[78-L] Oysters Anyone?

David Lennick dlennick at sympatico.ca
Sat Feb 28 19:13:22 PST 2009


Taylor Bowie wrote:
> I'd be interested to know if there are other songs about shellfish...I don't 
> mean people (e.g. Barnacle Bill)  or places (Mussel Shoals) or metaphors 
> (You're Not the Only Oyster in the Stew) but actual songs with lyrics about 
> clams,  oysters,  etc.  No fair counting lobsters,  shrimp,  crawdads, etc. 
> or anything else than swims around...just the ones that affix themselves to 
> a surface  or burrow in the sand.
> 
> Taylor

Too bad, because you're eliminating The Crawdad Song (Phil Harris) and I 
Lobster But Never Flounder (somebody on 45). On 78, there's Frederic March 
telling us all about The Shellfish Giant.

(Duck, Lenny!)



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