[Dixielandjazz] Lyric and performer query

[John McClernan]

Written by Ross MacLean. Several years ago he was alive and well and  
living in Cranbury, NJ. I met him in a restaurant. One of the  
waitresses introduced me to him. He may have been the lyricist and  
Arthur Richardson may have written the music, since McLean wrote the  
lyrics for a song called "Rain Or Shine" and Beverly Birks wrote the  
music. Here are the full lyrics of "Too Fat Polka":
http://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/t/toofatpolka.shtml
Cheers,
John



On Aug 22, 2008, at 1:08 PM, dwlit at cpcug.org wrote:

> Actual title is "Too fat polka". Arthur Godfrey had the hit record,  
> 1947.
>
> --Sheik
>
>> Dear Brian,
>>  As I recall, the song title is I don't want her, you can have her  
>> she's
>> to fat for me. I always heard it as a polka.
>> Alicia Fullbright
>>
>> "Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one"
>>
>>                            Albert Einstein
>>
>> --- On Fri, 8/22/08, Brian Harvey <brer.rabbit at tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
>> From: Brian Harvey <brer.rabbit at tiscali.co.uk>
>> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Lyric and performer query
>> To: "Alicia Fullbright" <alicia_f2002 at yahoo.com>
>> Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
>> Date: Friday, August 22, 2008, 9:29 AM
>>
>>
>> Can anyone enlighhten me please as to what song the lyric "She's too
>> fat for
>> me" came from?
>> And who recorded it?
>> Thanks - Brian Harvey