Some live to eat, some eat to live
Some live to get, some live to give
Makes no difference what you do
Here's a recipe for you
Put a fine pork chop in the frying pan
Turn the fire down low, and man oh man
Let it simmer on down, down, down to low gravy
Put a big fat biscuit in the biscuit pan
Make it nice and brown, and man oh man
Let the butter roll down, down, down to low gravy
Then you'll be fixed like the millionaire
Whom everybody thought insane
Because he bought himself a carload of biscuits
And a streamlined gravy train
When your fine pork chop is almost gone
And your appetite seems to linger on
Keep a-sopping on down, down, down to low gravy
Boys: Mama? Is the gravy good?
Mama: Boys, it's the best in the neighborhood
Boys: What did Father do when he came from town?
Mama: Boys, the old man kept sopping on down
Boys: Hey Mama, how do you know?
Mama: Boys, 'cause my daddy done told me so
Mama: He told everybody for miles around
Boys: That when the gravy's good...
Mama: Mmm-mmm!
Boys: And the meat is sound...
Mama: Mmm-mmm!
Boys: Then you get yourself a big fat biscuit
Boys: And you sop it down, down, down
Then you'll be fixed like the millionaire
Whom everybody thought insane
Because he bought himself a carload of biscuits
And a streamlined gravy train
When your fine pork chop is almost gone
And your appetite seems to linger on
Keep a-sopping on down, down, down to low gravy
Low gravy, low gravy, oh yeah
recording: Claude Hopkins Quartet with Rena Collins (1947) [YouTube]
history: original copyright entry (1944) [Google Books]
biography: Claude Hopkins [IMDb]
history: discography [Discogs]
recording: The Chenille Sisters (1989) [YouTube]
review: The Chenille Sisters Whatcha Gonna Swing Tonight? (1992) [AllMusic]