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mpv...@my-deja.com

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Dec 6, 1999, 3:00:00 AM12/6/99
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Ok, don't give me the obvious ones like:

Glass Onion by the Beatles
Onion Girl by Holly Cole

...but I'm looking for songs that either have ONION in the title or
somewhere in the song itself. Can't remember the artist that did
"Onions, Onions", so we can start there.

Thanks oodles!


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J Howell

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Dec 6, 1999, 3:00:00 AM12/6/99
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Vidalia by Sammy Kershaw
Actually it's about a girl not an onion but Vidalia is an onion so I figured
I'd give it a try.

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Toni Radja

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Dec 7, 1999, 3:00:00 AM12/7/99
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There's always "I'm A Lonely Little Petunia (In an Onion Patch).

Toni

Todd & Sharon Peach

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mpv...@my-deja.com wrote:
>
> Ok, don't give me the obvious ones like:
>
> Glass Onion by the Beatles
> Onion Girl by Holly Cole
>
> ...but I'm looking for songs that either have ONION in the title or
> somewhere in the song itself. Can't remember the artist that did
> "Onions, Onions", so we can start there.

Green Onions - Booker T. and the M.G.s
Mo' Onions - Booker T. and the M.G.s

(sorry, pretty obvious)
-Todd
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Vintage R&B Lyrics:
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AtomBrain

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Dec 7, 1999, 3:00:00 AM12/7/99
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Australian bubblegum-punkesters the Coneheads recorded a song titled
"Onions Make Me Cry". It's on their three-song vinyl single "Happiest
Day Of Her Life" that came out in the late 1980's.

British group the Jazz Butcher Conspiracy has a song called "The Onion
Field" on their "Cult Of The Basement" album, but I think it's about a
place called the Onion Field, not about onion fields as such.

And finally, "Tiger" by Fabian has these lines:
"You keep my heart jumpin' like a kangaroo
Floatin' like an onion in a bowl of stew"

Apt. 228B

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Dec 7, 1999, 3:00:00 AM12/7/99
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Tom T. Hall's "I Love" includes .

"...and onions"

Apt. 228B


Pervect Catastrophy

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Dec 7, 1999, 3:00:00 AM12/7/99
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In article <5750-384...@newsd-198.iap.bryant.webtv.net>,
Apt...@webtv.net (Apt. 228B) wrote:

Beatles Glass Onion

Green Onions

JOn

Erich Kick

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Dec 7, 1999, 3:00:00 AM12/7/99
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<mpv...@my-deja.com> wrote:

> ...but I'm looking for songs that either have ONION in the title or
> somewhere in the song itself.

Here's what I found:

Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Yellow Coat:

A forty gallon hat
And some polka-dot shoes.
Tomato pickin' onion juice...

The Ink Spots - Java Jive:

A slice of onion and a raw one, draw one.


Greetings,
Erich
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Liss

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Dec 7, 1999, 3:00:00 AM12/7/99
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In article <82heh1$409$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>, mpv...@my-deja.com says...

>
>Ok, don't give me the obvious ones like:
>
>Glass Onion by the Beatles
>Onion Girl by Holly Cole
>
>...but I'm looking for songs that either have ONION in the title or
>somewhere in the song itself.

Cheese and Onions by The Rutles

Liss


Will C

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Dec 7, 1999, 3:00:00 AM12/7/99
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"The Onion Song" by Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell

Drop the chalupa !


Sean Madden

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Dec 8, 1999, 3:00:00 AM12/8/99
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What about
Ooh I love onions by Susan Cadogan


Saddle Dreams

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Dec 8, 1999, 3:00:00 AM12/8/99
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Vidalia - Sammy Kershaw

means, sweet onion

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Saddle Dreams

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Dec 8, 1999, 3:00:00 AM12/8/99
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I'm a lonely Little Petunia In An Onion Patch

don't know who it's by, old, old song from WWII era...

Pepito

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Dec 8, 1999, 3:00:00 AM12/8/99
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"Green Onions", by BOOKER T. WASHINGTON and the MG'S

Saddle Dreams <Saddle...@Bigfoot.com> a écrit dans l'article
<2Ps34.12794$417.5...@typ12.nn.bcandid.com>...

JimS

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<mpv...@my-deja.com> wrote in message news:82heh1$409$1...@nnrp1.deja.com...

> Ok, don't give me the obvious ones like:
>
> Glass Onion by the Beatles
> Onion Girl by Holly Cole
>
> ...but I'm looking for songs that either have ONION in the title or
> somewhere in the song itself. Can't remember the artist that did
> "Onions, Onions", so we can start there.


This lot will make your eyes water....

Soup Song (Robert Wyatt)
Carrot and Onion - Pad Anthony
Glass Onion (not The Beatles' song) - Passionel
Onion Square - The Five Discs
Red Onion Rag - Down Home Jazz Band, Roy Spangler etc...
Onion Rag - Herbert J. Ellis
Blue Onion - Bob Clarke
Purple Onion - The Jazz Crusaders
Hail the Onion - Robin Schade
Red Onion Blues - Johnny Dodds orchestra, Magnolia Jazz Band etc.
Blood Onion - Tar Babies
In Sweet Onion TIme - Sam Coslog
An onion makes me cry - Roger Bass
Green Onion - Lightnin' Hopkins
I never harmed an onion - Peter Hayes and Mary Healy etc.
It's no fun when you gotta eat an onion - Peter Alsop & co.
Onion Skin Rag - William Albright
Onion Skin - Boom Crash Opera
Onion town - John Delafose and the Eunice Playboys
Little Onion - The Red Army Choir
I'm a lonely little petunia in an onion patch - already mentioned but also
by Arthur Godfrey
The great East Broadway Onion Championship of 1978 - Tom T. Hall (yes it was
a song)
Auld Lang Syne (various)... Oh no? What's the first line say about bonny
banks then? :-)

Other snippets, band names etc:
"The 5000 spirits or the layers of the onion" was an LP by the Incredible
String Band
Louis Armstrong performed with the Red Onion Jazz Babies way way back
Red Onion Jazz Band

JimS


JimS

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Dec 8, 1999, 3:00:00 AM12/8/99
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Part two:
some I missed off my first list as I was crying too much.

She knows her onions - Jay C. Flippen and his gang
Spunky onions - Billy Davis & the Legends with Hank Moore's Band
Spring Onions - Wendy Cope
Red Onions - Azteca
Onions - Louis Jordan
Wild Onions - Duke Ellington with Ella Fitzgerald
Eatin' dry onions - Willie Cobbs
Onions Polka - Happy Louie and his polka band, New Brass etc...
Onions - Deadly Nightshade

Still don't know about the Onions, Onions song though!

JimS


erin c/o altmusiclyrics

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Dec 8, 1999, 3:00:00 AM12/8/99
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this was posted some time ago...

erin

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Susan Christie
I Love Onions

I don't like snails, or toads, or frogs
Or strange things living under logs
But, mmm, I love onions.
I don't like dancin' with crazy Ted
He's always jumpin' on my head,
But, mmm, I love onions.
Onions, onions, la la la.
Onions, onions, ha ha ha.
Root toot doodle-ee-oot doot doo doot.
Onions, onions, la la la.
Onions, onions, ha ha ha.
Root toot doodle-ee-oot doot doo doot.
I don't like rain, or snow, or hail
Or Moby Dick (the great white whale),
But, mmm, I love onions.
I don't like shoes that pinch your toes
Or people who squirt you with a garden hose,
But, mmm, I love onions.
Onions, onions, la la la.
Onions, onions, ha ha ha.
Root toot doodle-ee-oot doot doo doot.
Onions, onions, la la la.
Onions, onions, ha ha ha.
Root toot doodle-ee-oot doot doo doot. Yeah!
The onion is a tuberous vegetable
And is a member of the genus stinkus delicioso.
It was highly prized by the ancient Egyptian pharaohs
And their friends and cousins-a.
They cause watering of the eyes and rubifaction of the skin
But it is very, very tasty.
Ha, ha.
Onions, onions, la la la.
Onions, onions, ha ha ha.
Root toot doodle-ee-oot doot doo doot.
Onions, onions, la la la.
Onions, onions, ha ha ha.
Root toot doodle-ee-oot doot doo doot.
How vewwy, vewwy cwude!

mpv...@my-deja.com wrote:
>
> Ok, don't give me the obvious ones like:
>
> Glass Onion by the Beatles
> Onion Girl by Holly Cole
>
> ...but I'm looking for songs that either have ONION in the title or
> somewhere in the song itself. Can't remember the artist that did
> "Onions, Onions", so we can start there.
>

> Thanks oodles!


>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.

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erin c/o altmusiclyrics

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Drop That Name - Bells Are Ringing (musical)
(Took a group for onion soup at dawn to Les Halles)

That's What I Like Mick (The Sandwich Song) - Tori Amos
(Cheese and onion sandwiches)

Finger Lickin' Good - Beastie Boys
(mike d's out back and he's growing onions)

Shake Your Rump - Beastie Boys
(What's up with your bad breath onion rings)

erin

bma...@iglou.com

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On 1999-12-06 jho...@coastalnet.com said:
>. Ok, don't give me the obvious ones like:


>Glass Onion by the Beatles
>Onion Girl by Holly Cole

>....but I'm looking for songs that either have ONION in the title or


>somewhere in the song itself. Can't remember the artist that did
>"Onions, Onions", so we can start there.

Cheese And Onions by the Rutles


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John William Kuthe

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Dec 8, 1999, 3:00:00 AM12/8/99
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Southern Culture On The Skids, from their "Ditch Diggin'" CD, a song
called "The Little Things". The refrain starts out:

Like the way I eat raw onions
Smoked oysters and my bunions...

Check em out:

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Dec 9, 1999, 3:00:00 AM12/9/99
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green onions - i don't know who it's from but it has been played by the
blues brothers

BugZ


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Baz

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Dec 10, 1999, 3:00:00 AM12/10/99
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It's by Booker T & The MG's.

Cheers,
Baz

cdeit...@yahoo.com

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Onions onions who’s been eating onions
Was sung by String Bean on Grand Ole Opra
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