- Mrs. Murphy's Chowder
- Source: "The Book of KidsSongs 2: Another Holler-Along Handbook"
by Nancy and John Cassidy, Klutz Press. ISBN 0-932592-20-1
Thanks very much to the anonymous reader who helped
me solve this song mystery, and thanks as well to Sally Garnaat, who provided
the reference for me!
- 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 plate of Mrs. Murphy's chowder
Chorus:
- Ice cream, cold cream, benzene, gasoline,
- Soup-beans, string beans, floating all around
- Sponge cake, beefsteak, mistake, stomach ache,
- Creampuffs, earmuffs, many to be found
- Silk hats, doormats, bed slats, democrats,
- Coco bells, doorbells, beckon you to dine
- Meatballs, fish balls, mothballs, cannonballs,
- Come on in, the chowder's fine!
- Won't you bring back, won't you bring back, Mrs. Murphy's
chowder
- From each helping you'll be yelping for a headache powder
- And if they had it where we are, you might find an Austin
car
- In a plate of Mrs. Murphy's chowder
Won't you bring back, won't you bring back, Mrs. Murphy's
chowder- You can pack it, you can stack it, all around the larder
- The plumber died the other day; they embalmed him right
away
- In a bowl of Mrs. Murphy's chowder
And thanks as well to Sue Smith, who sent me this extra
verse!
- Who put the overalls in Mrs. Murphy's Chowder?
- Nobody spoke so I shouted all the louder.
- 'Tis an Irish trick 'tis true, but I could lick the Mick
that threw
- The overalls in Mrs. Murphy's Chowder.