good hot biscuits smothered in gravy—that's what really takes the cake.
I love you, darlin', but my heart is in my mouth,
And you gotta make fried chicken like my mama makes down south.

CHORUS: I love you, darlin', like I love that good fried chicken,
And good hot buttered biscuits like my mama makes down south.

2. Now, baby, if you really love me and you want to be my wife,
You'd better practice up on your cookin' cause mine's a hungry life.
Be like my mama; put some coffee in the pot,
And fry me a lot o' that chicken, and keep them biscuits hot.

3. Now you'd better look out there, little darlin', 'cause I know that chicken's hot.
If it won't fit into a skillet, then you'd better go get a pot.
I like your cookin' and I want you to be mine.
Your biscuits taste like mama's and that chicken sure is fine.


[Not to be confused with another song by the same title, recorded by Jimmy Work. I classified that one as a train song.]

Subject: Lyr Add: CHICKEN SOUP WITH RICE (Carole King)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 30 Mar 17 - 08:19 PM

CHICKEN SOUP WITH RICE
Words by Maurice Sendak, music by Carole King
As recorded by Carole King on "Really Rosie" (1975)

In January, it's so nice,
While slippin' on the slidin' ice,
To sip hot chicken soup with rice,
Sippin' once, sippin' twice,
Sippin' chicken soup with rice.

In February, it will be
My snowman's anniversary,
With cake for him and soup for me,
Happy once, happy twice,
Happy chicken soup with rice.

In March, the wind blows down the door
And spills my soup upon the floor.
It laps it up and roars for more,
Blowin' once, blowin' twice,
Blowin' chicken soup with rice.

In April, I will go away
To far off Spain or old Bombay,
And dream about hot soup all day,
Oh my once, oh my twice,
Oh my chicken soup with rice.

In May, I truly think it best
To be a robin lightly dressed,
Concoctin' soup inside my nest.
Mix it once, mix it twice.
Mix that chicken soup with rice.

In June, I saw a charming group
Of roses all begin to droop.
I pepped them up with chicken soup:
Sprinkle once, sprinkle twice,
Sprinkle chicken soup with rice.

In July, I'll take a peep
Into the cool and fishy deep,
Where chicken soup is selling cheap,
Sellin' once, sellin' twice,
Sellin' chicken soup with rice.

In August, it will be so hot,
I will become a cooking pot,
Cooking soup, of course, why not?
Cookin' once, cookin' twice,
Cookin' chicken soup with rice.

In September, for a while,
I will ride a crocodile
Down the chicken soupy Nile.
Paddle once, paddle twice,
Paddle chicken soup with rice.

In October, I'll be host
To witches, goblins and a ghost.
I'll serve them chicken soup on toast.
Whoopee, once! Whoopee twice!
Whoopee chicken soup with rice!

In November's gusty gale,
I will flop my flippy tail,
And spout hot soup; I'll be a whale,
Spoutin' once, spoutin' twice,
Spoutin' chicken soup with rice.

In December, I will be
A baubled, bangled Christmas tree,
With soup bowls draped all over me.
Merry once, merry twice,
Merry chicken soup with—
Merry chicken soup with—
Merry chicken soup with rice.

I told you once, I told you twice:
All seasons of the year are nice
For eating chicken soup,
Eating chicken soup with rice;
Chicken soup, chicken soup with rice.

Subject: Lyr Add: RAD GUMBO (from Little Feat)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 30 Mar 17 - 07:00 PM

RAD GUMBO
As recorded by Little Feat on "The Best of Little Feat" (2006)

If you walk right in off the street,
You can take the load right off your feet.
Mama'll bring a menu to your seat,
But the bill of fare be short an' sweet.

Won't find no étouffé.
Mama never ever could cook that way.
She's all ancien regime,
No nouvelle cuisine.

She cookin' gumbo,
A mighty rad gumbo.
It's the only way she can go
Down at the Club Rad Gumbo.

Heads and shells stay in the stock.
She stirs her roux and really rocks.
One gallon shellfish stock or water.
Man, this gumbo is made to order!

Two toes of garlic finely chopped.
Man, this party just can't be stopped!
Mama's pots are boilin', band starts to blow,
Piano keys flyin' like a Fats Domino.

She cookin' gumbo,
A mighty rad gumbo.
It's the only way she can go,
Down at the Club Rad Gumbo.

Oh, no, no escargot, no cordon bleu.
This ain't the place to go lookin' for beef stew,
But if you like a tender shrimp and rice,
If you think you can stand the spice,

She cooks a gumbo,
A mighty rad gumbo.

Now the people come from miles around
To dig what Mama's puttin' down.
Ever'body knows her name.
She in the Seafood Hall of Fame.

I gotta get that recipe
If it means the death of me.
Get my spy-boy to sneak a look
In Mama's book.

She cookin' gumbo,
A mighty rad gumbo.
It's the only way she can go,
Down at the Club Rad Gumbo.

She cookin' gumbo.
It's a mighty rad gumbo.
It's the only way she can go,
Down at the Club Rad Gumbo.

Subject: Lyr Add: PIG MEAT MAMA (Mae Glover)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 19 Dec 16 - 07:11 PM

PIG MEAT MAMA
As recorded by Mae Glover, 1929.

I'm a pig meat mama; pig meat's all I crave. (2x)
Pig meat's gonna carry me, carry me to my grave. (yodel)

Some women like their pork chops; some women like their wine. (2x)
But I'm a pig meat mama; give it to me all the time. (yodel)

I got pig meat in Texas, pig meat in Tennessee. (2x)
My pig meat in Virginia, Lord, he's wild about me. (yodel)

[I want to] Tell all you women what you better do. (2x)
You better lay off my pig meat, or it won't be good for you. (yodel)

[It's] Pig meat for breakfast, pig meat when I'm in bed. (2x)
If I don't get my pig meat, Lord, I'd rather be dead. (yodel)

Subject: Lyr Add: MEAT CUTTER BLUES
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 19 Dec 16 - 04:55 PM

MEAT CUTTER BLUES

I. As recorded by Roosevelt Sykes with St. Louis Bessie (Bessie Mae Smith), 1930.

I been … all day; ain't had a bite to eat.
Walkin' the street … for a butcher to cut my meat.
Now it's night; still lookin' for a butcher to cut my meat.
'Cause I cannot sleep till I get a butcher to cut my meat.

I want you cut my bacon and grind my sausage, too. (2x)
You's a real good meat cutter an' you know just how to do.

I want you to cut my liver, chop my ribs, and cut my steak. (2x)
Ev'ry time I think about you, it make my poor heart ache.

I've had a fire in my range an' water in my pot. (2x)
You ain't cut my meat yet, an' my range is still gettin' hot.

If you can't cut my meat, I'll get a butcher from way downtown. (2x)
But my range is still heatin' an' my damper need turnin' down.

Mm-mm, [mister] butcher please cut my meat. (2x)
I been standing here all day long, beggin' you to cut my meat.

II. As recorded by Kansas Joe McCoy, 1934.

I'm th'old meat cutter; babe, I can cut your meat.
Anything in(?) a lot o' trimmin', I can do it so nice an' neat.

I can grind your sausage; I can cut your pork chop too.
I can do any kind o' cuttin' [you] want ol' Joe to do.

I can slice your bacon; I can cut your ham.
I'm th'only cutter right out o' Alabam'.

Now bring me my cleaver an' my ol' butcher knife.
While(?) some low-down rascal sure done cut my wife.

Now listen here, babe; oh, please don't be no fool.
Some o' these ol' meat cutters will use you as a tool.

Now come in here, babe; let me look on(?) your ham.
I'm th'old meat cutter an' I sure don't give a dozen(?).*

I got a brand-new knife and I grind it on my stone.
When I go to cut your meat, I can cut it to the bone.

[* McCoy substitutes a non-rhyming word for the expected "damn" ]

III. As recorded by Peetie Wheatstraw, 1936.

I been walkin' all day, walkin' up an' down the street. (2x)
I'm gon' put you out of a job, whoo, well, well, then I want to chop somebody's meat.

[Said] I want to cut your bacon, mama; grind your sausage, too.
And then I'm a good meat cutter; whoo! Well, well, babe, I know just what to do.

I can cut your liver, [and] chop your ribs, mama, and I can cut your steak.
Because now you know I'm a good butcher, whoo! Well, then again, you know I know just what it takes.

[I said] I keep fire in my range and hot water in my pot. (2x)
Well, I keep this water boilin', whoo! Well, well, mama, and it steams really hot.

Whoo-hoo, well, well, mama, let me cut your meat. (2x)
Well, well, I been walkin' the streets all day, whoo! Well, well, like a policeman on his beat.

Subject: Lyr Add: STEW MEAT BLUES (Lucille Bogan)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 19 Dec 16 - 09:04 AM

In a lot of old blues songs, food has a double meaning.


STEW MEAT BLUES
As recorded by Lucille Bogan, 1935.

A man say I had something looked like new.
He wanted me to credit him for some o' my stew.
Say he's goin' up the river, tryin' to sell his sack.
He would pay me for my stuff when the boat get back.
Now you can go on up the river, man, and sell your sack.
You can pay me for my stew when the boat get back.

I got good stew and it's got to be sold.
The price ain't high, I want to get you told.
Go on up the river, man, and sell your sack.
There'll be stew-meat here, baby, when the boat get back.

Now look here, man: what you want me to do?
Give you my stew-meat and credit you too?
You go on up the river, try an' sell your sack,
'Cause I'll have my stew-meat here when that boat gets back.

I credit one man; it was to my sorrow.
It's cash today, credit tomorrow.
So hurry up the river, baby, an' try to sell your sack.
It's gonna be meat here, when that boat get back.

Now it's ashes to ashes, dust to dust.
You try my stuff one time, you can't get enough.
So go on up the river, man, and sell your sack,
'Cause the stuff'll be here, baby when the boat get back.

Subject: Lyr Add: LET ONIONS BE
From: beardedbruce
Date: 16 Dec 16 - 02:29 PM

Let Onions Be


Come all you who would be flatter
Raise your forks and pass the platter
For to live is to grow fatter
While we are together.

cho: Let onions be in all our stews
    Let all our stews be made with wine
    We show them all just how to dine
    We'll end each meal with chocolate.

    Right fol de rol de ri too ra li do
    Right fol de rol de ri too ra li do
    Right fol de rol de ri too ra li do
    While we are together.

Eating and drinking are quite charming
Cakes and ice cream there's no harm in
All these things we take delight in
While we are together.

Grab the platter as it passes
Join with us at all repasses
Those who diet are but asses
While we are together.

Subject: Lyr Add: MEAT MAN PETE (Monette Moore)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 16 Dec 16 - 02:21 PM

MEAT MAN PETE
As recorded by Monette Moore, 1924.

Did you ever hear 'bout Pete?
Just Pete, plain Pete.
He had a market down the street.
Pete was a dealer in meat.
Ask anybody you meet
About Pete, and they'll repeat:
His ways are sure a mess,
But his meat is always fresh.

[§] All the butchers, how they envy Pete,
'Cause ev'rybody's crazy about his meat.
They hang around his store
And gang right in his door.
One thing sure: I know that Pete don't cheat.

People come from down in Alabam'
'Cause they've heard about his boneless ham.
They never get enough
Because his meat ain't tough,
And ev'rybody's crazy about his meat. [§§]

Once he was dealin' in wood,
And bus'ness wasn't so good,
And he started dealin' in ice,
But things didn't turn out nice,
So he took it in his head,
Commenced sellin' bread,
But bus'ness was complete
When he started dealin' in meat.

[REPEAT FROM § TO §§.]

[Barbecue Bob (1928) and Vance Dixon (1931) each made recordings that seem to be derived from this version.]

Subject: RE: food songs
From: Felipa
Date: 16 Dec 16 - 07:19 AM

Miss Fogarty's Christmas Cake has already been mentioned, but I thought I'd remind you due to the season that's in it.

all the songs that came immediately to my mind have already been mentioned by people who got to this thread earlier.

Subject: Lyr Add: RED BEANS AND RICE (Kokomo Arnold)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 16 Dec 16 - 12:43 AM

RED BEANS AND RICE
As recorded by Kokomo Arnold, 1937.

When I was down in Georgia, I was doin' mighty well. (2x)
Since I been here in Chicago, I been catchin' a bit o' hell.

Said I'm goin' down to the station; ain't gon' take no one's advice. (2x)
Said I'm goin' back to Georgia where I can get my red beans and rice.

Now these Chicago women have give me such a hard way to go. (2x)
Said they done took all my black(?) money and they got me runnin' from do' to do'.

Now I'm just settin' here lookin', way down on that lonesome road. (2x)
Says I'm raggedy and I'm hungry, and I ain't got no place to go.

Now I been rollin', I been rollin' from sun to sun. (2x)
Ever' time I can't get no lovin', … my payday comes.

Subject: Lyr Add: RED BEANS AND RICE (Gladys Bentley)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 16 Dec 16 - 12:22 AM

RED BEANS AND RICE
As recorded by Gladys Bentley, 1928.

Red beans and rice, greasy bacon in the pot. (2x)
Cold bread in the oven, coffee on the stove ain't hot.

I don't get no chicken; ham and eggs would poison me. (2x)
He won't buy no sugar, just to sweeten his own tea.

Walked to work this mornin' 'cause I only had one dime. (2x)
Wouldn't spend it on myself; spent it on that man o' mine.

He don't buy no clothes; he don't keep his laundry clean. (2x)
He short-ordered lovin', stingiest man I've ever seen.

I take all my pay to the man I call my pal. (2x)
And he's always broke; my man must have an outside gal.

I'm gonna to leave for work, but I'm gonna double back, no doubt. (2x)
If I can't get in, no one better not come out.

Red beans and rice, mornin', noon and ev'ry night. (2x)
I can't keep on workin' with only rice and beans in sight.

Subject: RE: food songs
From: Thompson
Date: 15 Dec 16 - 06:46 PM

Oh, you did, so you did, and so did he and so did I,
And the more I think about it sure the nearer I'm to cry,
Oh weren't them the happy days when troubles we knew not
And our mothers made Colcannon in the little skillet pot

Subject: RE: food songs
From: Joe_F
Date: 15 Dec 16 - 04:29 PM

Eggs, eggs, and marrowbone
Won't make your old man blind.

Subject: RE: food songs
From: Thompson
Date: 15 Dec 16 - 04:16 PM

And it's bainne na bó is na gamhna, and the juice of the barley for me!

Subject: RE: food songs
From: Cool Beans
Date: 15 Dec 16 - 11:46 AM

Here's a link to my song "Cinnamon Rolls" (They come eight to a pack/ Give 'em a whack)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EN4s8EuQ95A

Subject: Lyr Add: BOOGIE WOOGIE BLUE PLATE (Louis Jordan)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 14 Dec 16 - 07:55 PM

BOOGIE WOOGIE BLUE PLATE
Words and music by Joe Burhkin & Johnny De Vries.
As recorded by Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five, 1947.

There's a gal at the local beanery.
She's a pretty hunk o' scenery.
She can make a choc'late soda go s-s-s-s-s.
You oughta go around and dig it
When she's workin' at the spigot.
You can hear her calling orders like this:

Give me a ham white down and a burger rare,
Side o' slaw an' a seven-layer,
O.J. up, wreck two in a cup,
And a boogie-woogie blue plate.

Give me a crippled beef on a load o' hay,
Combo rye and a bottle of "A,"
Comin' through with a slab o' moo,
And a boogie-woogie blue plate.

Draw one; draw two.
Get that coffee perkin'.
Draw three; draw four.
Hold that mayo on the chopped egg workin'.

Want a tuna wheat with a side o' fries,
Eighty-six on the cherry pies,
Side o' greens on the franks and beans,
And a boogie-woogie blue plate.

Subject: Lyr Add: MANGO VERT (calypso - Mighty Sparrow)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 07 Sep 16 - 07:13 PM

This was mentioned by Mark Roffe on 26 March 1999 (who earlier referred to it incorrectly as a "papaya song." This is my transcription; it needs some correction. In particular, I'm sure the last half of the last line is very wrong, but I can't get do any better. Also, I don't know what "mango vert" means—does it mean an unripe mango?


MANGO VERT
As recorded by Mighty Sparrow.

1. A Yankee man and a woman was in confusion.
This Yankee man and a woman, whoa-ah! was in confusion.
The woman give him something to eat with stringy, stringy hair but it tasted sweet.
He say: "I rather do without; you stick up in me teeth and don't(?) wash me mouth."

CHORUS: She said: "You eat it right, the hair won't stick in your teeth,
And you're bound to say how it tasted sweet, sweet, sweet;
But if you eat it wrong, don't walk in the street.
Ev'rybody will know when they see the hair in your teeth."

2. So the Yankee man tell her: "Honey, tell me why you're forcin' me.
As a rule, when I'm done, scrub me teeth, I want nothing more to eat."
So she said: "Take it easy, Joe; it seem to me like if you don't know,
But this thing is tasting so nice, if you eat it once, you must eat it twice." CHORUS

3. At the time, I living next door; what they talking 'bout, I don't know,
But the conversation interest me, so I listenin' attentively.
She try to rub the thing in he mouth; he started runnin' and jumpin' 'bout.
She said: "You think I making sport; keep a-runnin' or I push it straight down your throat, Joe." CHORUS

4. As I leave, I wanted to know; I ain't care if they call me mango.
After listening attentively, I knock on the door very boldly.
When I bust the door and I enter, I see them standing up in the center.
The stupid Yankee catching cold feet; he's a mango barely man 'fraid to eat(?). CHORUS

Subject: RE: food songs
From: Jim Carroll
Date: 07 Sep 16 - 03:37 PM

Not forgetting 'The Unquiet Gravy'
Jim Carroll

Subject: RE: food songs
From: GUEST,Anne Neilson
Date: 07 Sep 16 - 03:33 PM

Adam McNaughtan from Glasgow (Scotland) has two grand food-related songs.

The first is Cholesterol, inspired by a west of Scotland health campaign for healthier eating. To the tune of the WW2 song 'Bless 'em All', Adam produced memorable lines like '"Brown bread with a low fat paste thinly spread on' (margarine) / May be healthier than a meat pie / But I don't give a hoot for their yogurt and fruit / I'll have Black Forest gateau and die! / Cholesterol, cholesterol -- my chance of surviving is small. / The cream I consume, it might lead to my doom, / but I love my cholesterol!

And a wonderment of word smithery is to be found in his tribute to a very local Scottish delicacy, the Tunnock's Caramel Wafer! Scots are well known for their sweet tooth/teeth and this song celebrates the hundredth anniversary of the baking company who became renowned -- following the removal of rationing restrictions post-WW2 -- for sweet biscuits/cakes such as the tea-cakes and the aforesaid Caramel Wafers.

Subject: Lyr Add: YOUR GREENS GIVE ME THE BLUES (Wirtz)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 06 Sep 16 - 11:15 PM

Another one mentioned by Ronn:


YOUR GREENS GIVE ME THE BLUES
As recorded by the Rev. Billy C. Wirtz on "Deep Fried and Sanctified" 1988.

Baby, don't you know it's a sad circumstance
That I wear the apron and you wear the pants?
Yo, but baby, I love you; that ain't the question.
Your cookin' would give Godzilla indigestion.
Your chicken ain't clickin'; your greens just gi' me the blues.

Your biscuits don't rise; your muffins don't work.
If Betty Crocker saw 'em she'd go completely berserk.
You burned the toast.
You even burned up the roast.
Your fried chicken ain't clickin' and your greens just gi' me the blues.

You deep-fried the jello; you boiled the bacon.
The artichoke told me his heart was breakin'.
I ate one of your biscuits; the dog ate seven,
And now he's restin' up in canine heaven.

Now that cake recipe that you got from your mom,
It looks like Hiroshima after they dropped the bomb.
You totaled the toast.
Just look at this roast!
Your fried chicken just ain't clickin' and your greens still gi' me the blues.

You even fouled up the turkey.
You make my beef kinda jerky.
Well, your chicken ain't clickin' and your sweet potato, stewed tomatoes, ravioli, guacamole, … chowmein, quiche Lorraine, and most of all, your greens just gi' me the blues.

Subject: Lyr Add: MEMPHIS WOMEN AND CHICKEN (Dan Penn)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 06 Sep 16 - 09:55 PM

This was mentioned by Ronn on 17 March 1999:


MEMPHIS WOMEN AND CHICKEN
As recorded by Dan Penn on "Do Right Man" 1994.

[spoken:] I see the sign: "Memphis, twenty-five miles"
It goes like this:

I'm headin' into Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee.
There's one place in this world I can get some'n' good to eat.
I'm hungry for some lovin', some fried chicken
Cooked up greasy an' finger-lickin'.
I know just where to go; there's this woman I know.
She shakes it up right and lets it simmer real slow—
Memphis women and fried chicken.
Memphis women and fried chicken.

Over on Union there's a good ol' gal.
She can smoke a pig; she can fry some fowl.
She got biscuits in her oven, cornbread in the pan.
I get by to see her ever' chance I can.
I catch a whiff when I turn the corner.
My mouth starts to water and I'm a goner
For them Memphis women and fried chicken.
Memphis women and chicken.

Yeah, I take my old guitar and I go down on Beale,
Play some good blues and get a read good meal.
I don't care if whiskey ever hits my lip
As long as I get a taste o' them barbecued ribs.

Now that ol' woman up on the bluff makes her livin' makin' pies.
Got them choc'late-covered fingers, dark blueberry eyes.
Got the light powdered sugar sprinkled all in her hair.
Her apple turnover is beyond compare.
When it's hot, late and sticky and you want some'n' cool an' sweet,
She keeps her handle crankin' on that homemade ice cream.
Memphis women, good fried chicken.
Memphis women and chicken.

[spoken:] That's the thing about Memphis:
Ever' time I come down here it speaks to my senses.
It's got some'n' to do with—
They got that fried chicken.
They got that fried chicken.
They got that fried chicken.
They got that fried chicken,
Down in Memphis—
Fried chicken.
Barbecue too!
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Subject: RE: food songs
From: open mike
Date: 24 Aug 16 - 07:46 AM

One of the songs on that compilation that Christine Alvin put together on the c.d. one meat ball was "Tomato Puddin'". I can't recall the artist's name....Jeff?? He is an actor and the name escapes me now I think he is involved with a theater group called rose?? Oh my.s aged y Google...Jeff Daniels