[78-L] Oysters Anyone?

[Michael Biel]

Bud Black wrote:
> "How can you say that I'm selfish when I sell fish for you??"  (lyrics from
> the song Selfish written and composed by Lou Carter, the singing cab driver)
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> Bud 
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He also asked "How deep is WHICH ocean?"  (This is important for us 
bottom feeders going for 99 cent records.)  But note that we are getting 
away from Taylor's original question (see below:) 

Mike (sea below?) Biel     mbiel at mbiel.com 
> -------Original Message-------
>  Taylor Bowie wrote:
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>> 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
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> From: David Lennick 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!)