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The Food Blues

Listen to the song and fill in the gaps with the food word you hear

The Food Blues

The Food Blues - The Corries

(That sends me back)

 I was sitting in a motorway restaurant

When a waiter came up and said: “What do you want?”

I looked at the menu, it looked so nice

Till he said: “Let me give you some advice.”

 

“ and ’taters they got too much starch,

Pork chop and gravy are bad for your heart,

There’s hormones in and and veal,

Ravioli is a dead man’s meal.

 

’s got preservatives, nitrate’s in

Artificial colouring’s in jellies and jam.

Stay away from doughnuts, run away from ,

Pepperoni  is a sure way to die.

 

rots your teeth and makes you put on weight.

Artificial sweeteners (have) got cyclamates.

(have) got cholesterol, there’s fat in

ruins your kidneys so does

 

’s got mercury, red meat is poison.

Salt’s going to send your blood pressure rising.

and salami (have) got deadly red dyes.

and are sprayed with pesticides.”

 

I said: “What can I eat that’s going to make me last?”

He said: “A small drink of water in a tiny wee glass.”

Then he stopped and he thought for a minute.

“Never mind the , there’s carcinogenics in it.”

 

I got up from the table. Walked out into the street

Realising there was nothing I could eat.

Ain’t eaten for a month but I’m feeling fine.

’Cause he did not mention whiskey and red, red

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