V-E-G-E-T-A-B-L-E-S

By Colin Buchanan

On I Want My Mummy

Released on April 10, 1993

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[Intro]

It's happening! The vegetable song!

One, two, one two three


[Chorus]

V-E-G-E-T-A-B-L-E... S

E-A-T-T-H-E-M-U-P


[Verse 1]

Now, Leanne had quite an appetite

She really loved to eat

Chocolate, biscuits, sticky cakes

And every sort of treat

But one food made her feel so crook

One food Leanne did hate

She went green and would not eat

The veggies on her plate


[Verse 2]

So she'd stuff them under chicken bones

Hide them under fat

Slip them in her pockets

Lots of kids do that

Bury them in the pot plant

Drop them in her drink

Mush them in the gravy

Or push them down the sink


[Chorus]

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E-A-T-T-H-E-M-U-P


[Verse 3]

Now, Leanne she said that "Cauliflower

Tastes like dirty socks"

She wouldn't eat zucchinis

For a dozen chocolate blocks

So Leanne had to keep trying

She had to persevere

And keep on finding new ways

To make veggies disappear


[Verse 4]

Oh, she'd feed them to the bunny rabbit

Stick them to the cat

Squash them in the dog food

And underneath the mat

Suck them up the vacuum cleaner

Flush them down the loo

Secretly conceal them

Underneath her shoe


[Chorus]

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E-A-T-T-H-E-M-U-P


[Verse 5]

Now, Leanne just hated broccoli

She wouldn't eat her peas

She said that eating brussel sprouts

Was worse than a disease

The very sight of spinach

Was enough to make her chuck

So secretly she kept inventing

Ways to hide the muck


[Verse 6]

Well, she'd open up the windows

And toss them on the lawn

Flick them underneath the fridge

'Till every one was gone

Stick some up her nostrils

Pop a couple in her ears

Slip a few behind the lounge

They won't be found for years


[Chorus]

V-E-G-E-T-A-B-L-E... S

E-A-T-T-H-E-M-U-P


[Verse 7]

Well, came the fateful, dreadful day

Leanne was down and out

All her veggie vanishing

Tricks had all run out

There was no escaping

To the north or to the south

She had to put her veggies

Right inside her mouth


[Verse 8]

But...

When she actually tasted them, she said

"Oh my! This tastes great!"

Her family were shocked to see

The veggies that she ate

And she searched out all the veggies

That she'd ever chucked away

They were all dried up and crusty

But she ate them anyway


[Chorus]

V-E-G-E-T-A-B-L-E... S

Y-U-M-M-Y-Y-U-M-M... Y

V-E-G-E-T-A-B-L-E... S

G-I-V-E-M-E-M-O-R... E

V-E-G-E-T-A-B-L-E...


[Outro]

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