potluck at a First Baptist church ... ...
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@ W.H. Grampa
2026-08-06 04:26:11
Songtext
[00:00 - 00:12 - INTRO]
[Instrumental: Funky wah-wah guitar, groovy bassline, light drums, comedic slide whistle]
[Vocal Style: Spoken Word, folksy Southern male narrator, conspiratorial, close-miked]
Yes sir, it all happened down at the First Baptist potluck supper...
I was just there for the potato salad.
[00:12 - 00:45 - VERSE 1]
[Instrumental: Add banjo and piano, keep it bouncy]
[Vocal Style: Spoken, conversational male, then switch to high-pitched 5-year-old boy voice]
Well I was talkin' to my buddy Leon,
Nice fella, accountant, wears a cardigan,
And I says, "Leon, pass the deviled eggs,"
And he looks at me funny and says,
"I DON'T LIKE EGGS! I WANNA GO HOME!"
Well the whole church hushed up.
And his wife Mabel leaned over and whispered,
"Oh Lord, that's not Leon. That's Timmy. He's six."
[00:45 - 01:15 - CHORUS]
[Instrumental: Full band in, big drums, handclaps, honky-tonk piano]
[Vocal Style: Sung, upbeat lead with female backing choir shouting call-and-response]
Oh here they come! (Here they come!)
Look at Leon go!
He's got more people in there than a Greyhound Bus depot!
Don't look now but Leon's not Leon no more!
Ethel! It's Timmy! No, it's Leon! No, it's...
Oh! There he goes again!
[01:15 - 01:45 - VERSE 2]
[Instrumental: Strip back to bass and drums with French accordion stab]
[Vocal Style: Spoken narrator, then switch to flamboyant French accent, snooty]
Well then he stood right up on the folding table,
Knocked over the sweet tea,
Struck a pose like a runway model,
And in this fancy French accent he says,
"I am Pierre! Where is ze champagne? Zis place eez so BORING!"
Mabel just sighs and says, "Oh, that's Pierre. He shows up every Tuesday and whenever we watch HGTV."
[01:45 - 02:10 - BREAKDOWN / INTERLUDE]
[Instrumental: Drum roll, record scratch SFX, tense organ]
[Vocal Style: Spoken, shouted, panicked]
THE COLONEL?!
[Instrumental: Military snare drum, tuba]
[02:10 - 02:40 - VERSE 3 - THE COLONEL]
[Instrumental: Marching beat, overdriven guitar]
[Vocal Style: Deep booming Southern Colonel voice, Foghorn Leghorn style, yelling]
NOW YOU LISTEN HERE, SON! I FOUGHT IN TWO WARS AND I AIN'T EATIN' NO TOFU CASSEROLE! I WANT MEAT! AND GRAVY! ON TOP OF MORE MEAT!
[Back to narrator voice, normal]
Reverend Johnson tried to calm him down,
He said, "Sir, please, this is a house of worship!"
And the Colonel said, "WELL I WORSHIP A GOOD STEAK!"
[02:40 - 03:10 - CHORUS 2 - BIGGER]
[Instrumental: Everything plus tambourine, gang vocals, crowd laughing SFX]
[Vocal Style: Sung lead with loud gospel choir, ad-lib shouting]
Oh here they come! (Look out!)
There goes Leon... no Timmy... no Pierre... no the Colonel!
It's a one-man parade with a whole lot of floats!
Somebody call Leon and tell him he's late for his own self!
Look out! Here comes...
Oh! There he goes again!
[03:10 - 03:35 - BRIDGE / OUTRO - Spoken]
[Instrumental: Music drops to just bass and light guitar, church hall reverb]
[Vocal Style: Soft spoken, conspiratorial, winding down]
Well finally, Leon came back.
Just blinked, looked around at the mess,
Said, "Mabel, what'd I do this time?"
She said, "Oh, the usual. You embarrassed the Baptists, insulted France, and tried to draft the choir into the infantry."
He said, "Well tell 'em all I'm sorry."
She said, "Tell 'em yourself, there's four of you in there, take a number!"
[03:35 - 03:50 - FADE OUT]
[Instrumental: Fade on funky guitar riff, people murmuring and laughing in background]
[Vocal Style: Narrator chuckling]
And that's the last time I ever went to a potluck at a First Baptist church ... ...
[Instrumental: Funky wah-wah guitar, groovy bassline, light drums, comedic slide whistle]
[Vocal Style: Spoken Word, folksy Southern male narrator, conspiratorial, close-miked]
Yes sir, it all happened down at the First Baptist potluck supper...
I was just there for the potato salad.
[00:12 - 00:45 - VERSE 1]
[Instrumental: Add banjo and piano, keep it bouncy]
[Vocal Style: Spoken, conversational male, then switch to high-pitched 5-year-old boy voice]
Well I was talkin' to my buddy Leon,
Nice fella, accountant, wears a cardigan,
And I says, "Leon, pass the deviled eggs,"
And he looks at me funny and says,
"I DON'T LIKE EGGS! I WANNA GO HOME!"
Well the whole church hushed up.
And his wife Mabel leaned over and whispered,
"Oh Lord, that's not Leon. That's Timmy. He's six."
[00:45 - 01:15 - CHORUS]
[Instrumental: Full band in, big drums, handclaps, honky-tonk piano]
[Vocal Style: Sung, upbeat lead with female backing choir shouting call-and-response]
Oh here they come! (Here they come!)
Look at Leon go!
He's got more people in there than a Greyhound Bus depot!
Don't look now but Leon's not Leon no more!
Ethel! It's Timmy! No, it's Leon! No, it's...
Oh! There he goes again!
[01:15 - 01:45 - VERSE 2]
[Instrumental: Strip back to bass and drums with French accordion stab]
[Vocal Style: Spoken narrator, then switch to flamboyant French accent, snooty]
Well then he stood right up on the folding table,
Knocked over the sweet tea,
Struck a pose like a runway model,
And in this fancy French accent he says,
"I am Pierre! Where is ze champagne? Zis place eez so BORING!"
Mabel just sighs and says, "Oh, that's Pierre. He shows up every Tuesday and whenever we watch HGTV."
[01:45 - 02:10 - BREAKDOWN / INTERLUDE]
[Instrumental: Drum roll, record scratch SFX, tense organ]
[Vocal Style: Spoken, shouted, panicked]
THE COLONEL?!
[Instrumental: Military snare drum, tuba]
[02:10 - 02:40 - VERSE 3 - THE COLONEL]
[Instrumental: Marching beat, overdriven guitar]
[Vocal Style: Deep booming Southern Colonel voice, Foghorn Leghorn style, yelling]
NOW YOU LISTEN HERE, SON! I FOUGHT IN TWO WARS AND I AIN'T EATIN' NO TOFU CASSEROLE! I WANT MEAT! AND GRAVY! ON TOP OF MORE MEAT!
[Back to narrator voice, normal]
Reverend Johnson tried to calm him down,
He said, "Sir, please, this is a house of worship!"
And the Colonel said, "WELL I WORSHIP A GOOD STEAK!"
[02:40 - 03:10 - CHORUS 2 - BIGGER]
[Instrumental: Everything plus tambourine, gang vocals, crowd laughing SFX]
[Vocal Style: Sung lead with loud gospel choir, ad-lib shouting]
Oh here they come! (Look out!)
There goes Leon... no Timmy... no Pierre... no the Colonel!
It's a one-man parade with a whole lot of floats!
Somebody call Leon and tell him he's late for his own self!
Look out! Here comes...
Oh! There he goes again!
[03:10 - 03:35 - BRIDGE / OUTRO - Spoken]
[Instrumental: Music drops to just bass and light guitar, church hall reverb]
[Vocal Style: Soft spoken, conspiratorial, winding down]
Well finally, Leon came back.
Just blinked, looked around at the mess,
Said, "Mabel, what'd I do this time?"
She said, "Oh, the usual. You embarrassed the Baptists, insulted France, and tried to draft the choir into the infantry."
He said, "Well tell 'em all I'm sorry."
She said, "Tell 'em yourself, there's four of you in there, take a number!"
[03:35 - 03:50 - FADE OUT]
[Instrumental: Fade on funky guitar riff, people murmuring and laughing in background]
[Vocal Style: Narrator chuckling]
And that's the last time I ever went to a potluck at a First Baptist church ... ...
Musikstil
Novelty Country Comedy, 1974 Nashville,"The Streak" style. Upbeat funky country, 98 BPM. Instruments: chicken-pickin' electric guitar with wah-wah, groovy electric bass, drums with lots of rimshots, honky-tonk piano, banjo licks, comedic slide whistle, church organ swell. Cheerful, goofy, vaudeville. Male lead, Southern American accent. Mix of spoken word storytelling and sung chorus with big gospel-style female backing vocals shouting responses.