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11 Sep 21 - 02:41 AM (#4119523) Subject: Foods that remind you of songs! From: Dave the Gnome I often have a cup of tea and a satsuma after a meal and every time I do, Suzanne by Leonard Cohen pops into my head. Anyone else have similar associations? |
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11 Sep 21 - 03:53 AM (#4119526) Subject: RE: Foods that remind you of songs! From: Senoufou Is that the song that goes, "...gives me tea and oranges that come all the way from China..." ? What a lovely idea for a thread Dave! Songs go through my head quite a bit, and food often 'triggers' them. My neighbour always has a tin of sweets on her coffee table, and that song "Sweets for my sweet, sugar for my honey" springs into my head each time she offers me one. When I put the Birds Eye frozen peas into the pan for our Sunday lunch, I find myself imagining them wanting to escape from the boiling water. "Peas release me, let me go!" :) |
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11 Sep 21 - 04:18 AM (#4119530) Subject: RE: Foods that remind you of songs! From: Dave the Gnome That's the one, Sen, and that's the idea :-) |
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11 Sep 21 - 11:54 AM (#4119590) Subject: RE: Foods that remind you of songs! From: Tattie Bogle Do you have any crumpet reminder songs, Sen? I thought they were your speciality! My grandchildren always ask for the "cup of tea song" when we're out in the car: it's on an ancient CD of "Children's Favourites" - the song in question is actually "Right said Fred"! |
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11 Sep 21 - 05:06 PM (#4119630) Subject: RE: Foods that remind you of songs! From: pattyClink Pasta Fazool. Makes the moon hit my eye! |
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11 Sep 21 - 05:42 PM (#4119635) Subject: RE: Foods that remind you of songs! From: Tattie Bogle That’s amore! |
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11 Sep 21 - 10:50 PM (#4119666) Subject: RE: Foods that remind you of songs! From: GerryM Not so much a food, as a meal – when I'm making my lunch, chances are I'm singing Lunch Is A Many-Splendored Thing, or Lunch Be A Lady Tonight, something like that. |
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12 Sep 21 - 05:35 AM (#4119690) Subject: RE: Foods that remind you of songs! From: Steve Shaw Just one Prosecco Give it to me... (I sing that every Sunday evening at approx. 6.30...) |
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12 Sep 21 - 06:12 AM (#4119696) Subject: RE: Foods that remind you of songs! From: Dave the Gnome I just nabbed post 1778 on another thread because it reminded me of a song. Who knows which one? Not food so I guess we should open up to other things that remind us of songs :-) |
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12 Sep 21 - 07:08 AM (#4119701) Subject: RE: Foods that remind you of songs! From: Dave Hanson ' The Hard Cheese of Old England ' from the great Les Barker. Dave H |
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12 Sep 21 - 07:20 AM (#4119702) Subject: RE: Foods that remind you of songs! From: GUEST,Kenny B (inactive) Tuna the Food of My Soul |
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12 Sep 21 - 07:28 AM (#4119704) Subject: RE: Foods that remind you of songs! From: Tattie Bogle On top of spaghetti, all covered in cheese....... Every time we have meatballs! |
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12 Sep 21 - 07:56 AM (#4119710) Subject: RE: Foods that remind you of songs! From: Dave the Gnome On the man pages for tunefs in Unix for many years You can tune a file system but you can't tune a fish |
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12 Sep 21 - 01:28 PM (#4119732) Subject: RE: Foods that remind you of songs! From: mayomick Down by the Liffey Side -"we got the whiff of fish and chips" |
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12 Sep 21 - 03:39 PM (#4119736) Subject: RE: Foods that remind you of songs! From: gillymor Whenever we have one of my favorite meals, blackeyed peas with okra and cornbread, I sing that verse from Goin Down the Road Feeling Bad (aka Lonesome Road Blues)- Got me way down in jail on my knees, That old jailer won't give me enough to eat, Feeds me on cornbread and peas lord, lord, And I ain't gonna be treated this away. Then there's Crow Black Chicken with the chorus- Crow black chicken crow for day, Crow black chicken fly away, Crow black chicken crow for day, I like chicken pie. Always reminds of my mother's chicken pie topped with her homemade biscuits. |
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13 Sep 21 - 09:12 PM (#4119895) Subject: RE: Foods that remind you of songs! From: GUEST,pattyClink And the immortal "(Momma don't Allow Nobody) Fishin' for Chicken". OMG, I was going to link to the lyrics in Mudcat but it's not there! Who knows it? |
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14 Sep 21 - 02:56 AM (#4119903) Subject: RE: Foods that remind you of songs! From: GUEST,Some bloke When I crack open a bottle of beer, I catch myself singing; Baa Baa Black Sheep have you any beer? Yes sir, yes sir, I’ve got some here. The final chorus goes; Yer me best pal, you know that? Hic! |
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15 Sep 21 - 03:34 PM (#4120053) Subject: RE: Foods that remind you of songs! From: Dave the Gnome I hope the beer is Black Sheep, Bloke :-) |
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15 Sep 21 - 05:32 PM (#4120063) Subject: RE: Foods that remind you of songs! From: The Sandman As recorded by Gracie Fields: I like a nice cup of tea in the morning, For to start the day, you see! And at half past eleven, Well my idea of heaven Is a nice cup of tea! I like a nice cup of tea with my dinner, And a nice cup of tea with my tea, And when it's time for bed, There's a lot to be said For a nice cup of tea! Some folks put much reliance On politics and science; There's only one hero for me! Its praise we should be roaring, The man who thought of pouring The first boiling water onto tea! I like a nice cup of tea in the morning, For to start the day, you see! And at half past eleven, Well my idea of heaven Is a nice cup of tea! I like a nice cup of tea with my dinner, And a nice cup of tea with my tea, And when it's time for bed, There's a lot to be said For a nice cup of tea! I like a nice cup of tea with my dinner, And a nice cup of tea with my tea, And when it's getting late, Almost anything can wait For a nice cup of tea! |
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15 Sep 21 - 05:38 PM (#4120064) Subject: RE: Foods that remind you of songs! From: The Sandman The Roast beef of old Englandhen mighty Roast Beef was the Englishman's food, It ennobled our veins and enriched our blood. Our soldiers were brave and our courtiers were good Oh! the Roast Beef of old England, And old English Roast Beef! But since we have learnt from all-vapouring France To eat their ragouts as well as to dance, We're fed up with nothing but vain complaisance Oh! the Roast Beef of Old England, And old English Roast Beef! Our fathers of old were robust, stout, and strong, And kept open house, with good cheer all day long, Which made their plump tenants rejoice in this song— Oh! The Roast Beef of old England, And old English Roast Beef! But now we are dwindled to, what shall I name? A sneaking poor race, half-begotten and tame, Who sully the honours that once shone in fame. Oh! the Roast Beef of Old England, And old English Roast Beef! When good Queen Elizabeth sat on the throne, Ere coffee, or tea, or such slip-slops were known, The world was in terror if e'er she did frown. Oh! The Roast Beef of old England, And old English Roast Beef! In those days, if Fleets did presume on the Main, They seldom, or never, return'd back again, As witness, the Vaunting Armada of Spain. Oh! The Roast Beef of Old England, And old English Roast Beef! Oh then we had stomachs to eat and to fight And when wrongs were cooking to do ourselves right. But now we're a… I could, but goodnight! Oh! the Roast Beef of Old England, And old English Roast Beef! the above song was the inspiration for the parody Hard times of old England which les barker subsequently parodied with Hard cheese of old England |
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15 Sep 21 - 06:06 PM (#4120067) Subject: RE: Foods that remind you of songs! From: gillymor Here's an obvious one- Chicken Cordon Blues by the late, great Steve Goodman. The verse that sparks my memory is "We bought 10 pounds of brown rice, and 5 more of beans and 10 pounds of Granola and you know what that means, I'm just a regular fellow with the Chicken Cordon Blues" because those are all staples in our house. |
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16 Sep 21 - 02:23 AM (#4120086) Subject: RE: Foods that remind you of songs! From: The Sandman A LITTLE BIT OF CUCUMBER (Written by T.W. Connor) Harry Champion I was weaned on cucumber And on my wedding day, Sitting down to supper when The guests had gone away, My old darling said to me, "You must be hungry, Joe! What is it you fancy?" I Said, "Fancy! Don't you know?" I went flying in the air With my old college chum. Suddenly he said to me, "We're bound for kingdom come! Is there anything on your mind Before you wear a crown?" I began to shake and said, "Write this confession down: To the Lord Mayor's Banquet I Got in one foggy day. When I saw the grub it took My appetite away: "Sparrowgrass" and chaffinches, And pigs-head stuffed with jam! I said to the waiter there, "You don't know who I am!" Sev'ral years of married life Have brought me lots of joys. I don't know how many girls, I think it's fourteen boys. When the last one came to town It nearly turned my head. It was marked with a cucumber, And the fust words that it said, Were: CHORUS: "I like pickled onions, I like piccalilli. Pickled cabbage is alright With a bit of cold meat on Sunday night. I can go termartoes, But what I do prefer, Is a little bit of cu-cum-cu-cum-cu-cum, Little bit of cucumber." |
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16 Sep 21 - 02:37 AM (#4120088) Subject: RE: Foods that remind you of songs! From: The Sandman Sausages remind me of the German Musiciane and food reminds me of this .The Shortest Story Harry Chapin I am born today The Sun burns a promise In my eye Mama strikes me And I draw a breath and cry Above me a cloud Slowly tumbles through the sky I am glad, to be alive It is my seventh day I taste the hunger And I cry My Brother and sister Cling to Mama's side She squeezes her breast But it has nothing to provide Someone weeps, I fall asleep It is twenty days today Mama does not hold me Anymore I open my mouth But I am to weak to cry Above me a bird slowly crawls across the sky Why is there nothing Now to do but die? Source: LyricFind Songwriters: Harry F. Chapin The Shortest Story lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc |
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17 Sep 21 - 03:33 AM (#4120179) Subject: RE: Foods that remind you of songs! From: The Sandman Herrings, shoals of Herrings, Herrings head, Smokies remind me of Around the Harbour town |
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17 Sep 21 - 04:25 PM (#4120215) Subject: RE: Foods that remind you of songs! From: The Sandman Colcannon.The Little Skillet Pot Dave the Gnome, an Irish delicacy, have you tried it? I know you are a man of the world , with a taste for catholic cuisine |
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17 Sep 21 - 07:42 PM (#4120228) Subject: RE: Foods that remind you of songs! From: GUEST,John on the Sunset Coast Pancakes piled up 'til they reach the sky Song from Disney short Mickey and the Beanstalk. nusic finicula finuli. |
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18 Sep 21 - 02:52 AM (#4120237) Subject: RE: Foods that remind you of songs! From: The Sandman Fish, reminds me of Its not much fun being a Gnome Miles Wootton. ^^ THE GNOME I'm sitting in the garden in my little Noddy suit With a sparrow on me fishing rod and frog spawn in my boot Oh it's tiddling down with rain, I've got water on the brain, But I'll sit here by the pond like King Canute. The kids have knocked my nose off, and my boots are getting thin, And the way that they all treat me here, it really is a sin. And there's a pigeon I can see, he's aiming straight for me, And the gardener strikes his matches on my shin. Well, long ago I used to be a king upon a throne. I met a wicked fairy and she turned me into stone. And that is why I'm sitting in this garden all alone. It's not much fun being a gnome. I'm sitting here a fishing but these fishes never bite. And anyway it's been so long I've lost my appetite, Oh it really is a strain, here's that pigeon back again. Has anybody got some dynamite. There's a doggy comes to see me every evening after tea, I used to wonder why he was so very fond of me. And then I found out why, it hit me in the eye. Have you ever been mistaken for a tree. My earhole's full of cobwebs and my doublet doesn't fit. Sitting on this toadstool well I feel a proper twit. And the way that they all treat me here it makes me want to spit. And it's not much fun being a Gnome. But I'll sit here in the garden in my little Noddy suit. With a sparrow on my fishing rod and tadpoles in my boots. Oh it's piddling down with rain, I've got water on the brain. But I'll sit here by the pond like King Canute, RULE BRITTANIA! I'll sit here by the pond like King Canute. |
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18 Sep 21 - 03:26 AM (#4120239) Subject: RE: Foods that remind you of songs! From: Dave the Gnome When we were kids we used to add the following to "From me to you" by the Beatles If there's anything that you want Fish and chips If there's anything I can do Pass the salt And that connection is still there! :-) |
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18 Sep 21 - 01:14 PM (#4120265) Subject: RE: Foods that remind you of songs! From: The Sandman Meat Pies, remind me of Notts County, Football song. I had a wheelbarrow, but the wheels came off, goes to the tune of Old Smokey, ACCORDING TO THE 1954 DEFINiTION OF FOLK SONG, It is a FOLK SONG https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhA_siVcSVo |
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18 Sep 21 - 06:48 PM (#4120298) Subject: RE: Foods that remind you of songs! From: Tattie Bogle One of our sadly deceased friends used to have his own version of "Leezie Lindsay": in the verse that says "My name is Lord Ronald Macdonald" he would substitute for the next line "A burger and French fries for me". |
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19 Sep 21 - 01:00 AM (#4120318) Subject: RE: Foods that remind you of songs! From: The Sandman Tattie Bogle A good example of turning a good song into junk. it might be amusing the first time, but becomes as predictable, then tedious rather like the remarks about toast, eventually it becomes puerile and ruins the song |
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19 Sep 21 - 11:25 PM (#4120387) Subject: RE: Foods that remind you of songs! From: GUEST Songs about certain drinks are too numerous to mention, but whenever I make anything involving beans and rice, Ghafoor's Bus by the Young'uns pops into my head. |
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20 Sep 21 - 12:33 AM (#4120390) Subject: RE: Foods that remind you of songs! From: Stilly River Sage Unnamed GUEST, please give yourself a moniker and stick with it when you post here, if you aren't going to join. Thanks. |
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20 Sep 21 - 04:52 AM (#4120399) Subject: RE: Foods that remind you of songs! From: GerryM Rice and Beans is a song by Utah Phillips. Recording. Also recorded by Priscilla Herdman, didn't find it online. |
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21 Sep 21 - 12:39 PM (#4120532) Subject: RE: Foods that remind you of songs! From: Vincent Jones Korma Korma Korma Korma Korma Chameleon. And, of course, Vindaloo... |
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22 Sep 21 - 04:57 PM (#4120636) Subject: RE: Foods that remind you of songs! From: GUEST,joyfulisa "C-H-I-C-K-E-N" by both Tom Paxton (his own version) and the original by the McGee Bros (used derogatory language). |
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23 Sep 21 - 08:23 AM (#4120687) Subject: RE: Foods that remind you of songs! From: GUEST,.gargoyyle It’s a trick to pick a chicken when it’s clucking in the coop Some are layin’ some are lyin’ some are labeled chicken soup —–? —–? Chorus: Doo whak a doo, fricassee a nous Doo whack a doodle, jams and apple strudle Out in the country that’s a style Sweet as the kisses from a honey child When you wake up in the morning to the cock a doodle do And you sneak into the chicken shack to pick a chick or two Pick a dollar nickle rooster or a dollar nickle hen For some ricky ticky chicky pickin’ right from the bin [Chorus] Now the farmers got a gander and a gobbler and a goose And a mighty pretty daughter but he’ll never turn her loose If you like the farmer”s daughter she’s a chicken you can steal If you swing her while the fiddle plays a real chicken reel [Chorus] Sincerely, Gargoyle From the Library of Congress discussion thread regarding "Turkey in the Straw" https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2014/05/turkey-in-the-straw/ |
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26 Sep 21 - 07:12 AM (#4120996) Subject: RE: Foods that remind you of songs! From: Tattie Bogle Just had a scone for my late breakfast, so thought of this song's chorus: it used to be sung by Scottish band "Jock Tamson's Bairns": Hir-um-ho for Donal Don Wi a’ his tanterwallops on, And may he never lack a scone While he maks Hielan whisky A bit too early in the day for whisky! If you want the full song, complete with translation of the numerous Scots words, it's here:Donal Don |
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26 Sep 21 - 07:28 AM (#4120998) Subject: RE: Foods that remind you of songs! From: Steve Shaw Whale kipper whelk-ome in the hillsides... |
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26 Sep 21 - 07:32 AM (#4120999) Subject: RE: Foods that remind you of songs! From: Dave Hanson Whale oil beef hooked. Dave H |
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26 Sep 21 - 09:11 AM (#4121008) Subject: RE: Foods that remind you of songs! From: Steve Shaw Chicken on a Raft |
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26 Sep 21 - 05:17 PM (#4121051) Subject: RE: Foods that remind you of songs! From: The Og One Meat Ball (Am) I first heard it by The Andrews Sisters (1944) (side 2 of “Rum & Coca Cola”???); based on Harvard professor George Martin Lane’s earlier “Jonah and the Ballad of the Lone Fish Ball” which can be found post Civil War (a Fish Ball was a staple of the northeast…Bpstonish). Revised & recorded by Josh White in1944 Am E7 A little man walked up and down Am To find an eating place in town Dm He read the menu through and through, E7 To see what fifteen cents could do. Am F E7 Am F E7 One meatball, one meat ball, Am E7 Am He could afford but one meat ball. He told the waiter near at hand, the simple dinner he had planned, The guests were startled, one and all To hear that waiter loudly call, “One meatball one meatball. Hey, this here gent wants one meatball." The little man felt ill at ease, said "Some bread, sir, if you please." The waiter hollered down the hall, "You gets no bread with one meatball, One meatball… You gets no bread with one meatball." The little man felt very bad, one meatball was all he had, And in his dreams he hears that call, "You gets no bread with one meatball. One meatball… You gets no bread with one meatball." |
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28 Sep 21 - 01:33 PM (#4121209) Subject: RE: Foods that remind you of songs! From: Rex Shortnin' Bread! |