Let the bards from the North, from the South, East, and West All sing in the theme that suits them the best Let 'em sing of baked beans and their puddings and pies Their hot apple dumplings and donuts likewise The bard of Rhode Island no theme can afford But to sing of hot Johnny Cakes fresh from the board Fresh from the board, fresh from the board To sing of hot Johnny Cakes fresh from the board Our neighboring farmers may plough, sow, and reap And raise crops of barley, of rye and buckwheat But the soils of Rhode Island our farmers adorn With potatoes aplenty and abundance of corn With butter and cheese their cellars are stored To relish hot Johnny Cakes fresh from the board Fresh from the board, fresh from the board To relish hot Johnny Cakes fresh from the board The Rhode Island farmers are healthy and strong Their sons and their daughters are fresh as the morn They weave and they spin, make butter and cheese They work when they like to and play when they please But all these enjoyments, they think them absurd Deprived of hot Johnny Cakes fresh from the board Fresh from the board, fresh from the board Deprived of hot Johnny Cakes fresh from the board The good Roger Williams, that pious old chief First crossed the Atlantic for conscious relief Paid adieu to oppression to seek and to find A spot more congenial that suited his mind He came to Rhode Island and there, praise the Lord Content with hot Johnny Cakes fresh from the board Fresh from the board, fresh from the board Content with hot Johnny Cakes fresh from the board Oh the Rhode Island farmers raise horses and cows Bulls, calfs, and heifers, pigs, barrows, and sows Their oxen and sheep make old Brighton to stare For Brighton nor Brooklyn can with them compare Each farmer's a nabob, he lives like a lord And smiles on hot Johnny Cakes fresh from the board Fresh from the board, fresh from the board And smiles on hot Johnny Cakes fresh from the board The state of Rhode Island affords every dish That the stomachs of gluttons or epicures wish The best Christmas turkey, fine chickens and lambs Old fashioned hot pudding and nice bacon hams Besides the hot Johnny Cakes fresh from the board Which they'll swear to defend with the point of their sword Point of their sword, point of their sword They'll swear to defend with the point of their sword
recording: The Vox Hunters [BandCamp]