Today in Monday (Slumgullion Song)

DESCRIPTION: "Today is Monday, today is Monday, Monday is slumgullion; All you hungry brothers, We wish the same to you. Tuesday, string beans. Wednesday, soup. Thursday, roast beef. Friday, fish...." There may be other foods (often German) listed. May be cumulative
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1923 (Camp Clavell and Girl Reserve Club Songs)
KEYWORDS: food nonballad hardtimes campsong
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Pankake/Pankake-PrairieHomeCompanionFolkSongBook, p. 25, "Today Is..." (1 text)
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, pp. 98, 289, 392, 395, "Today is Monday" (notes only)
BoyScoutSongbook1997, p. 23, "Camp Menu Song" (1 text, 1 tune)
NOTES [69 words]: Donald Mathew Alanen, The Logger's Encyclopedia: A Road to the Past, PublishAmerica, 2008, p. 178, defines "Slumgullion" as "the logger's goulash... like a beef [elk or venison] stew with a variety of vegetables. Makes a hearty meal with thick sliced bread, after a day in the woods, peppered by a freezing rain in late October." How such a concoction came to be found in summer camps is not obvious to me. - RBW
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