The Drummer And The Cook

Words and Music by :  Paul Campbell

Recording #1 by Harry Belafonte
Recording date: April 22, 1954 (14:00-18:00)
Recorded at Manhattan Center, New York
Master number: E4VB 3919-2
Playing time: 2:03
Producer: Henri Rene
Alan Greene: leader; Mac Ceppos: contractor/violin; Millard Thomas: guitar; Norman Keenan: bass; Nathan Foodman: drums: William Rodriguez: drums; Buster Davis: piano; Anthony Miranda: french horn; James DeMeo: reeds; Stanley Webbs: reeds; Maurice Brown: cello; Alan Shulman: cello; Howard Kay: viola; Isidore Zir: viola; Harry Melinkoff: violin; Raoul Poliakin: violin; David Sackson: violin; Sylvan Shulman: violin; Zelly Smirnoff: violin; Robert Cole, Carter Farriss, Joan Gilbert, Jay Harnick, Jane Martin, Rudy Williams, Lois Winters and Miriam Workman: vocal chorus

LP : LSP1022, RCS3235,
CD: BCD16262, 07863-58555-2, PDC2-1060, GSS-5381, 8.120799, RGMCD006


Recording #2 by Harry Belafonte
Recording date: July 24, 1956, (12:30-16:30)
Recorded at Radio Recorders, Hollywood.
Master number: G2PB 4914
Playing time: 3:55
Producer: Henri Rene & Dennis Farnon
Will Lorin: leader; Antonio Villa: contractor; Millard Thomas: guitar; Franz Casseus: guitar; Phil Stevens: bass; Arnold Manchester: librarian/percussion; Louis Singer: percussion; Hal S. Hidey: piano; Marjorie Call: harp; Attilo DePalma: french horn; Jack DuMont: saxophone; Victor Garber: saxophone; Alex Gershunoff: saxophone; Jules Jacob: saxophone; Wilbur Schwartz: saxophone; Francis L. Howard: trombone; Simon Zentner: trombone; Pete Candoli: trumpet; Harry E. Edison: trumpet; Conrad J. Gozzo: trumpet; Ennio Bolognini: cello; Joseph Reilich: viola; Victor Arno: violin; Israel Baker: violin; Jerome G. Kasin: violin; Gustave Rosseels: violin; Myron K. Sandler: violin; Marshall Sosson: violin.

45 : EPC-1402-1,
LP : LPM1402,
CD: BCD16262, RGMCD006


Other albums:
45 : 20004, EPA-559, SPD-24, 3-20096,
LP : SP-33-19, 430.213,

Lyrics:

Oh, there was a little drummer and he loved a one-eyed cook
He loved her oh, he loved her though she had a cock-eyed look
With her one eye on the pot and the other up the chimney with a bow wow wow
Fa la la la la dee dee bow wow wow

And this couple went a courtin' for to walk along the shore
Said the drummer to the cookie "You're the girl that I adore"
With her one eye on the pot and the other up the chimney with a bow wow wow
Fa la la la la dee dee bow wow wow

Said the drummer to the cookie "Will you name the wedding day?"
Said the cookie "We'll be married in the merry month of May"
With her one eye on the pot and the other up the chimney with a bow wow wow
Fa la la la la dee dee bow wow wow

Said the drummer to the cookie "Will you buy the wedding ring?"
Said the cookie "Now you're talkin' that would be the very thing"
With her one eye on the pot and the other up the chimney with a bow wow wow
Fa la la la la dee dee bow wow wow

When they went to church to say I will the drummer got a shock
For her one eye killed the parson and the other stopped the clock
With her one eye on the pot and the other up the chimney with a bow wow wow
Fa la la la la dee dee bow wow wow