[Cameron]<br />
This was a real nice clambake,<br />
We're mighty glad we came.<br />
The vittles we et were good, you bet!<br />
The company was the same.<br />
Our hearts are warm,<br />
Our bellies are full,<br />
And we are feelin' prime.<br />
This was a real nice clambake,<br />
And we all he'd a real good time.<br />
<br />
Fust come codfish chowder,<br />
Cooked in iron kettles,<br />
Onions floatin' on the top,<br />
Curlin' up in petals.<br />
Throwed in ribbons of salted pork<br />
(An old New England trick)<br />
And lapped it all up with a clamshell,<br />
Tied on to a bayberry stick.<br />
<br />
Oh-h-h-<br />
This was a real nice clambake,<br />
We're mighty glad we came.<br />
The vittles we et were good, you bet!<br />
The company was the same.<br />
Our hearts are warm,<br />
Our bellies are full,<br />
And we are feelin' prime.<br />
This was a really nice clambake,<br />
And we all he'd a real good time.<br />
<br />
[Robert}<br />
Remember when we raked them red hot lobsters<br />
Out of the dreadful fire?<br />
They sizzled and crackled and sputtered a song,<br />
Fitten fer an angel's choir.<br />
<br />
[Chorus]<br />
Fitten fer an angels',<br />
Fitten' fer an angels',<br />
Fitten' fer an angels' choir!<br />
<br />
[Claramae]<br />
We slit 'em down the back and peppered 'em good,<br />
And doused 'em in melted butter<br />
<br />
[Barbara]<br />
Then we tore away the claws<br />
And cracked 'em with our teeth<br />
'Cause we weren't in the mood to putter!...<br />
<br />
[Girls]<br />
Fitten fer an angels',<br />
Fitten fer an angels',<br />
Fitten' fer an angels' choir!<br />
<br />
[Man]<br />
Then at last come the clams,<br />
<br />
[Men]<br />
The clams!<br />
Steamed under rockweed an' poppin' from their shells<br />
Jest how many of 'em galloped down our gullets?<br />
<br />
[Chorus]<br />
We couldn't say oursel's!<br />
Oh-h-h-<br />
This was a real nice clambake,<br />
We're mighty glad we came.<br />
The vittles we et were good, you bet!<br />
The company was the same!<br />
Our hearts are warm, our bellies are full,<br />
And we are feelin' prime.<br />
This was a real nice clambake,<br />
And we all he'd a real good time.<br />
<br />
We said it afore<br />
And we'll say it agen,<br />
We all he'd a real good time