Friday, July 3, 2015

If music be the love of food, play on.

Or something like that. I think Shakespeare said it. If he didn’t, he should have.

The following cleverness appeared on Facebook at Sick Drummer Magazine:


In keeping with our food theme, today’s musical offering will be Dinah Shore singing “Shoo Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy” (2:50) from the big band era. Too bad there’s not one called “Chicken Tetrazzini and Pumpernickel Bread”....

2 comments:

  1. Very clever. ... And a great teaching tool too I would imagine. Must show it to my friend who is a music teacher.

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  2. I love that song... I used to sing it to my son when he was a baby, and tickle his tummy. Sweet memory :) I had no idea it was Dinah Shore, though. Thanks for the trivia.

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