Print This Page#01852 Print This Page
God bless my soul what can I do
they say my salt beef dinner is a killer,
It's got carcinogens and heavy duty fats
it could serve as an elephant filler;
I'm as good as dead but I'm sure well fed
'cause I love those buckets of riblets,
I love to drink that liquor and chew those bones
even though I'm picking my giblets.
Put on the beef, peas pudding, and the greens,
Carrots and turnips, can't you smell that steam?
Some new potatoes with a puddin' good and lumpy,
No, I just can't wait, I'm a salt beef junkie.
Now, some folks like to eat carrot sticks
'cause they're afraid they might become gluttons,
But me I don't like those rabbit foods
'cause I'm afraid that I might pass buttons;
Every Sunday morning while some folks fast
or eat food that tastes real crappy,
I got my salt beef dinner cooking on the stove
'cause I wanna die real happy.
Put on the beef, peas pudding, and the greens,
Carrots and turnips, can't you smell that steam?
Some new potatoes with a puddin' good and lumpy,
No, I just can't wait, I'm a salt beef junkie.
Jane Fonda likes to eat sesame seeds
and Twiggy likes low fat tofu,
But they don't live in Newfoundland
where the winter winds blow right through you;
Now if they lived in Wesleyville
where the north wind blows right vicious,
They'd enjoy their salt beef dinners
just like me and the missus.
Put on the beef, peas pudding, and the greens,
Carrots and turnips, can't you smell that steam?
Some new potatoes with a puddin' good and lumpy,
No, I just can't wait, I'm a salt beef junkie.
I don't want to be some health food freak
who eats alfalfa and bean sprouts,
I don't want to live to a hundred and three
if I got to throw my beef out;
When it comes right down to preparing food
I don't want to germinate or shuck it,
I'll take my chances on salt beef dinners
and keep my head in this bucket.
Put on the beef, peas pudding, and the greens,
Carrots and turnips, can't you smell that steam?
Some new potatoes with a puddin' good and lumpy,
No, I just can't wait, I'm a salt beef junkie.
See more songs by Buddy Wasisname And The Other Fellers.
From the Dictionary Of Newfoundland English:
Salt beef - beef cured in brine as a preservative; corned beef.
