Vegetable Pun Song
Simone Zelitch
My brother was at the Philadephia Folk Song Society Spring Thing (or
whatever it's called) and heard a wonderful song which was mainly
composed of puns on vegetables. He was too shy to ask for the lyrics at
the time. Has anyone ever heard such a song, and can anyone either email
me the lyrics or let me know where it's available?
Thanks, oh helpful ones.
Simone
szel...@sas.upenn.edu
Robert Price
In article <4q44hd$t...@netnews.upenn.edu> szel...@mail1.sas.upenn.edu (Simone Zelitch) writes:
>From: szel...@mail1.sas.upenn.edu (Simone Zelitch)
>Subject: Vegetable Pun Song
>Date: 17 Jun 1996 17:27:09 GMT
>My brother was at the Philadephia Folk Song Society Spring Thing (or
>whatever it's called) and heard a wonderful song which was mainly
>composed of puns on vegetables. He was too shy to ask for the lyrics at
>the time. Has anyone ever heard such a song, and can anyone either email
>me the lyrics or let me know where it's available?
The English comedian Benny Hill (now deceased) sang a song called "The Garden
of Love", which contained jokes like "all the fun_Gus is having with you" etc
etc. I suppose he must have recorded it, but I've no idea where.
Bob
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Jeffrey J. Quisenberry
Simone,
I think Kip Addotta did a veggie-pun song. I have his "Wet Dream" song (on
several Dr. Demento novelty collections), which is full of fish puns, but I'd
swear I heard a vegetable one from him as well.
I've taken the liberty of cross-posting this reply to rec.music.dementia. I'm
sure the legions of Dr. Demento fans will have the answer to this.
Regards,
Jeff
Simone Zelitch wrote:
>
> My brother was at the Philadephia Folk Song Society Spring Thing (or
> whatever it's called) and heard a wonderful song which was mainly
> composed of puns on vegetables. He was too shy to ask for the lyrics at
> the time. Has anyone ever heard such a song, and can anyone either email
> me the lyrics or let me know where it's available?
>
Daniel E. White
Marty Lick
:>swear I heard a vegetable one from him as well.
Yep, the song is called "Life in the Slaw Lane" on the now, most likely out
of print, album of the same name. Dr. Demento has played it from time to
time on his show. Once again, Jeff's web page
(http://copper.ucs.indiana.edu/~jbmorris) comes to the rescue by supplying
the net population with the lyrics, which I've included below. Hope that
helps and enjoy.
"Life in the Slaw Lane" - Kip Addotta
available on:
Life in the Slaw Lane, Rhino LP/cassette 70826, 1985
It was Cucumber the first; summer was over.
I had just spinached a long day and I was busheled.
I'm the kinda guy that works hard for his celery and I don't mind telling
you I was feeling a bit wilted.
But I didn't carrot all. 'Cause, otherwise, things were vine.
I try never to disparagus and I _don't_ sweat the truffles. I'm
outstanding in my field and I know something good will turnip eventually.
A bunch of things were going grape, and soon, I'd be top banana. At
least, that's my peeling.
But that's enough corn; lend me your ear and lettuce continue:
After dressing, I stalked on over to the grain station.
I got there just in lime to catch the nine-elemon as it plowed toward the
core of Appleton, a lentil more than a melon-and-a-half Yeast of
Cloveland.
CHORUS
Life in the slaw lane.
They say plants can't feel no pain.
Life in the slaw lane.
I've got news for you:
They're just as frail as you.
No one got off at Zucchini, so we continued on a rotaBega.
Passing my usual stop, I got avoCado.
I hailed a passing Yellow Cabbage and told the driver to cart me off to
Broccolyn. I was going to meet my brother across from the eggplant where
he had a job at the Saffron station pumpkin gas.
As soon as I saw his face, I knew he was in a yam.
He told me his wife had been raisin cane. Her name was Peaches: a
soiled but radishing beauty with HUGE goards. My brother had always been a
chestnut, but I could neve figured out why she picked him. He was a skinny
little string bean who had always suffered from cerebral parsley. It was in
our roots. Sure, we had tried to weed it out, but the problem still
romained.
He was used to having a tough row to how, but it irrigated me to see
Artichoke, and it bothered my brother to see his marriage going to seed.
CHORUS
Like most mapled couples, they had a lot of grilling to do.
Sure, they'd sown their wild oats, but just barley if you peas.
Finally, Peaches had given him an ultomato. She said, "I'm hip to your
chive, and you don't stop smoking that herb, I'm gonna leaf ya for Basil,
ya fruit!"
He said he didn't realize it had kumquat so far.
Onion other hand, even though Peaches could be the pits, I knew she'd
never call the fuzz.
CHORUS
So I said, "Hay, we're not farm from the Mushroom! Let's walk over."
He said, "That's a very rice place. That's the same little bar where
alfalfa my wife!"
When we got there, I pulled up a cherry and tried to produce small talk.
I told him I haven't seen Olive; not since I shelled off for a trip to
Macadamia when I told her, "We cantaloupe." The time just wasn't ripe.
She knew what I mint.
When we left the Mushroom, we were pretty well-juiced. I told Arti
to say hello to the boysenBerry and that I'd orange to see him another
thyme.
Well, it all came out in the morning peppers: Arti caught Peaches that
night with Basil, and Arti beat Basil bad, leaving him with two beautiful
acres.
Peaches? She was found in the garden; she'd been pruned.
CHORUS
Well, my little story is okra now.
Maybe it's small potatoes. Me? Idaho.
My name? Wheat. My friends call me "Kernel".
And that's life in the slaw lane.
Thank you so mulch.
CHORUS
It's a garden out there!
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lou smith
On Jun 21, 1996 15:30:55 in article <Re: Vegetable Pun Song>,
'mar...@emsphone.com (Marty Lick)' wrote:
>
>Yep, the song is called "Life in the Slaw Lane" on the now, most likely
out
>of print, album of the same name. Dr. Demento has played it from time to
>time on his show.
still available?
-Lou
Douglas Dwyer
In article <4qej6n$c...@barsoom.digex.net>, "Daniel E. White"
<ig...@barsoom.digex.net> writes
>yep, 'twas Kip Addotta
>
>Title is "Life in the Slaw Lane"
>
>In article <31CA7C...@ix.netcom.com>,>>Simone,
>>
>>I think Kip Addotta did a veggie-pun song. I have his "Wet Dream" song (on
>>several Dr. Demento novelty collections), which is full of fish puns, but I'd
>>swear I heard a vegetable one from him as well.
>>
>>sure the legions of Dr. Demento fans will have the answer to this.
>>
>>Regards,
>>Jeff
>>
>>Simone Zelitch wrote:
>>>
>>> My brother was at the Philadephia Folk Song Society Spring Thing (or
>>> whatever it's called) and heard a wonderful song which was mainly
>>> composed of puns on vegetables. He was too shy to ask for the lyrics at
>>> the time. Has anyone ever heard such a song, and can anyone either email
>>> me the lyrics or let me know where it's available?
>>>
>>> Thanks, oh helpful ones.
>>>
>>> Simone
>>> szel...@sas.upenn.edu
My favourite is the prune song, used to be sung by Diz Dizley in the UK
I believe it came from an old Frank Crumit 78, any Crumit fans?
>
Douglas Dwyer.
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Arnold Goldberg
In <31CA7C...@ix.netcom.com> "Jeffrey J. Quisenberry"
<je...@ix.netcom.com> writes:
>
>Simone,
>
>I think Kip Addotta did a veggie-pun song. I have his "Wet Dream" song
(on
>several Dr. Demento novelty collections), which is full of fish puns,
but I'd
>swear I heard a vegetable one from him as well.
>
>I've taken the liberty of cross-posting this reply to
rec.music.dementia. I'm
>sure the legions of Dr. Demento fans will have the answer to this.
>
>Regards,
>Jeff
>
>Simone Zelitch wrote:
>>
>> My brother was at the Philadephia Folk Song Society Spring Thing (or
>> whatever it's called) and heard a wonderful song which was mainly
>> composed of puns on vegetables. He was too shy to ask for the
lyrics at
>> the time. Has anyone ever heard such a song, and can anyone either
>> me the lyrics or let me know where it's available?
>>
>> Thanks, oh helpful ones.
>>
>> Simone
>> szel...@sas.upenn.edu
on.
Arnie
Iamnotnmbr
In article <1QdPsAAU...@ddwyer.demon.co.uk>, Douglas Dwyer
<ddw...@ddwyer.demon.co.uk> writes:
>Are Prunes allowed?
>My favourite is the prune song, used to be sung by Diz Dizley in the UK
>I believe it came from an old Frank Crumit 78, any Crumit fans?
As long as we're extending this thread, my fave is The Raspberry Song
(Everything is Fresh Today) by The Goons.
BTW, the Frank Crumit "Song of the Pune" (recorded April 5, 1928) is on
_Frank Crumit:Gay Caballero_, ProArte CDD 3407 (good clean copy)
and on _The Golden Years in Digital Stereo:Silly Songs_ ABC (that's
Australian Broadcasting Corporation) 836-169-2 (this one is buried under 2
tons of phoney reverberation).
Daniel Herman
Now that the prune line has been crossed, how can we fail to mention the
classic Call Any Vegetable by the Frank Zappa and the Mothers of
Invention? ("Call any vegetable and the chances are good that the
vegetable will respond to you")
Abigail Kay
If you are into songs with food puns (not necessarily just veg)
Trout Fishing in America does a really funny song called "Breakfast Blues".
Abby
Daniel Herman (db...@columbia.edu) wrote:
: Now that the prune line has been crossed, how can we fail to mention the
Robert P. Okas
: I think Kip Addotta did a veggie-pun song. I have his "Wet Dream" song (on
: several Dr. Demento novelty collections), which is full of fish puns, but I'd
: swear I heard a vegetable one from him as well.
While on the subject of Kip Addotta and puns, didn't he also record
another pun song related to frozen foods? I remember the chorus going
something like: "Mrs. Paul, Mrs. Paul, watcha been doing with Sara Lee?"
Tim Verthein
Yes, Kip did a veggie song, called "Life in the Slaw Lane" It's hysterical.
tim
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