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Tasty Titles

Monday, May 25th, 2009

Over the years a lot of country song writers have put to music their thoughts on food. Some of the song titles describing Southern delicacies are:

  • Bacon and Collards
  • Chicken in the Bread Tray
  • Corn Licker Still in Georgia, A
  • Hog in the Cane Break
  • Home Brew Rag
  • How Many Biscuits Can You Eat?
  • I Love Molasses
  • Little Brown Jug
  • Milk Cow Blues
  • Mister Chicken
  • Old Hen Cackled and the Rooster’s Going to Crow, The
  • Pass Around the Bottle and We’ll All Take a Drink
  • Peach Pickin’ Time in Georgia
  • Peel Me a Nanner
  • Polly Put the Kettle on
  • Rabbit Soup
  • Short’nin’ Bread
  • Southern Fried
  • Streak-o-Lean, Streak-o-Fat
  • Taffy-Pulling Party, The
  • Turkey in the Straw
  • Watermelon on the Vine

A few Southern bands have also felt that food names make for memorable band names:

  • Corn Dodgers
  • Corn Huskers
  • Dilly and His Dill Pickles
  • Lick Skillet Orchestra
  • Light Crust Doughboys
  • Moo Cow Band
  • Skillet Lickers
  • Sorghum Band