On Top of Old Smokey (originally known as On Top of Spaghetti) is a song that was featured in Bob & Larry's Campfire Songs. The song is a parody of the traditional folk song of the same name. It is sung by Larry the Cucumber, with some commentary by Pa Grape and Mr. Lunt.
Lyrics[]
Larry: This is a sad song about a ball of meat.
On top of smokey (Mr. Lunt: I hope he's not talking about that bear.)
All covered with cheese (Pa Grape: No, no, it's about a meatball. It's a song about meat.)
Mr. Lunt: Okay.
Larry: I lost my poor meatball (Mr. Lunt: Oh yeah, yeah, you're right. I'm with you now.)
When somebody sneezed. (Mr. Lunt: Oh, gross! He sneezed on the meat? Man.)
Larry and Kids: It rolled off the table (Pa Grape: Oh, it's kinda..kinda peppy now.)
And onto the floor (Pa Grape: It's like a chase scene. Follow that meat!)
And then my poor meatball (Mr. Lunt: I think I'd like it better if it was about a bear.)
Rolled right out the door. (Pa Grape: Yeah, I guess.)
Larry: Hey! Get over here! Come back!
Larry and Kids: It rolled to the garden (Pa Grape: There's a bear in the garden)
And under a bush (Mr. Lunt: Wait, you said this was about meat.)
And then my poor meatball (Pa Grape: Yep. About meat. And a bear, what is a bear? Joppa-eram?)
Was nothing but mush. (Mr. Lunt: Oh.)
Larry: Oh yuck.
Larry and Kids: But the mush was so tasty (Mr. Lunt: What? You mean he eated it?)
As tasty could be (Pa Grape: Can we just fast-forward to the next song please? Push the button.)
And early next summer (Pa Grape: Oh my goodness! It's rancid.)
It grew into a tree. (Mr. Lunt: Who let him pick this song anyway? This is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard.)
The tree was all covered (Mr. Lunt: I'm sure it was covered. It'd need to be covered with insurance, man.)
All covered with moss (Mr. Lunt: Oh boy, this is ridiculous.)
It grew lovely meatballs (Pa Grape: I think it's too late to start singing about a bear instead.)
And tomato sauce. (Pa Grape: Tomato sauce. That's just fantastic.)
So if you eat spaghetti (Pa Grape: Ah, we'll all eat spaghetti, but we certainly don't do what you just did.)
All covered with cheese (Mr. Lunt: Yeah, boy. Could we do another song?)
Hold on to your meatball (Mr. Lunt: I think we need to apologize to America for this one.)
And don't ever sneeze. (Mr. Lunt: Yeah, sneezing is the least of your worries, man. You're gonna get a lawsuit.)
Mr. Lunt: Is it over?
Pa Grape: I sure hope it's over.
Larry: Don't ever sneeze.