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Subject: RE: food songs From: Uncle_DaveO Date: 20 May 00 - 04:26 PM Going back to my misspent youth in the late Pleistocene, there was a song called "Five Salted Peanuts." One of my favorites out of the depression is "Beans, Bacon & Gravy", about being so poor that the only thing he can get to eat day in and day out, week in and week out, is beans, bacon and gravy. It is in the DT, I think. Dave Oesterreich |
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Subject: RE: food songs From: MMario Date: 31 Aug 01 - 12:03 PM *snicker*
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Subject: RE: food songs From: Walking Eagle Date: 31 Aug 01 - 05:12 PM Cook with Honey sung by Judy Collins. Friday Night Fish Fry. Chittlin' Cookin' time in Cheatham County. Someone mentioned Prairie Home Companion - - Powder Milk Biscuits theme. |
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Subject: RE: food songs (refresh) From: maire-aine Date: 16 May 02 - 06:18 PM Dear folks, In this thread on March 15th, the following was posted: "Another author I enjoy Bert Williams wrote a song about food that I like to play. Well actually it's about the hazards of eating, it's called Some Little Bug Is Going to Find You. "When you eat banana fritters, every undertaker titters and the casket makers nearly go insane." Bert Williams Reggie Miles" The line about banana fritters is not in the version posted in the DT. Reggie Miles if you are still there, or anybody, please would you kindly post or PM the rest of your lyrics. |
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Subject: RE: food songs From: Bat Goddess Date: 16 May 02 - 07:22 PM "On Monday we had bread and gravy. On Tuesday was gravy and bread. On Wednesday and Thursday was gravy and toast. To get something else instead. So on Saturday morn, just as sure as you're born We had gravy without any bread." And how about Dave Webber's "May Song" which is all about Mayo and Pasta: Linn |
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Subject: RE: food songs From: Jim Krause Date: 16 May 02 - 07:38 PM Y'know, Uncle Dave Macon seemed to sing quite a few songs about food, or songs that at least mentioned food. Some that come to mind are:
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Subject: RE: food songs From: GUEST,ozmacca Date: 16 May 02 - 07:48 PM For my money - which you're not going to get 'cos I need it to buy those non-essentials like food and clothing - a song performed by the Corries called "Food Blues" says it all. |
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Subject: RE: food songs From: Jeri Date: 16 May 02 - 08:34 PM Batty, this one? Wintertime is gone and past-o Salads grace our plates at last-o We shall to our waitress say Please to bring us all a side of may... o. Hail, hail, the taste of mayo Salad dressing, go away-o Noodles, burgers, fries or hay Always taste best with a side of may o |
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Subject: RE: food songs From: Lynn Date: 16 May 02 - 10:39 PM Couldn't scan the whole lot, but here's a couple that come to mind. Guy Clark's 'Home Grown Tomatoes' Greg Brown's 'Canned Goods' Uncle Dave's 'Country Ham and Red Gravy' (I always used to call it 'The Hammy Song' till I learned otherwise). Tasty thread! |
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Subject: RE: food songs From: Linda Allen Date: 16 May 02 - 11:56 PM Hi, Folks - This is a great thread! I can add one of mine: Sally's Quiche from my CD, October Roses. I started a recipe songs thread some years back -- I'll see if I can find it. This song has the complete recipe. If it's not already posted, I'll add it. |
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Subject: RE: food songs From: Bearheart Date: 17 May 02 - 08:18 PM Well, being in a hurry I didn't check, but I'm guessing the posting by Joe Offer is the thread I came across some time ago all about the Coconut Song. I immediately shared it with my husband, who sings the first three lines to me regularly (in a very suggestive way, I might add) but who could not remember the rest of the song. If that is not the thread I remember, please look for it. everything you'd want to know about the song including lyrics. In our house food and sex are definitely bedfellows. And definitely are both considered a route to ecstasy. Perhaps that's where the confusion is, since ecstatic states are a bit mindblowing? |
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Subject: Lyr Add: HOW CAN I KEEP FROM EATING From: GUEST,Judy Cook Date: 17 May 02 - 08:36 PM Thanks, Nancy, I learned this from Deb O'Hanlon years ago.
HOW CAN I KEEP FROM EATING
My life goes on in endless flow of breakfast, lunch and dinner
Some chicken soup with matzoh balls will bring me peace and pleasure
I'm getting rather plump these days; I think I'll take up running.
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Subject: RE: food songs From: GUEST,Wayne Date: 17 May 02 - 08:37 PM "Them Hog Liver Likers" by Mason Williams; "A Box of Candy and a Piece of Fruit" by Tom Paxton and Bob Gibson. |
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Subject: RE: food songs From: GUEST,Judy Cook Date: 17 May 02 - 08:47 PM Not just "Green & Yellow", but all Lord Randall versions, including "The Wild, Wild Berry" with that great refrain... 'Tis far better, I entreat, to have toads for your meat I learned it from Gwilym Davies who learned it from Ray Driscoll - I put it on my second CD with two other Lord Randalls.
What A Friend We Have in Cheeses ...But while I film the world of fashion |
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Subject: RE: food songs From: DancingMom Date: 17 May 02 - 08:53 PM Was it Dave Van Ronk or someone else who sang, " I had ham, I had ham, I had HAM, AGAIN!" My husband sings a silly one, "Little girls have pretty curls, but I like OREOS!" One of my favorites is by Page Wilson and Reckless Abandon, from here in Richmond, who sings with gusto about a "Chicken Thigh":
I got a thang about a chicken thigh,
A chicken thigh has only one thigh bone, Clean to the bone with just one hand. |
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Subject: RE: food songs From: The Fooles Troupe Date: 17 Mar 04 - 07:34 PM |
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Subject: RE: food songs From: rich-joy Date: 27 Oct 05 - 09:16 PM STOP PRESS!!! for a great new CD of recipe songs from Mudcatters - checkout our website : http://www.peculiarhand.com/pages/atogm.html and also the two current Mudcat threads from : Recipes in Songs and New! catchy Folk Food CD - from Oz! Thanks! ENJOY!!! Cheers! R-J Down Under (sorry, I'm still learning about internal blickies ...) |
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Subject: RE: food songs From: GUEST,Joe_F Date: 27 Oct 05 - 09:53 PM "Old Blue" has a stanza
"Baked that possum Good and brown, A great American culinary experience, celebrated in song, that this company is unlikely to have had. Likewise, has anybody here had groundhog?
"Up jumped Sam with a snigger and a grin,
Someone shot & cooked one in the commune I belonged to, but I was away at the time & missed it. |
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Subject: RE: food songs From: Bard Judith Date: 27 Oct 05 - 11:34 PM Re RJ's post - I'd buy the CD on the strength of the 30-second clip "Fillet of Sole St. Germain" alone. Heck, I'd buy it solely (sorry!) for the line "Place your sole in fine array...." LOVE acappella! |
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Subject: RE: food songs From: rich-joy Date: 28 Oct 05 - 12:06 AM Hey Bard Judith! - be our guest - please feel free to purchase our wonderful CD!!!! LOL! :~))) (and there are lots of other great lines! for example, in "Sticky Date Pudding", the gospel number : "We're on the road to salivation ...") Cheers! R-J |
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Subject: Lyr Add: HOT CHILI (from Steve Miller Band) From: Elmer Fudd Date: 28 Oct 05 - 12:25 AM HOT CHILI by Tim Davis (as sung by the Steve Miller Band) Sittin' here thumbin' through the pages of a magazine The pages tell me come right away, you know what I mean The air is so spacey, the ladies are lacey And there is nothing you gotta do But eat hot chili Hot chili is groovy After a movie or watching TV But when you order South of the border Soon you see It's hotter than noon It will melt your spoon So buddy, you better get ready For eatin' hot chili It's not silly To eat hot chili Passport in hand I made my plan to get away Hopped on a plane Rode out of the rain the very same day Soon as I landed My wish it was granted Lovely senoritas always drinkin' tequila, yeah, yeah, yeah And eatin' hot chili Eatin' hot chili I love hot chili Ooh I love it hot chili Hot chili, ooh |
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Subject: RE: food songs From: Elmer Fudd Date: 28 Oct 05 - 12:53 AM I'm not sure if this is really food, but.... SPAM Monty Python Lovely spam, wonderful spa-a-m, Lovely spam, wonderful S Spam, Spa-a-a-a-a-a-a-am, Spa-a-a-a-a-a-a-am, SPA-A-A-A-A-A-A-AM, SPA-A-A-A-A-A-A-AM, LOVELY SPAM, LOVELY SPAM, LOVELY SPAM, LOVELY SPAM, LOVELY SPA-A-A-A-AM... SPA-AM, SPA-AM, SPA-AM, SPA-A-A-AM! |
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Subject: RE: food songs From: rich-joy Date: 29 Oct 05 - 07:07 PM sorry ... but in my post of the 27th about our new Food Songs CD just out, I forgot to mention that we do take PayPal. AND that it's the perfect Chrissie Pressie for Food & Music Lovers!!! :~))) Cheers! R-J |
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Subject: RE: food songs From: The Fooles Troupe Date: 29 Oct 05 - 07:28 PM Don't you mean your 27th post? :-P |
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Subject: RE: food songs From: rich-joy Date: 29 Oct 05 - 07:54 PM Well Robin, I think it's a case of : "if you've got it, (you HAVE to) flaunt it" - otherwise all that money spent and time/energy expended has been somewhat wasted ... As you know, it's hard enough to make a living in these uncertain times - ya gotta use every tool in the box!!! Cheers! R-J |
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Subject: RE: food songs From: The Fooles Troupe Date: 29 Oct 05 - 08:31 PM I had IT, but I think I lost it.. |
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Subject: RE: food songs From: Amos Date: 29 Oct 05 - 09:51 PM Here's a whole thread of them, including a parody on Dylan's Subterranean Homesick Blues, in this Song Challeenge. Good laughs fondly remembered. A |
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Subject: RE: food songs From: Jim Dixon Date: 22 Mar 07 - 07:30 AM OK, sometimes I get obsessed. These are all the food songs I can find at Mudcat. The name following each title is usually a performer, not necessarily the songwriter. I have deliberately omitted many songs that merely mention food, where food is not the main theme of the song. 30,000 POUNDS OF BANANAS, Harry Chapin ALL THAT MEAT AND NO POTATOES, Fats Waller ANIMAL CRACKERS IN MY SOUP, Shirley Temple APPLES IN WINTER, Debby McClatchy AT THE CODFISH BALL, Mitchell, Pollack BACON AND CABBAGE (I'm a savage for ...), Brenda Shine BACON AND GREENS, Sam Cowell BAKE THAT CHICKEN PIE, Uncle Dave Macon BANANA SONG (Mama, will you buy me a banana), Trad. Irish? BARBECUE, Paul Williams BARNYARD DANCE, Martin, Bogan & Armstrong BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU EAT, Animaniacs BIG ROCK CANDY MOUNTAIN, Harry "Haywire Mac" McClintock BISCUIT BLUES, Roy Book Binder BLACK BEAN SOUP, David Soul BLACK STRAP MOLASSES, Groucho Marx, Danny Kaye, Jimmy Durante BOIL DEM CABBAGE DOWN, Fiddlin' John Carson, et al. B-O-R-S-C-H-T, Peter Ostroushko BOWL OF RED, Tom Russell BOX OF CANDY AND A PIECE OF FRUIT, Bob Gibson and Tom Paxton BREAD AND GRAVY, Hoagy Carmichael BREAD AND MARMALADE, Music hall song BREAD, Billy Jonas BREAKFAST BLUES, Ronnie Levine BREAKFAST IN MY BED ON SUNDAY MORNING, Harry Lauder BUTTER AND CHEESE AND ALL / THE GREASY COOK, Sam Larner BUTTERBEANS (Just A Bowl of Butterbeans), Little Jimmy Dickens CANNED GOODS, Greg Brown CHICK, CHICK, CHICK, CHICK, CHICKEN (LAY A LITTLE EGG FOR ME), Earl Oliver's Jazz Babies CHICKEN A LA BLUES, Tom Ball and Kenny Sultan CHICKEN AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT A BIRD, Cab Calloway CHICKEN CORDON BLEUS, Steve Goodman CHICKEN IN THE FRIDGE, Jeff Deitchman CHICKEN IS NICE, Dave Van Ronk CHICKEN LIPS AND LIZARD HIPS, Bruce Springsteen CHICKEN ON A RAFT, Cyril Tawney CHICKEN SONG, Jay Unger CHITLIN COOKIN' TIME IN CHEATHAM COUNTY, Fiddlin' Arthur Smith CHOC'LATE ICE CREAM CONE, Rose Maddox CHOCOLATE SONG, Moira Austen CHOCOLATE SONG, Zeke Hoskin CHOCOLATE, Chenille Sisters COLD PIZZA FOR BREAKFAST, Christine Lavin COOK ON A BARK COOKING BREAKFAST FOR THE ONE I LOVE, Fanny Brice CORNBREAD AND BUTTERBEANS, Carolina Sunshine Trio CORNBREAD AND BUTTERMILK, Little Jimmy Dickens CORNBREAD, 'LASSES AND SASSAFRAS TEA, Pee Wee King CORNBREAD, MEAT AND MOLASSES, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee COULTER'S CANDY, Trad. Scots COUNTRY HAM AND RED GRAVY, Uncle Dave Macon CUP CAKES, Charley Drew CUSTARD CREAMS, Les Barker DIGGIN' MY POTATOES, Lead Belly DINNER FOR ONE PLEASE JAMES, Coleman Hawkins DON'T SLAY THAT POTATO, Tom Paxton DON'T TOUCH ME TOMATO, George Symonette EAT BERTHA'S MUSSELS, John Roberts and Tony Barrand EAT ORGANIC, Emerald City Jug Band FOOD PUN SONG, Chuck Brodsky FORBIDDEN FRUIT, Oscar Brown, Jr. FRIM FRAM SAUCE, Nat King Cole GARDEN WHERE THE PRATIES GROW, John McCormack GARLIC SONG, Ruthie Gorton GET A LOAD OF THIS, R Crumb GOOBER PEAS, Burl Ives GOOD BUNCH OF BISCUITS, Jim & Jesse McReynolds GRAVY AND BREAD, Grant Rogers GREAT MEAT PIE HENRY'S FISH AND CHIPS HERRIN' AND POTATOES HEY GOOD LOOKIN' (WHATCHA GOT COOKIN'), Hank Williams HOKEY POKEY THE ICE CREAM SONG, Richard & Linda Thompson HOMEGROWN TOMATOES, Guy Clark HOW CAN I KEEP FROM EATING, Russell Aminzade & Sandy Pilskin HOW MANY BISCUITS CAN YOU EAT, Stringbean I ALWAYS COOK WITH HONEY, Valerie Carter I ATE THE BOLONEY, Harry Lee I EAT DINNER, Kate and Anna McGarrigle I LIKE BANANAS (BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO BONES), Hoosier Hot Shots I LIKE MOLASSES, Hank Penny I NEED A LITTLE SUGAR IN MY BOWL, Bessie Smith I WANNA HOT DOG FOR MY ROLL, Butterbeans and Susie IN SWEET ONION TIME (I'LL BREATHE MY LOVE TO YOU), Duncan Sisters JAMBALAYA, Hank Williams JELLIED EELS, Lionel Bart JENNY GET YOUR HOE-CAKES DONE JUNK FOOD JUNKIE, Larry Groce KITCHEN MAN, Bessie Smith LEFTOVER BISCUITS, Roger Handy LIME JELL-O MARSHMALLOW COTTAGE CHEESE SURPRISE, William Bolcom, Jan Morris LITTLE BIT OF CUCUMBER, Harry Champion LONE FISH BALL MALTED MILK, Robert Johnson MAMA DON'T WANT NO PEAS 'N' RICE 'N' COCONUT OIL, Count Basie MAN WHO EATS MEAT EVERY DAY, Parody by Dónal Thompson MEAT CUTTIN' BLUES, Hunter and Jenkins MEATLESS DAY, Ernie Mayne MISS FOGARTY'S CHRISTMAS CAKE, C. Frank Horn MRS. REILLY'S PEACHES, Eugene Field MY DAD'S DINNER PAIL, Harrigan & Braham NAVY GETS THE GRAVY BUT THE ARMY GETS THE BEANS, Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis NEW RESTAURANT, Malvina Reynolds NORFOLK STIFF-RUMP or APPLE-DUMPLING EATER OH THAT GORGONZOLA CHEESE, Harry Champion ON TOP OF SPAGHETTI, Tom Glazer ONE MEAT BALL, Ry Cooder ONE MEATBALL, Josh White ORANGE COCOA CAKE, Lou and Peter Berryman OREO COOKIE BLUES, Lonnie Mack PANCAKE RECIPE, John Kellermann PASS THE BISCUITS, MIRANDY, Spike Jones PEANUT-BUTTER SANDWICH, Shel Silverstein PEPPERS AND TOMATOES, Ralph McTell PLEASE PASS THE BISCUITS, Wiley Walker and Gene Sullivan POLK SALAD ANNIE, Tony Joe White POTCHEEN AND POTATOES, Julie Berrill PRATIES THEY GROW SMALL SEAFOOD SHOP CHANTYMAN'S SONG, Greg Trafidlo & Neal Phillips SHOO FLY PIE & APPLE PAN DOWDY, Dinah Shore SHORT'NIN' BREAD SIDEMEAT AND CABBAGE, Little Jimmie Dickens SOME HAE MEAT, Robert Burns SOUP KITCHEN SOUP, John McCutcheon, Si Kahn SOUTHERN FRIED CHICKEN, Jimmy Work SWEET POTATOES TATTIES AND HERRIN', Isla St. Clair TRINITY CAKE, Trad. Newfoundland TURNIP GREENS TV DINNERS, ZZ Top VICTORIA DINES ALONE, Tom Paxton WE'LL EAT AGAIN, Watt Nichol WHOEVER INVENTED FISH FINGERS, Leon Rosselson WHO'S GONNA STEAL THE PEANUT BUTTER, Jimmy Buffett WITH MY LITTLE STICK OF BLACKPOOL ROCK, George Formby YES WE HAVE NO BANANAS, Silver, Cohn YOU CAN'T GET MANY PIMPLES ON A POUND OF PICKLED PORK, Fred Terry YOUR BISCUITS ARE BIG ENOUGH FOR ME, Bo Carter |
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Subject: RE: food songs From: Scoville Date: 22 Mar 07 - 10:07 AM Without resorting to novelty tunes: Old-time edibles that don't involve alcohol
How Many Biscuits Can You Eat?
Wayne Hancock's "Smell that Bread" |
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Subject: RE: food songs From: Big Jim from Jackson Date: 22 Mar 07 - 11:12 AM "Five pounds of 'possum in my headlights tonight" Arkie mentioned "The Butterbean Song" [="Just a Bowl of Butter Beans"] that is sung in Mountain View, Arkansas at the Jimmy Driftwood barn "Old Time Nutrition" sung by Lorre Wyatt on his Folk-Legacy recording "McDonald's Kitchen" sung by Seamus Kennedy "Ham and Eggs" sung by Lonnie Donegan "Peanutbutter Jam" sung by Sandy Paton "Box of Candy and a Piece of Fruit" sung by Bob Gibson |
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Subject: RE: food songs From: Scoville Date: 22 Mar 07 - 11:49 AM We sing it "Fifty pounds of 'possum". Five pounds is the appetizer. Shish-kebab if you can get enough of them. I hope to God I never actually see a fifty-pound possum, though. Yikes. |
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Subject: RE: food songs From: Scoville Date: 22 Mar 07 - 11:56 AM This isn't quite a food song, but Marti Brom has a great one called "Eat My Words", about love gone wrong. The chorus goes: "Well, gimme a fork, gime a knife, I'm gonna eat my words . . . Yeah, sit me down, fill me up a platter, Great big platter of that love chitter-chatter, And if I need a drink on the side, I'll take a little swallow of my pride." |
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Subject: RE: food songs From: Fred Maslan Date: 23 Mar 07 - 12:02 AM "Everything is food" from the Popeye movie with Robin Williams by Nilson., Not published as near as I can tell, or on the soundtrack recording. The only way to learn it is to play the movie over and over. |
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Subject: RE: food songs From: GUEST Date: 23 Mar 07 - 04:55 PM On the other hand you've got 'The Grey Coc-au-vin', 'Hang Down Your Head tandoori', 'The Unquiet Gravy', Alan Tyne of Marrow - et al. Jim Carroll |
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Subject: RE: food songs From: rich-joy Date: 23 Mar 07 - 08:43 PM from the links on my October 27th, 2005 posting above : Chendie's Meatloaf Blues Phil & Kylie's Sticky Date Pudding Throw It On the Barbie Val's Cherries Jubilee MP's Vegie Slice Pork Fillets in Apple & Guinness Sauce Fillets of Soul St Germain Sandy's Patent Leather Pie Rayner's Scallops Corrie's Coconut Cabbage Soup all good, catchy, folkie, food songs!!!!! ... and yes folks, this CD is still available :~))) Cheers! R-J Down Under |
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Subject: RE: food songs From: GUEST,Rev Date: 24 Mar 07 - 01:24 AM Perhaps this is stretching a bit, because gum doesn't really count as food (and it's a TPA novelty song), but I've always loved "Does Your Chewing Gum Lose its Flavor on the Bedpost Overnight," if only for its very evocative title. |
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Subject: RE: food songs From: Big Jim from Jackson Date: 24 Mar 07 - 11:27 AM Grandpa Jones used to sing as ong called "Gooseberry Pie". Of course, Utah Phillips had a story about pie............. |
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Subject: RE: food songs From: GUEST Date: 03 Oct 07 - 09:06 PM the I had ham song is by dan crow. |
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Subject: Lyr Add: GET A LOAD OF THIS (Armstrong/Dodge) From: Stewie Date: 04 Oct 07 - 11:31 AM And a classic from Robert Crumb's Cheap Suits: GET A LOAD OF THIS (Armstrong/Dodge) My girlfriend's over but I sent her away 'cause she almost knocked the supper off my TV tray Bring a loada' RC Cola TV Dinner A plate of Twinkies It takes a pink burrito For to keep me clean (For to keep me clean) TV dinner is the meal that I'm lovin' Take off the foil, 30 minutes in the oven Bring a loada' RC Cola TV Dinner A plate of Twinkies It takes a pink burrito For to keep me clean (For to keep me clean) Don't like no carrots, can't stand no peas But a pack of Ding Dong bring me down to my knees Bring a loada' RC Cola TV Dinner A plate of Twinkies It takes a pink burrito For to keep me clean (For to keep me clean) Girlfriend's sweet, she ain't like no other Let's me spend all day in front of that 24-inch color Brings a loada' RC Cola TV Dinner A plate of Twinkies It takes a pink burrito For to keep me clean (For to keep me clean) Only one thing makes me jump up and holler TV breaks down during Bowling for Dollars Get a loada' RC Cola TV Dinner A plate of Twinkies It takes a pink burrito For to keep me clean (For to keep me clean) (Oh yeah) (That's right) --Stewie. |
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Subject: RE: food songs From: GUEST,PHINQUE Date: 04 Oct 07 - 01:26 PM "The Road Kill Cafe" has some interesting ideas on eating. |
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Subject: RE: food songs From: Rog Peek Date: 04 Oct 07 - 02:39 PM 'Boiled Beef and Carrots' 'The Salt' |
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Subject: RE: food songs From: GUEST,TJ in San Diego Date: 04 Oct 07 - 06:06 PM Junk Food Junkie - from an old Dr. Demento album One Meat Ball - Josh White & others Acres of Clams - an old Seattle favorite (Remember Ivar's?) Johnny McEldoo - The Clancy Brothers Way Down Yonder in the Paw Paw Patch (assuming they're still edible) Who Threw the Overalls in Mrs. Murphy's Chowder? Shoo-Fly Pie (and Apple Pan Dowdy) Of course, if you lump drink in with food, it opens up a real Pandora's Box of possibilities.... |
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Subject: Lyr Add: TASTES LIKE CHICKEN (Austin Lounge Lizard From: Jim Dixon Date: 21 Aug 08 - 08:34 PM Transcribed from an archived radio program (and then I found it here). To hear it, click here and then advance to 00:24:43. TASTES LIKE CHICKEN Hank Card/Conrad Deisler/Gail Fisher/Eamon McLoughlin/Kristen Nelson Card/Tom Pittman/Boo Resnick I have traveled round the world from Fiji to Nairobi, Sampled the exotic fare from Chihuahua to the Gobi. From Land's End to Helsinki and all points in between, I've been fed the finest Finnish food and British haute cuisine From the malts of Montezuma to the s'mores of Tripoli, From the mints of Machu Picchu to the doughnuts of the deep Dead Sea. Let me set you straight, my friends: it always seemed to be, Mammals, fish, and reptiles all taste the same to me. Chipped beef on toast, have a friend for pot roast, Tender little piggy toes with a bit of Bordeaux, French-fried mince pies right between the fish eyes, Half-baked pound cake, Shake 'n Bake, and rattlesnake, Slop, glop, (taste like chicken) Gruel, drool, (taste like chicken) Spumoni, baloney, (taste like chicken) Taste like chicken to me. Quattro formaggi in an ancient Tuscan palace, Mystery meats impaled on sticks at the State Fair in Dallas, Leaning towers of pizza and spaghetti bolognaise. How I love thee, pu pu platter! Let me count the ways. I've scouted out the finest kraut in Baraboo, Wisconsin. I've filled a dish with gefilte fish with a Jew named Ole Yohnson, The joys of vegan nut loaf with a side of lychee ramen. From French nouveau to lutefisk, they all have this in common: Alligator, Darth Vader skewered on a light saber Burger topped with special sauce, a bit o' car exhaust Hot corn, cold corn, bring along a demijohn, Kumquats, Tater Tots, Devon cream with lots o' clots, Stones, bones, (taste like chicken) Slush, mush, (taste like chicken) Hummus, pumice, (taste like chicken) Taste like chicken to me. Fillet of bunny when it's sunny is lip-smackin' good. Monkey brains when it rains is my favorite food. [Pronounced to rhyme with "good"] Artichoke is okey-doke with a slice of tongue. Manatee's a dream to me, especially when it's young. Catguts, rat butts, any-way-you-can nuts, Groundhog, boiled dog, love a little legless frog, Orange pop, gumdrops, Shari Lewis lamb chops, Collard greens from New Orleans, Chianti and fava beans, Blubber, flubber, (taste like chicken) Masa, kielbasa, (taste like chicken) Lizards, gizzards, (taste like chicken) Taste like chicken to me. Chalupas, pupas, (taste like chicken) Cookies, Wookiees, (taste like chicken) Soda, Yoda, (taste like chicken) Order, chaos, (taste like chicken) Dopey, Grumpy, (taste like chicken) Donner and Blitzen, (taste like chicken) Democrats, Republicans, (taste like chicken) Betty, Veronica, (taste like chicken) Taste like chicken to me. [From the Austin Lounge Lizards' album "Strange Noises in the Dark," Blue Corn Music CD 303, 2003.] |
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Subject: Lyr Add: A PINK PORK CHOP AND A GRILLED LINK ... From: GUEST Date: 07 Feb 09 - 02:35 PM Food songs, ok... A Pink Pork Chop And a Grilled Link Sausage Bradley, Rivett & Hauenstein A (C)Pink Pork (Am)Chop(Am7)(Am) And a (F)Grilled Link (C)Sausage, There's (F)no bare (G)space on my (C)plate.(F) (C) A (G)Pink Pork (Am)Chop(Am7)(Am) And a (F)Grilled Link (C)Sausage, Yes, (F)I'm a (G)meat repro(C)bate. (F) (C) (G)(hold) (E)I was weaned on (Am)corned beef hash 'Cause (F)mother's milk gave (G)me a rash. (F)Now it's meat that (C)I a(Am)dore, (F)Just call me a (G)carnivore! (G7) A (C)pink Pork (Am)Chop(Am7)(Am) And a (F)Grilled Link (C)Sausage, (F) I just (G)cannot tell a (C)fib, (F) (C) A (G)Pink Pork (Am)Chop(Am7)(Am) And a (F)Grilled Link (C)Sausage, (F) I'd kill a (G)cow for Prime (C)Rib. (F) (C) (G)(hold) (C)Meat…(Am7) (F) (G) (C)Meat…(F) (C) (G) (C)Meat…(Am7) (F) (G) (C)Meat!(F) (C) (G) (hold) (E)Suck the marrow (Am)from a bone, (F)Wear Mesquite (G)as a cologne (F)Can't relate to (C)herbi(Am)vore (F)What the hell are (G)their teeth for?(G7) A (C)pink Pork (Am)Chop (Am7)(Am) And a (F)Grilled Link (C)Sausage, (F) I don't (G)mean to cause dis(C)dain. (F) (C) A (G)pink Pork (Am)Chop (Am7)(Am) And a (F)Grilled Link (C)Sausage, (F)I've got meat (G)products on the (C)brain! (E)Wheat germ and (Am)soy(Am7)(Am) Were (F)never a (G)joy, And (E)veggies were (E7)never a (Am)treat.(Am7) My (F)love of crus(C)tacian (F)Ended in frus(C)tration, (Am) Let (F)me(G) eat (C)Mea(Am7)ea(F)ea(G)eat, (C)Mea(Am7)ea(F)ea(G)eat, (C)Mea(Am7)ea(F)ea(G)eat, (C)MEAT!! (F) (C) written by Scott Bradley, John Rivett & Jan Hauenstein, December 2004 janhauenstein@gmx.de |
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Subject: Lyr Add: SEAFOOD DEPARTMENT BLUES From: GUEST Date: 07 Feb 09 - 02:36 PM Got one more Seafood Department Blues (Hauenstein, Henriksen, Otto & Barrett) (C)Woke up this (F)morning, (C)Blues swimming (G)in my (C)head. (F)Smelt something (C)funny, Had a (E)flounder (E7)in my (Am)bed. (F) (G) (C) (G7) (C) Well, I woke up this (E7)mornin' With a crus(A7)tacean in my shoes, No shad, man! (F)Woke up this (C)mornin'(C/B) With a (Am)lobster where I (Am7)didn't (G6)choose.(G) (F)Sleepin' behind the (C)fishmart Givin' me them (F)Seafood De(G)partment (C)Blues. (F) (G) (C) (G7) (C) I had clams in my pa(E7)jam's And (A7)grouper in my BVDs, (F)Seven bivalves in my (C)sleepwear,(C/B) (Am)Givin' me a (Am7)seven (G6)seize. (G) (F)Seafood Department (C)Blues, now, (F)Like to bring me (G)to my (C)knees. (F) (G) (C)And I found some (E7)caviar, Da (Am)bass, dey laid some (F)eggs, I (E)found dem oh so (Am)tasty At da (F)bottom of mah (G)legs. (F) (C) (F) (G) (C) Met a shark in the (E7)dark, We (A7)had us a whale of a time, And them (F)jellyfish made a (C)mighty fine (C/B)dish, They´re (Am)seven dozen (Am7)for a (G6)dime.(G) (F)Seafood Department (C)Blues, (F)Sure feels (G)like a (C)crime. (F) (G) (C)Down in Fishmart (E7)Alley 'S a barra(Am)cuda with a (F)gun, (E7)Stickin' up the (Am)tourists And (F)tuna'n' up for other (G)fun, (F)Kelpin' hisself to other´s (C)goodies 'n (F)Sellin' seaweed (G)by the (C)ton. (C7) (F) (Fm) (C) (F) (G) (C) (G7) (C) written by Jan Hauenstein, Gene Henriksen, Joanne Otto and Tom Barrett, no rights reversed. A smelt is a small lake fish found in the great lakes.(Tom B) A bivalve is a mollusk, such as an oyster or a clam, that has a shell consisting of two hinged valves. Music Goettingen, 28 August 2004 janhauenstein@gmx.de |
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Subject: Lyr/Chords Add: MEAT HATS (Bradley/Hauenstein/...) From: GUEST Date: 07 Feb 09 - 02:39 PM Almost forgot this one, goes to the tune of Blackbird Meat Hats Music Lennon/McCartney/Words Bradley/Hauenstein (G)Meat Hats (C)worn by a (G)friend of mine I am (A7)sure he's (Am7)mad, he (A°)thinks he's di(Em)vine,(C) (G)Boy, (A7)be (C)wise,(Cm) Your (G)Haute (A7)Couture is (C)only (D7) drawing (G)flies.(C)(G) (A7) (D7/4) (G)Meat Hats (C)worn by a (G)friend of mine Have a (A7)ten day(Am7) exipi(A°)ration (Em)date.(C) (G)I'm (A7)i(C)rate.(Cm) His (G)bacon top hat decom(A7)poses (C)at a (D7)rapid (G)rate. (F) (C) (Dm)Bad (C)Meat (Bb)Hat, (C) (F) (C) (Dm)Bad (C)Meat (Bb)Hat, (A7) (hold) Walking with (D7)him, Better walk up(G)wind. - Instrumental verse - (F) (C) (Dm)Bad (C)Meat (Bb)Hat, (C) (F) (C) (Dm)Bad (C)Meat (Bb)Hat, (A7) (hold) After ten (D7)days Smelling awf´ly (G)bad.(C) (G)Meat hat stinking in the (C)dead of (G)night, 10 days (A7)old, gives (Am7)off an (A°)eerie greenish (Em)light,(C) (G)Shines (A7)all (C)night,(Cm) (G)´Nuff to give old (A7)grandpa´s ghost (C)one hell (D7)of a (G)fright, (C)Shinin´ (G)like a (A7)bacon in the (D7)wee hours of the (G)night, (C)Grandpa´s (G)ghost will (A7)piss his pants a(D7)gain al(G)right.(C)(G) © Music Lennon/McCartney Words Scott Bradley/Jan Hauenstein A° E----2------------ B--1-------------- G----2------------ D--1-------------- A----------------- E--xx------------- janhauenstein@gmx.de |
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Subject: RE: food songs From: Jim Dixon Date: 26 Feb 11 - 07:47 PM Harry Champion (1866-1942), British music-hall star, recorded several songs about food: A Little Bit of Cucumber Boiled Beef and Carrots Good Old Yorkshire Pudding Home Made Sausages Hot Meat Pies, Saveloys and Trotters I Want Meat Let's Have a Basin of Soup Standard Bread That Gorgonzola Cheese |
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Subject: RE: food songs From: GUEST,open mike Date: 27 Feb 11 - 01:41 PM I did not have time to read nearly 150 entries but did think of these...maybe listed already.. When Did We Have Sauerkraut? – by Peter & Lou Berryman Homegrown Tomatoes – Guy (and Susanna) Clark Oats, Peas, Beans and Barley Grow – Trad. Chocolate – Christine Lavin Cold Pizza for Breakfast – Christine Lavin Potatoes – Cheryl Wheeler Applesauce – Christopher Smith |
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Subject: RE: food songs From: GUEST Date: 27 Feb 11 - 01:48 PM Watching the Apples Grow – Stan Rogers Farmer Song – Gary Fjellgaard(?) “inch by inch, row by row” – The Garden Song – David Mallett Banana Slug String Band has several: Dirt Made My Lunch and others John McCutcheon has a song about Soup.. and there is a song about The Wonderful Soup Stone – Shel Silverstein? Apples and Bananas Red Red Wine Miss American Pie (is that food?) I remember hearing a line about Apple Pan Dowdy [="Shoo-Fly Pie"]...in a song about the south That's What I Like about the South...has ham in it too Banana Pancakes – Jack Johnson Guy Clark – "Texas Cookin'" we sang a song at camp about Fried Eggs, Ham and Baloney and After the Macaroni We'll Have Pizza Banana Boat Song – “come Mr. Tally Man tally me banana daylight come and me wanna go home” – Harry Belafonte |
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Subject: RE: food songs From: WalkaboutsVerse Date: 27 Feb 11 - 01:58 PM My "We Go Together" has a fair bit of (human and bee!) food in it - http://walkaboutsverse.webs.com/#109 |
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