Rodgers & Hammerstein — A Real Nice Clambake

Nettie: Dunno as I should've ate those last four dozen clams! A girl: Now look here, Orin Peasley, you just keep your hands in your own pockets if you're so cold! All: 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 timе Nettie: Fust come codfish chowdеr Cooked in iron kettles Onions floating on the top Curlin' up in petals Julie: Throw'd in ribbons of salted pork Men: An old New England trick Julie: And lapped it all up with a clamshell Tied onto a bayberry stick All: Oh, 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 Enoch: 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 Girls: Fittin' for an angels Fittin' for an angels Fittin' for an angels choir Nettie: We slit 'em down the back and peppered 'em good And doused 'em in melted butter Carrie: Then we tore away the claws and cracked 'em with our teeth Cuz we weren't in the mood to putter Girls: Fittin' for an angels Fittin' for an angels Fittin' for an angels choir A guy: Then at last come the clams Guys: Steamed under rockweed and poppin' from their shells All: Just how many of 'em galloped down our gullets We couldn't say ourselves, oh 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!