This Was a Real Nice Clambake

[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 time

[Nettie]

Fust come codfish chowder

Cooked in iron kettles

Onions floating on the top

Curlin' up in pettals

[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

[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!