STRAWB-RHUBARB PIE (orig. GOOSEBERRY PIE)

(orig. by Sidney Burt) (learned from Andy Davis and Jody Kruskal)


You may boast if you like about bacon and greens
Speak of roast turkey and game 
Sing out the praises of Boston Baked Beans
They all may be just what you claim

Roast beef and plum pudding may answer for some
And oysters in stew or in fry
I relish them all, but my greatest delight
Is a big piece of [strawb-rhubarb] pie

	O there's nothin' like [strawb-rhubarb] pie, says I, 
	I love strawberry pie [... with rhubarb]
	Since the time of the Flood, there's been nothing so good
	So luscious as [strawb-rhubarb] pie

'Twas my favorite luncheon while toddlin' around 
A youngster of three years or more
And oft I'd snuff up the fragrance that rose 
Through the cracks in that old oven door

But now I've grown older I love it still more 
And I will 'til the day that I die 
And the people who seek for my friendship do best 
By baking me [strawb-rhubarb] pie. 

	O there's nothin'...

As my teeth gently press through that luscious brown crust
And the moisture within is set free
It send through my frame such a thrill of delight
It's luscious as luscious can be! 

There's a gal in this town got a fancy for me
I can tell by the look in her eye
But the gal that I marry must first understand 
How to make an old [strawb-rhubarb] pie! 

	O there's nothin'...
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