Biscuit Blues
(Bob Nolan)
Why, I’ve cooked biscuits all my life.
(Oh, I’ve got the biscuit blues.)
I’ve cooked for the devil and the devil’s wife.
(Oh, I’ve got the biscuit blues.)
I’ve cooked for old Paul Bunyan’s[1] crew.
When I ran short of flour I just used glue
But they’re all dead now, so I’ll cook ‘em for you.
(Oh, I’ve got the biscuit blues.)
Refrain:
Biscuits for breakfast and biscuits for dinner
And biscuits for supper, too,
And a biscuit dream ‘most every night.
Oh, I’ve got the biscuit blues.
Now, I can make biscuits of every kind. (Oh, etc.)
I make ’em out of any old thing I find. (Oh, etc.)
Biscuit puddin’ and biscuit stew,
Great big biscuits and little ones, too,
And biscuits you can’t even chew. (Oh, etc.)
We’re gonna have biscuits every day. (Oh, etc.)
I’ll cook ‘em ahead and I’ll stack ‘em away. (Oh, etc.)
There’ll be biscuits here and biscuits there
And biscuits crawlin’ through your hair.
There’ll be biscuits, biscuits everywhere! (Oh, etc.)
When I go to the oven to see if they’re done (Oh, etc.)
I open up the door and I pull my gun (Oh, etc.)
Then I fan[2] three shots with a “Crack! Crack! Crack!”
If the biscuits smile and the slugs bounce back
They’re done to a turn, what a tasty snack! (Oh, etc.)
These lyrics are from "Bob Nolan’s Folio of Original Cowboy Classics No. 1", Copyright 1939 by AMERICAN MUSIC, INC. Photocopies of the sheet music for this song is available from Calin Coburn, Bob Nolan's grandson. Email Calin for more details.
When all the songwriting duties for Columbia's Charles Starrett westerns fell on Bob Nolan's capable shoulders, he wrote this song for "West of Cheyenne". in 1938 It became a popular showcase for Pat Brady. The Sons of the Pioneers used the comic song again in Republic's "King of the Cowboys" in 1943. In 1940 they recorded it for the Orthacoustic radio transcriptions and once more in later years featuring Shug Fisher.
NOTE: The following verse concluded the song in the film "West of Cheyenne" and was often used thereafter but is not included in the song folio:
Well, how about a nice big juicy steak?
(Oh! M-m-m-m!)
With mushroom gravy and a devils food cake.
(Oh! M-m-m-m!)
Well, all the trimmings, just food galore
A glass of wine. Maybe three or four?
Well, you’re gonna get biscuits instead.
(Why shore! Get him, Bob!)
