Archive for June 7th, 2012
“A Real Nice Clambake” was written for the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical CAROUSEL, but the song was also wonderfully illustrated by Nadine Bernard Westcott:
A Real Nice Clambake
Words by Oscar Hammerstein II
Music by Richard Rodgers
From the Musical CAROUSEL
Illustrations by Nadine Bernard Westcott
A couple lines from “Real Nice Clambake” make an appearance over a 2-page spread of:
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Getting to Know You
Words by Oscar Hammerstein II
Music by Richard Rodgers
Illustrated by Rosemary Wells
Published by HarperCollinsPublishers, New York, 2002
ISBN 0-06-626845-5
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A recording of “A Real Nice Clambake” on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CHgh9s5-so
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You can sing the song yourself with this karaoke track:
http://www.amazon.com/A-Real-Nice-Clambake/dp/B002QO99DM/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1338148359&sr=8-1-fkmr0
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REAL NICE CLAMBAKE
Words by Oscar Hammerstein II
Music by Richard Rodgers
From the Musical CAROUSEL
This was a real nice clambake,
We’re mighty glad we came.
The vittles we et
Were good, you bet,
The company was the same.
Our hearts are warm, our bellies are full,
And we are feeling prime.
This was a real nice clambake,
And we all had a real good time.
First come codfish chowder
Cooked in iron kettles,
Onions floating on the top,
Curlin’ up in pettals.
Throw’d in ribbons of salted pork,
An old New England trick.
And lapped it all up with a clamshell,
Tied onto a bayberry stick.
Ohhhhh….
This was a real nice clambake,
We’re mighty glad we came.
The vittles we et
Were good, you bet,
The company was the same.
Our hearts are warm, our bellies are full,
And we are feeling prime.
This was a real nice clambake,
And we all had a real good time.
Remember when we raked them red hot lobsters
Out of the driftwood fire?
They sizzled and crackled and sputtered a song
Fittin’ for an angels’ choir.
Fittin’ for an angels,
Fittin’ for an angels,
Fittin’ for an angels choir.
We slit ‘em down the back and peppered ‘em good,
And doused ‘em in melted butter.
Then we tore away the claws and cracked ‘em with our teeth
‘Cause we weren’t in the mood to putter.
Fittin’ for an angels,
Fittin’ for an angels,
Fittin’ for an angels choir.
Then at last come the clams.
Steamed under rockweed and poppin’ from their shells.
Just how many of ‘em galloped down our gullets,
We couldn’t say ourselves.
Ohhhhh….
This was a real nice clambake,
We’re mighty glad we came.
The vittles we et
Were good, you bet,
The company was the same.
Our hearts are warm, our bellies are full,
And we are feeling prime.
This was a real nice clambake,
And we all had a real good time.
We said it ‘afore and we’ll say it again,
We all had a real good time!
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Related Posts
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THE SINGABLE PICTURE BOOKS OF NADINE BERNARD WESTCOTT
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2012/05/27/singable-picture-books-of-nadine-bernard-westcott/
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RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN
Singable Picture Books of Rodgers & Hammerstein Songs
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2010/04/10/a-few-favorite-singable-books-part-59-rodgers-hammerstein/
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GETTING TO KNOW YOU, A BOOK WITH 16 RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN SONGS:
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2011/04/04/getting-to-know-you-a-singable-picture-book-with-16-songs-by-rodgers-and-hammerstein/
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GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK
Singable Picture Books of the Great American Songbook and Michael Feinstein’s Foundation for the Preservation of the Great American Songbook
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2011/09/10/american-songbook-singable-picture-books-and-michael-feinsteins-foundation-for-the-preservation-of-the-great-american-songbook/
