food songs

Subject: Lyr Add: ENGLISH MUFFINS AND IRISH STEW
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 24 Aug 16 - 01:16 AM

I must admit this is one of the stupidest songs I've transcribed.


ENGLISH MUFFINS AND IRISH STEW
Words by Bob Hilliard, music by Moose Charlap.
As recorded by Sylvia Syms, 1956.

You'd never think they'd go together, but they certainly do:
The combination of English muffins and Irish stew.
I must admit that they're quite delicious and so easy to chew:
The combination of English muffins and Irish stew.

I've tried macaroni and Spanish rice.
That's not so very nice.
That's not so very nice.
I've tried French pancakes with German sauerkraut,
But that's one dish I'd do without.

You'd never think they'd go together, but they certainly do.
The combination of English muffins and Irish stew.
The Mexican army has eaten salami and onions from Peru,
But it don't compare with English muffins and Irish stew.

The English and the Irish have been firish(?) now and then,
'Cause the Irish think that they can knock the stuffin'
Out of any old English muffin.

So you'd never think they'd go together, but they certainly do:
The combination of English muffins and Irish stew.

I've tried sukiyaki in Labrador,
And I don't want no more.
No, I don't want no more.
I've tried hot tamale with Turkish shish kebab,
But I prefer corn on the cob.

You'd never think they'd go together, but they certainly do:
The combination of English muffins and Irish stew.
The Mexican army has eaten salami and onions from Peru,
But it don't compare with English muffins and Irish stew.
No, it don't compare with English muffins and Irish stew.

Subject: Lyr Add: BANGERS AND MASH (Kretzmer/Lee; Sellers)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 21 Aug 16 - 01:17 AM

This was mentioned by Bert on 16 Mar 1999:


BANGERS AND MASH
Words by Herbert Kretzmer ; music by Dave Lee.
As recorded by Peter Sellers and Sophia Loren, 1961

I met her down in Napoli and didn't she look great!
And so I brought her back to Blighty just to show me mates;
And though we're married happily, I'll tell you furthermore,
I haven't had a decent meal since nineteen forty-four.

—Eat your minestrone, Joe. —That's all you ever say.
—Eat your macaroni, Joe. —Ev'ry blinking day.
—No wonder you're so bony, Joe, and skinny as a rake.
—Well then, give us a bash at the bangers and mash me mother used to make.

Bangers and mash! —Minestrone!
—Bangers and mash! —Macaroni!
—Give us a bash at the bangers and mash me mother used to make.

—Eat your tagliatelle, Joe. —That's all I've heard for years.
—Eat your vermicelli, Joe. —It's coming out me ears.
—You've got to fill your belly Joe; Joe, for heaven's sake!
—Well then, give us a bash at the bangers and mash me mother used to make.

Bangers and mash! —Tagliatelle!
—Bangers and mash! —Vermicelli!
—Oh, give us a bash at the bangers and mash me mother used to make.

Subject: Lyr Add: I HEARD THE VOICE OF A PORK CHOP (Jackson
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 01 May 16 - 08:57 AM

These words seem to be a parody of "I HEARD THE VOICE OF JESUS SAY (COME UNTO ME AND REST)" but it is sung to a different tune.


I HEARD THE VOICE OF A PORK CHOP


[I. As recorded by Jim Jackson, 30-Jan-1928. YouTube.]


I walked and I walked and I walked and I walked; I stopped for to rest my feet.
I set down on an old oak tree, there went fast asleep.
I dreamt I was settin' in a swell cafe as hungry as a bear.
My stomach sent a telegram to my throat: "There's a wreck on the road somewhere."

I heard the voice of a pork chop say: "Come unto me and rest."
Well, you talk about your stewin' beef; I know what's the best.
Well, you talk about your chicken, ham and eggs, turkey stuffed and dressed,
But I heard the voice of a pork chop say: "Come unto me and rest."


[II. As recorded by Ben Curry (a.k.a. Blind Bogus Ben Covington), 1-Sep-1928. Jim Jackson is credited as songwriter. YouTube.]


I ain't had no use for chicken since way back yonder last spring,
For a chicken tried to peck me 'cause I stepped on his wing.
Old chicken caused me to go to jail; I don't let no chicken do that.
I would have stoled ev'ry hen he had, but I found out they was fat.

I was walking down the street today just as hungry as I could be,
And I walked right in a swell cafe; this is what they said to me:
"Hey, won't you have some chicken?" "Oh, no, I'll have some beef."
"Anytime a man refuse chicken here, he has to pay before he eats."

I heard the voice of a pork chop say: "Come unto me and rest."
You talk about liver, stew and beans, but I know what's the best.
That's pork chop, veal chop, ham and eggs, turkey stuffed and dressed.
I heard the voice of a pork chop say: "Come unto me and rest."

Well, I walked and I walked and I walked and I walked and I stopped to rest my feet.
I set down beside of a great big tree; then I soon was fast asleep.
I dreamed I was settin' in a swell cafe just as hungry as a bear.
My stomach sent a telegram to my throat: "There's a wreck on the road somewhere."

I heard the voice of a pork chop say: "Come unto me and rest."
You talk about liver, stew and beans, but I know what's the best.
That's pork chop, veal chop, ham and eggs, turkey stuffed and dressed.
Heard the voice of a pork chop say: "Come unto me and rest."

Subject: Lyr Add: PAPA DON'T WANT NO FISH AND RICE AGAIN
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 14 May 15 - 06:04 PM

You can hear this on YouTube:


PAPA DON'T WANT NO FISH AND RICE AGAIN
Written by Sam Manning, Sam Johnson & Oscar E. Johnson
As sung by Sam Manning & The Felix Krazy Cats on Decca 18257a, 1941.

Papa don't want no fish and rice nor hominy.
That's not the kind of food for a man like me.
My favorite dish is fish,
But for fish sake, finish!*
Papa don't want to see no fish and rice again.

Big fish, little fish, catfish, fresh fish, all the same.
Swordfish, pickle-fish—fish is fish by any name.
Why, the doctors all explain
Fish would help my brain,
So papa don't want to see no fish and rice again.

Mama, ain't there nothin' else that you can buy?
Tummy ache all night, papa want to die.
Tuna swallowed a whale.
Any more fish and I'd go to jail.
Oh, papa don't want to see no fish and rice again.

Oh, papa don't want no fish and rice nor hominy.
That's not the kind of food for a man like me.
My appetite is big,
But, mama, I ain't no pig.
Oh, papa don't want to see no fish and rice again.


* pronounced with the accent on the second syllable.

This song seems related to "Mama Don't Want No Peas and Rice an' Coconut Oil" which was published in 1932.

Subject: RE: food songs
From: Tattie Bogle
Date: 15 May 14 - 09:07 PM

I once wrote a song about Stovies - a real staple Scottish dish. Might post it later.

Subject: RE: food songs
From: Bert
Date: 15 May 14 - 01:08 AM

The Quartermaster's Store.

Subject: RE: food songs
From: Bert
Date: 15 May 14 - 01:07 AM

Fried Bread and Brandy-O - The Spinners
Pickin' a Chicken - Eve Boswell
When Your Pickle Glows at Night - Amos Jessup

Subject: RE: food songs
From: Black belt caterpillar wrestler
Date: 14 May 14 - 06:15 AM

Has anybody mentioned the ballad of Lumley Kettlewell?

Subject: Lyr Add: COME AROUND TO MY HOUSE (Georgia White)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 13 May 14 - 06:18 PM

COME AROUND TO MY HOUSE
As sung by Georgia White, 1941.

If you want good cookin',
You can get good cookin'.
If you want good cookin',
Come around to my house.
You can get some corn bread,
And if you like good corn bread,
And if you want good corn bread,
Come around to my house.
Well now, you like ham; I like ham
All circled 'round with candied yam.
You like pastry; I've got pastry,
Sweet and hot and oh so tasty.
You can get good cookin'.
If you like good cookin';
And you want good cookin',
So come around to my house.

You can get good gravy
If you like good gravy,
And you want good gravy.
Oh, come around to my house.
You can get hot biscuits
If you like hot biscuits,
And you want good biscuits,
Just come around to my house.
Now you like jam; I like jam,
Grape, for mint or leg o' lamb.
You like pot pies; I've got pot pie,
Guaranteed first time you try 'em.
You can get rice puddin',
If you like rice puddin',
And you want rice puddin'.
Say, brother, come on 'round to my house.

Subject: Lyr Add: THE SUPER SUPPER MARCH (Dr. Seuss)
From: May Queen
Date: 21 May 13 - 05:24 PM

Here's my favourite as a kid and probably now too :) I sing this to my husband when its his turn to cook.

The Super-Supper March

Hungry, hungry I am hungry
Table, table here I come
I could eat a goose-moose burger
Fifteen pickles and a purple plum

I could eat three bowls of goulash
Half a pound of wuzzled wheat
I could eat a peck of poobers
Then I`d really get to work and eat

Oysters, noodles, strawberry stroodles
French fries, fish hash, one red beet
Lamb chops, wham chops
Huckleberry mish mash
Oh, the things that I could eat

Doughnuts, dump-a-lings
Blueberry bump-a-lings
Chocolate mush-mash, super sweet
Clam stew, ham stew,
Water melon wush wush
Oh, the stuff that I could eat

Deep dish rhubarb, upside-down cake
I could eat a frittered flum
Hungry, hungry, I am starving
Table, table, here I come

Any one else remember this one from school? It was in the Apusskidu children's song book used in UK primary schools in the 60's and 70's

Subject: Lyr Add: CHEESEBURGER IN PARADISE (Jimmy Buffett)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 21 May 13 - 09:33 AM

CHEESEBURGER IN PARADISE
As sung by Jimmy Buffett on "Son of a Son of a Sailor"

Tried to amend my carnivorous habits.
Made it nearly seventy days,
Losin' weight without speed, eatin' sunflower seeds,
Drinkin' lots of carrot juice and soakin' up rays,
But at night I'd had these wonderful dreams:
Some kind of sensuous treat,
Not zucchini, fettuccine, or bulgur wheat,
But a big warm bun and a huge hunk of meat.

CHORUS: Cheeseburger in paradise (paradise),
Heaven on earth with an onion slice (paradise),
Not too particular, not too precise (paradise),
I'm just a cheeseburger in paradise.

Heard about the old time sailor men.
They eat the same thing again and again.
Warm beer and bread they said could raise the dead.
Well, it reminds me of the menu at a Holiday Inn.
Times have changed for sailors these days.
When I'm in port, I get what I need:
Not just Havanas or bananas or daiquiris,
But that American creation on which I feed:

CHORUS: Cheeseburger in paradise (paradise),
Medium rare with mustard'd be nice (paradise),
Heaven on earth with an onion slice (paradise).
I'm just a cheeseburger in paradise.

I like mine with lettuce and tomato,
Heinz 57 and french-fried potatoes,
Big kosher pickle and a cold draft beer.
Well, good God almighty, which way do I steer for my—

CHORUS: Cheeseburger in paradise (paradise)?
Makin' the best of every virtue and vice (paradise),
Worth every damn bit of sacrifice (paradise),
To get a cheeseburger in paradise,
To be a cheeseburger in paradise.
I'm just a cheeseburger in paradise.

I like mine with lettuce and tomato,
Heinz 57, and french-fried potatoes,
Big kosher pickle, and a cold draft beer.
Well, good God almighty, which way do I steer?

Subject: RE: food songs
From: YorkshireYankee
Date: 27 Nov 12 - 09:49 PM

Not a folk song, but "Food, Glorious Food!" (from "Oliver!") would seem an obvious candidate...

Subject: RE: food songs
From: open mike
Date: 27 Nov 12 - 01:47 PM

Blickie for Open Mike's radio show featuring food songs

Subject: RE: food songs
From: Arkie
Date: 27 Nov 12 - 10:15 AM

Ok a few more and I will call it quits for now, but I found these on my computer.

old fiddle tune - Paddy Won't You Drink some good old Cider
Bradley Kincaid - I Had but 50¢
Prickly Pear - The Big Food Chain
Bob Campbell - Arbuckle Coffee
Bob Newman - Leftover Hash
Johnny Silvo - Cornbread, Peas, & Black Molasses
old fiddle tune - Sal's Come to the Cider Mill

Did not check to see if this was already posted - All Go Hungry Hash House

Subject: RE: food songs
From: Arkie
Date: 27 Nov 12 - 09:50 AM

Impressive lists and it seemed like everything was covered but I did not find the following:

Lacy Dalton - Black Coffee
Bill Haley - Forty Cups of Coffee
fiddle tune - Sugar in the Coffee
Gene Autry, Red Foley, Lulu Belle & others - Methodist Pie
Guy Clark - Instant Coffee Blues
Merle Travis - Too Much Sugar for a Dime
Baxter Black - A Vegetarian's Nightmare or a Dissertation on Plant's Rights (poem)

Baxter Black

Subject: RE: food songs
From: open mike
Date: 26 Nov 12 - 08:11 PM

here is a playlist and a link to listen to the archived show: FOOD
Crossroads Show - November 25, 2012 - Thankful for Bountiful Harvest
KROV f.m. 91.1 f.m. Oroville, CA, www.orovilleradio.org, http://orovilleradio.org/shows/view/45
Host, Laurel Paulson-Pierce, "Your Radio Common 'Tater", veraloe@ gotsky.com
Artist / Song / C.D. / Record Label / approximate Time song starts in the show

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
Chuch McCabe / Meats in a Can / Creatures of Habit in a World of Change / Scuppernong        20:30
Chuck McCabe / Hollandaise / 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 Publishing         35:18
Joe Craven / Hot Turkey / Camptown / Acorn Music                                                37:05
Faith Petric / Highway Hunter / When Did We Have Saurkrout? / 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 / Large River                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 Reames & Barnstormers / Cornbread, Molasses,and Sassafrass 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 and Rice / Nebraska Tall Grass Sampler / Prairie Dog Music                 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 / Huckelberry Flint / Pillowfort                                         to end

Subject: RE: food songs
From: Bert
Date: 24 Nov 12 - 11:15 PM

Found a peanut.

Subject: RE: food songs
From: open mike
Date: 24 Nov 12 - 10:00 PM

ok,i am not hungry or thirsty any more!
what a great "menu" thanks all you mudcats
for sharing...hope everyone had a good thanksgiving...

Subject: RE: food songs
From: GUEST,Eddie1 (Still sans cookie)
Date: 14 Nov 12 - 10:33 AM

Here's the Playlist for a radio show I did a few weeks back:


Artist – Title – Length
Chet Atkins – Country Champagne – 02:36
Various Artists – Strawberry Fields Forever – 02:21
Jean Jacques Milteau – Gumbo – 01:49
Willie Nelson – Whiskey River – 04:04
Archie Fisher – Gunsmoke & Whisky – 03:34
The Carter Family – Chewing Gum – 03:05
Chet Atkins – Java – 02:41
Chuck McCabe – Meats in a Can – 01:48
Virginia Boys – Dill Pickle Rag – 01:30
Emmylou Harris – Another Pot o' Tea – 03:03
Flatt & Scruggs – Hot Corn, Cold Corn – 02:32
Grandpa Jones – Mountain Dew – 02:13
Gretchen Wilson – One Bud Wiser – 03:39
Hamish Imlach – Goodbye Booze – 03:10
Harry McLintock – Big Rock Candy Mountain – 04:39
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – Jambalaya – 03:22
Janis Ian – Hunger – 06:28
Jerry Garcia – Whiskey in the Jar – 04:17
Jimmy Rodgers – Peach Pickin' Time in Georgia – 02:51
Lefty Frizell – Cigarettes and Coffee Blues – 02:37
Lonnie Donegan – Take a Drink on Me – 03:15
Merle Haggard – I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink – 03:58
Hank Thompson – What Made Milwaukee Famous – 02:08
Burl Ives – Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly – 02:39
Slim Dusty – Pub With No Beer – 03:00
Eddie – Put Another Log on the Fire – 01:39
Red Hot Chilli Peppers – We Will Rock You – 02:22
Red Ingles – Cigareets & Whuskey – 02:42
Red Foley & Ernest Tubb – Too Old to Cut the Mustard – 02:54
Johnny Paycheck – The Bottle Let Me Down – 04:23
The Dubliners – Rare Old Mountain Dew – 01:27
Iain MacKintosh – The New Restaurant – 02:15
Tom Paxton – Bottle of Wine – 02:54
Tom T Hall – Old Dogs & Children – 04:10
Emmylou Harris – Two More Bottles of Wine – 03:15
George Jones – White Lightnin' – 02:45
Young Tradition – Chicken on a Raft – 03:34

Eddie –

Subject: RE: food songs
From: Joe_F
Date: 13 Nov 12 - 08:58 PM

From barley we get home-brewed ale,
From malt our whiskey comes,
But from the oats in Staffordshire
Do come our lumpytums.

*

There's folk that's teetotalers, they drinks water neat.
It must rot their gullets and given them webbed feet,
But I always say that a man can't grow stale
On boiled beef and bacon and good English ale.

Ale, ale, glorious ale!
Served up in pewter, it tells its own tale.
Some folks likes cabbages, some curlye kale,
But give I boiled parsnips,
And a great dish of taters,
And a lump of fatty bacon,
And a pint of good ale!

Subject: RE: food songs
From: Bettynh
Date: 13 Nov 12 - 03:16 PM

Junk Food by the Four Bitchin Babes

and


Slow Food by David Holt

Subject: RE: food songs
From: moongoddess
Date: 13 Nov 12 - 02:38 PM

One Clam Cake by Jon Campbell over here in Rhode Island.

Subject: RE: food songs
From: open mike
Date: 13 Nov 12 - 03:50 AM

hooray for the fresh and spicy additions to this smorgasboard of tunes.
Yes, it was while listening to Deb Cowan's version of Good Fish Chowder that I decided that my thanksgiving show would be centered around food! inspiring, that! luckily listening to songs about food is not likely to add pounds as actually consuming it does!

Kate Campbell has several songs about food...Funeral Food and casseroles as well as holy tomato seeds -- Jesus and Tomatoes coming soon! Let's see... who does Animal Crackers in my Soup? oh yes, Shirley Temple!

Subject: RE: food songs
From: BK Lick
Date: 13 Nov 12 - 01:26 AM


Old Woman From Wexford aka Marrow Bones

Subject: RE: food songs
From: reggie miles
Date: 12 Nov 12 - 05:02 PM

I never did get litigious with the company that produced those awful tasting dills but I did get a great song out of the deal. I figure a jar full of sour pickles in exchange for a sweet song is a fair trade.

Subject: RE: food songs
From: reggie miles
Date: 12 Nov 12 - 04:51 PM

Hmmm, I'm rather surprised after viewing my post in this thread from way back on March 15th of 1999. In that post my song suggestion is linked, via some strange computational algorithm, to another song, not the song that I had in mind. Weird!

I, too, enjoy food songs. I've written a couple of them since then. A nice video of my latest food songMakin' Bacon was captured on April 4th, 2012 as I was offering it to listeners at Sliders Cafe in Carnation, WA.

And here's a link to an audio file of my song A Dilly Of A Tale (The Pickle Song). This song was inspired into existence via a thread post that I was answering right here at The Mudcat Cafe. I recall that we were having a conversation about a woman who was going to take McDonalds to court, because she burned her lip on hot pickle. As I was writing my response, about having recently consumed some just plain bad dill pickles and wondering if I had a case of my own, my song was born. Enjoy!

Subject: RE: food songs
From: Bettynh
Date: 12 Nov 12 - 01:05 PM

Christine Lavin made a compilation CD, One Meat Ball with some great versions of food songs, including Dave Van Ronk explaining the title song, Tom Paxton singing "Bottle of Wine" in French, and Debi Smith singing "Pie" with Doc Watson accompanying.

Subject: RE: food songs
From: CupOfTea
Date: 12 Nov 12 - 12:45 PM

Though the Berrymans' witty When Did We Have Sauerkraut? song was mentioned earlier, they regularly mention food in their songs. Crab Canape is a lovely duet of dueling food sensibilities. Orange Cocoa Cake is a whole recipe interspersed with mom-to-kids chat interruptions. As your show is Thanksgiving-oriented, their Uncle Dave's Grace would be a gem. Hills, Herdman & Mangsen recorded a great version of it on one of their Winter albums.

Cindy Mangsen's Cat Tales album includes Open That Can detailing food cravings feline, canine, and human.

Deb Cowan's latest album has a fun (how to sing along with) version of the previously mentioned Good Fish Chowder (and is one of MANY reasons to get this excellent album) Also previously mentioned Dad's Dinner Pail is the title song of another album of hers.

Hot Soup's Soup Happens has the song Soup detailing the pleasures of hot soup on cold winter days.

Chicago's duo Small Potatoes Time Flies album has their Avocado song that was featured in a car's sound system sample.

Les Barker is a great source of parody songs featuring food (for as many as there are, he ought to be a good deal wider than he is...) Besides Custard Creams and Hard Cheeses of Old England my favorite is My Husband's Got No Porridge in Him (Food and Fractured Faerie Tales all in one!). I can't remember the rest without digging the albums out - I just remember more.

Long before I got in over my head in folk, I had a brief flirtation with light Jazz, after falling in love with the writing of Michael Franks who does several food songs, though admittedly dripping cutesy innuendo. His Art of Tea album has what might be his best known song Popsicle Toes along with Eggplant

Good luck with your show & happy food contemplation for Thanksgiving

Joanne in Cleveland

Subject: RE: food songs
From: open mike
Date: 12 Nov 12 - 04:29 AM

ahh...refreshing this thread...looking for food songs for my radio show ... my next 2 hour show will be around thanksgiving (NOV.24) and often the thing we are most thankful for on that day centers around food!

Isn't there a cowboy song about biscuits and gravy? (all i could find was this parody by Lady Antebellum www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXsN-J-ASqg

we sing several food songs including GROUNDHOG.

i just found an all girl bluegrass band called Sweet Potato Pie.
Their title song is featured online...

anyone have any other foodie songs not yet mentioned?

how about Junk Food Junkie ? By Larry Groce
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLiVeRJTtqo

Subject: RE: food songs
From: open mike
Date: 27 Feb 11 - 10:33 PM

that guest at 1:48 was me without cookies..hey, that's food, too

Kate Campbell has a song about tomato seeds: “Jesus and Tomatoes”, coming soon.

and Stephanie Davis has a song about gardening, planting and canning food..”Talkin’ Harvest Time Blues”

also Peach Pickin’ Time in Georgia
and If You Don’t Want My Peaches don't shake my tree

Chris Smither has a song about a vegetable vender who calls out
the wares on his wagon...watermelon, etc.

Peanut, peanut butter, and jelly...is a kid's song with hand movements describing making bread, and jelly and spreading p.butter and jelly on bread

Norton Buffalo did a song about "Ain't No Bread in the Breadbox"
the Grateful Dead sang it..

John Prine has a line about a bowl of oatmeal staring him down and winning [=“Illegal Smile”]

Simon and Garfunkel had a line about raisin bran or corn flakes in a song about roger draft dodger....? [=“Punky’s Dilemma”]

any one remember that one??

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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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

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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.]

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....

Subject: RE: food songs
From: Rog Peek
Date: 04 Oct 07 - 02:39 PM

'Boiled Beef and Carrots'
'The Salt'

Subject: RE: food songs
From: GUEST,PHINQUE
Date: 04 Oct 07 - 01:26 PM

"The Road Kill Cafe" has some interesting ideas on eating.

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.

Subject: RE: food songs
From: GUEST
Date: 03 Oct 07 - 09:06 PM

the I had ham song is by dan crow.

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.............

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.

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

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

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.

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."

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.