I have Jimmy Buffett's version of singing "I Will Play For Gumbo" on his album "Beach House On The Moon" (1999). I don't smoke I don't shoot smack But I got a spicy monkey riding on my back Don't eat beignets too much sugar and dough But I will play for gumbo Hey I will play for gumbo It started in my grandma's in her kitchen by the sea She warned me when where she told me "son the first one's free" It hit me like a rock or some TaeKwonDo Cause I will play for gumbo Oh Yeah I will play for gumbo A piece of french bread with which to wipe my bowl Good for the body, good for the soul It's a little like religion and a lot like sex You should never know when you're gonna get it next At midnight in the Quarter or noon in Thibodaux I will play for gumbo Yes, I will play for gumbo I'm not talking quesadillas or a dozen Krispy Kremes Or a pile of caviar that's a rich man's dream No banana split or filet of pompano No, I will play for gumbo Yeah, I will play for gumbo A piece of french bread with which to wipe my bowl Good for the body, good for the soul It's a little like religion and a lot like sex You should never know when you're gonna get it next It could be it's that sausage or those pretty pink shrimp Or that popcorn rice that makes me blow up like a blimp Maybe it's that voodoo from Marie Laveau But I will play for gumbo Hey I will play for gumbo Now the Sauce Boss makes his cookin' on the stage Singing and a-picking for his nightly wage Sweating and a frettin' from his head to his toe Playin' and swayin' with the gumbo Prayin' and buffetin' with the gumbo A piece of french bread with which to wipe my bowl Good for the body, good for the soul It's a little like religion and a lot like sex You should never know when you're gonna get it next At midnight in the Quarter or noon in Thibodaux I will play for gumbo Hey I will play for gumbo I will play for gumbo I will play for gumbo ~Karen the parrothead from Berks Cawhnty

Thanks for the Gumbo song, Karen. Isn't it a riot what they use for the subjects of some songs!!!! Anyone remember the song: Onions, Onions, La la la? Have no idea who wrote it or sang it, and believe it came out in the early to mid-sixties. Or was that the Onion song of long, long ago, I am thinking of? I know there were two of them. The one came out at the same time "Red Rubber Ball" did. I love the new shows they have on: Singing Bee and Don't Forget the Lyrics! Mike thinks I should go on that show_oh me, oh my-oh, no :o) I'd draw a blank for sure, just like with the Jambalya song this morning. "I Will Play for Gumbo" is a new one to me, but if I heard the tune, I bet I'd know the song. Lynn Karen from Berks Cawntey submitted the words for "I Will Play for Gumbo"