A fun novelty song from 1926 words and music by William Tracey, Hugh Aitken and Dinty Moore
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Accompaniment
Lyrics
Chorus
“What! no spinach? Don’t tell me that
What! no spinach? Hand me my hat
I don’t care for onions
They hurt my bunions
Why don’t you try ’em on the cat
Oh! I wish that the fish that you gave me
Were down at the bottom of the sea
Gee! What! no spinach?
What! no spinach?
That’s the “finnitch” of me”
(extra choruses from 78 records by Ed Smalle & Jack Kaufman)
Chorus
What! No Spinach! (WNS)
How come no more?
WNS, where is the door?
Your nice home-made noodles
Are quite like kyoodles [look it up!]
They even make my bulldog sore, woof woof!
Oh, I wish that those tough apple dumplings
Were back on the old apple tree, gee!
WNS, WNS, well that’s the finish of me.
Chorus
WNS, don’t make me swear.
WNS, I’ll take the air.
I don’t like red cabbage, it makes me too savage;
Oh boy, it gets my goat, so there! Baa!
Oh, I wish that your chef had lumbago
For causing me all this misery, gee.
WNS, WNS, well that’s the finish of me.
Chorus
WNS, well I might have guessed.
WNS, then keep all the rest.
Cause I don’t crave potatoes, and stewed tomatoes
Don’t look so nifty on my vest, yuck!
I wish that you’d keep your watermelon
‘Cause it gives me water on the knee, gee
WNS, WNS, well that’s the finish of me.