Sauerkraut

DESCRIPTION: "Now if you'll only listen to what ye spake about, I'm going for to tell ye how to make the sauerkraut. The kraut's not made of leather as everyone supposes." It's made from cabbage, with salt; the singer eats it all the time
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1937 (Thomas-DevilsDitties)
KEYWORDS: work food humorous
FOUND IN: Canada(Mar) US(Ap)
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Thomas-DevilsDitties, pp. 158-159, "Sourkraut" (1 text, 1 tune)
Pottie/Ellis-FolksongsOfTheMaritimes, pp. 146-147, "Sauerkraut Song" (1 text, 1 tune)
DT, SRKRAUT*
Roud #8890
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Sauer Kraut" (subject)
NOTES [40 words]: This has enough in common with "Sauer Kraut" that Roud lumps them. But "Sauer Kraut" is mostly about a sailing boat and "Sauerkraut" is about making the food; they may have a common origin, but at this point I'd consider them separate. - RBW
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