Come and Get It! Tasty Songs About Food

[axolotl]

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Then, there's this:

 

[Ojai Sam]

Mangoes, Apples...how about persimmons?

Merle Travis - "Possum Up A Simmon Tree"

 

[Nickyboy]

You guys are getting pretty fruity.

Let me join you:

 

[axolotl]

I can't believe that this hasn't made the rounds, yet.

 

[Ojai Sam]

Henry Mancini - "Pie-In-The-Face Polka"

 

[Ojai Sam]

Billy Cotton - "Shrimp Boats"

 

[Ojai Sam]

Allen Toussaint - "Pickles"

 

[axolotl]

 

[Ojai Sam]

And here's a seasonal treat....

The Robins - "Turkey Hop, Parts 1 & 2"

 

[Ojai Sam]

Benny Hill - “The Andalucian Gypsies”

 

[Ojai Sam]

Tommy Dorsey - "Shoot The Sherbert To Me, Herbert" (1939)

 

[Ojai Sam]

Savannah Churchill - "Fat Meat Is Good Meat" (1942)

 

[axolotl]

 

[Nickyboy]

We had a Burl Ives album when I was a kid and we played that until the grooves wore out. "The Big Rock Candy Mountain" was always fun to sing along with. And it still is.

 

[axolotl]

 

[Ojai Sam]

Woody Herman -Lollipop (1949)

The deep lyrics here deserve your attention.

 

[axolotl]

Woody Herman -Lollipop (1949)

The deep lyrics here deserve your attention.

I was promised a lollipop. All I got was a lot of scat.

 

[Ojai Sam]

I was promised a lollipop. All I got was a lot of scat.

Like P.T. Barnum supposedly said, there’s a lollipop born every minute.

 

[axolotl]

Like P.T. Barnum supposedly said, there’s a lollipop born every minute.

Cool! I'm in!

 

[Ojai Sam]

Slim Gaillard - Dunkin’ Bagel