All that meat and no potatoes

Believe it or not, that is actually the title of an old Fats Waller song from 1941.

I remember discovering it on an old vinyl record I picked up at a garage sale as a kid, and just heard it again these many (many, many) years later. The lyrics are just as rib tickling to me today as they were then, so thought I'd share:

All that meat, and no potatoes
Just ain't right, like green tomatoes
Yeah, I'm waiting
Palpatatin'
But all that meat, and no potatoes

All that meat, and no potatoes
All that food, to the alligators, yeah
Hold me steady
I am ready
With all that meat and no potatoes

I don't think that peas are bad
With me, most anything goes
I look in the pot, I'm fit to fight
'Cause woman, you know that mess ain't right.

All that meat, and no potatoes
Just ain't right, like green tomatoes
Yes, I'm steamin'
I'm really screamin'
All that meat and no potatoes.