From the 1945 musical “Carousel”
Words by Oscar Hammerstein 2nd
Music by Richard Rodgers
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
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 feelin’ prime
This was a real nice clambake
And we all had a real good time
First come codfish chowder
Cooked in iron kettles
Onions floatin’ on the top
Curlin’ up in petals
Throwed in ribbons of salted pork
An old New England trick
And lapped it all up with a clamshell
Tied onto a bayberry stick, 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 feelin’ prime
This was a real nice clambake
And we all had a real good time
Remember when we raked them red-hot lobsters
Out of the driftwood fire?
They sizzled and crackled and sputtered a song
Fitten fer an angels’ choir
Fitten fer an angels’, Fitten fer an angels’
Fitten fer an angels’ choir
We slit ’em down the back and peppered ’em good
And doused ’em in melted butter
Then we tore away the claws
And cracked ’em with our teeth
’Cause we weren’t in the mood to putter
Fitten fer an angels’, Fitten fer an angels’
Fitten fer an angels’ choir
Then at last come the clams
Steamed under rockweed
And poppin’ from their shells
Jest how many of them
Galloped down our gullets
We couldn’t say oursel’s oh-h-h
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 feelin’ prime.
This was a real nice clambake
And we all had a real good time
We said it afore and we’ll say it agen
We all had a real good time