[78-L] Oysters Anyone?

[David Lennick]

"This Was A Real Nice Clambake" is from "Carousel" and the lyrics actually do 
refer to the catching, cooking and eating.

Funny how "clambake" was a popular expression for a party or get-together in 
the 40s and "clams" became synonymous with dollars.

dl

RAY KILCOYNE wrote:
> I have the B FLAT side in my iTunes by the Capitol International Jazzmen and 
> it's an instrumental.  CLAM CHOWDER is by Vaughn Monroe but it still may be 
> instrumental.  I'll check later when I get back from work.  Meanwhile, 
> someone else will probably remember.
> RayK
> From: "Taylor Bowie"
>> Ray,
>>
>> Do these two tunes have lyrics by any chance?  I've found that most songs
>> with  clambake in the title have nothing to do with clams!
>>
>> Taylor B
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "RAY KILCOYNE" <kil at roadrunner.com>
>> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 6:43 PM
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Oysters Anyone?
>>
>>
>>> CLAM CHOWDER
>>> CLAMBAKE IN B FLAT
>>> RayK
>>> From: "Michael Biel"
>>>> This Was A Real Nice Clambake.
>>>> Cockles and Mussells, Alive Alive O.
>>>>
>>>>> 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
>>> ____________________