Mandy Anne Murray


Songs and memories
22 September, 2008, 11:24 am
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Researching an article I’m writing for work, I came across a Web site with a bunch of links to “teaching songs,” which then reminded me of a particular song we used to sing all the time in fifth grade. No one ever wanted to sing a different song. I’m sure our teacher got plenty tired of it by the end of the year.

“Mrs. Murphy’s Chowder”

Won’t you bring back,
Won’t you bring back
Mrs. Murphy’s chowder?
It was tuneful,
Every spoonful
Made you yodel louder

After dinner Uncle Ben
Used to fill his fountain pen
From a bowl of
Mrs. Murphy’s chowder

There was ice cream, cold cream,
Benzine, gasoline
Soup beans, string beans,
Floating all around
Sponge cake, beef steak,
Mistake, stomach ache
Cream puffs, ear muffs,
Many to be found
Silk hats, door mats,
Bed slats, Democrats
Cow bells, door bells,
Beckon you to dine
Meat balls, fish balls,
Moth balls, cannon balls
Come on in, the chowder’s fine!

Won’t you bring back,
Won’t you bring back
Mrs. Murphy’s chowder
It was tuneful,
Every spoonful
Made you yodel louder

If they had it where you are,
You might find a motor car
In a bowl of
Mrs. Murphy’s chowder

There was ice cream, cold cream,
Benzine, gasoline
Soup beans, string beans,
Floating all around
Sponge cake, beef steak,
Mistake, stomach ache
Cream puffs, ear muffs,
Many to be found
Silk hats, door mats,
Bed slats, Democrats
Cow bells, door bells,
Beckon you to dine
Meat balls, fish balls,
Moth balls, cannon balls
Come on in, the chowder’s fine!

All the boys would snicker at the “fish balls” line.



A fashion faux-pas
22 September, 2008, 9:42 am
Filed under: Clothes, Misc. | Tags: , ,

Oh Ashley.

Alice would so know better than to wear high-waisted, satin formal shorts.

P.S.—You’re tiny. You don’t need to look like a sausage.