Save the Bones for Henry Jones


[Nat King Cole & Johnny Mercer]

♪ ♫ we’re gonna have a supper we’ll eat some food that’s rare and at the head of the table we’ll place brother henry’s chair invite all the local big dogs we’ll laugh and talk and eat but we’ll save the bones for henry jones ‘cause henry don’t eat no meat
today i’ll go to market buy up a lotta fish well, that will thrill brother henry ‘cause fish is his special dish get a large can of molasses have something really sweet but we’ll save the bones for henry jones ‘cause henry don’t eat no meat ♪ ♫
henry is not a drinker he rarely takes a nip he don’t need a napkin ‘cause the things he eats don’t drip – blip! one day we had a banquet it really was a bake they started off with short ribs then finished off with steak but when the feast was over brother henry just kept his seat and we served the bones to henry jones ‘cause henry don’t eat no meat ♪ ♫
♪ ♫ our banquet was most proper right down to demitasse from soup to lox and bagels and pheasant under glass – class! we thought the chops were mellow he said his chops were beat – reet! we served the bones to henry jones ‘cause henry don’t eat no meat he’s an egg man henry don’t eat no meat he loves a pullet henry don’t eat no meat a vegetarian henry? coming mother! soup’s on

everybody eats when they come to my house


[Cab Calloway]

♪ ♫ Have a banana, Hannah Try the salami, Tommy. Give with the gravy, Davy. Everybody eats when they come to my house! ♪ ♫ Have a tomato, Plato. Here's cacciatore, Dorie. Have some baloney, Tony. Everybody eats when they come to my house! ♪ ♫ I'll fix your favorite dishes hopin' this good food will fills ya. Stand in kitchen alone, work my fingers to the bone. You better eat if it kills ya. Pass me a pancake, Mandrake. Have an hors-d'oeuvre-y, Irvy. Look in the fendel, Mendel. Everybody eats when they come to my house! ♪ ♫ Mendel, Irvy, Mandrake, Tony, Dora, Johny, Everybody eats when they come to my house! ♪ ♫ Pastafazoola, Talullah. Do have a bagel, Fagel. Don't be so bashful, Nashville . Everybody eats when they come to my house! ♪ ♫ This is a party, Marty. Now don't be so picky, Micky. You get the cherry, Jerry. Everybody eats when they come to my house! ♪ ♫ All of my friends are welcome, don't try me coax me, you moax you. Eat the tables, the chairs, the napkins, who cares? You better eat if it chokes you. Oh, do have a knish, Nishia. Pass me the latke, Macky. Chile con carne for Barney,. Everybody eats when they come to my house! ♪ ♫ Barney, Bobby, Franky, Jerry, Mickey, Tony. Almost catch with their feet under my table. They eat just as much as they're able. 'Cause everybody eats when they come to my house! ♪ ♫

What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?


Ella Fitzgerald

Frim Fram Sauce


[Nat King Cole]

♪ ♫ I don't want French fried potatoes, red ripe tomatoes, I'm never satisfied. I want the frim-fram sauce with the ausen fay with chafafah on the side.
I don't want pork chops and bacon, that won't awaken my appetite inside. I want the frim-fram sauce with the ausen fay with chafafah on the side.
Now a fella's really got to eat and a fella should eat right. five will get you ten I'm gonna feed myself right tonight. ♪ ♫
I don't want fish cakes and rye bread, you heard what I said. waiter, please serve mine fried I want the frim-fram sauce with the ausen fay with chafafah on the side.
I don't want fish cakes and rye bread, you heard what I said. waiter, please serve mine fried I want the frim-fram sauce with the ausen fay with chafafah on the side. ♪ ♫
Now if you don't have it, just bring me a check for the water.

bread & gravy


[Ethel Waters — 1935]

♪ ♫ Bread and gravy, lots of bread and gravy beans and bacon, lots of beans and bacon no more frettin' since I've been gettin' lots of bread and gravy all the time
Peace and quiet, lots of peace and quiet friends and money, lots of friends and money no more ramblin', I'm through with scramblin' keep up with the Joneses all the time ♪ ♫
♪ ♫ Got no reason to be swell and my clothes all fit me well and I wear a nice ring i'm as free as I can be and my honey's lovin' me so I just can't keep from singin'
Bread and gravy, lots of bread and gravy goodnight kisses, my love never misses no more blues now, no bad news now just lots of bread and gravy all the time ♪ ♫



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