Mrs. Murphy's Chowder (key of A)
Public domain - full karaoke IMMHA-L391
Credit: Traditional · traditional (recorded by 1931)
Origin: Anonymous humorous song (Traditional Ballad Index: author unknown, earliest known date 1931, Arkansas Woodchopper recording); not the same song as George L. Geifer's 'Who Threw the Overalls in Mrs. Murphy's Chowder' (1898). The sheet says 'Traditional'. Typed with handwritten chords, 4/4 time, key of A. Titled as typed 'MRS. MURPHYS' CHOWDER'.
Source: https://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/
Lyrics sheet: courtesy of Country Roads Folk Music Camp, Mount Madonna County Park, California (about the camp)
Original scan: from John's songbook (scan to be posted on @IMMHACAL)
Chords as printed on the original song sheet. Chords as handwritten (A and E).
A E Won't you bring back, won't you bring back Mrs. Murphy's chowder A It was tune-ful, every spoon-ful, made you yodel louder E After dinner Uncle Ben used to fill his fountain pen A From a bowl of Mrs. Murphy's chowder CHORUS: There was ice cream, cold cream, benzine, gasoline E Soup beans, string beans, floating all around Sponge cake, beef steak, mistake, stomach ache A Cream puffs, ear muffs, many to be found Silk hats, door mats, bed slats, alley-cats, E Cow bells, door bells, beckon you to dine Meat balls, fish balls, moth balls, cannon balls, A Come on in the chowder's fine E Won't you bring back, won't you bring back, Mrs. Murphy's chowder A Every helping, you'll be yelping for a headache powder E When the carpenter came through and asked us for some glue A He used a bowl of Mrs. Murphy's chowder (Chorus) E Won't you bring back, won't you bring back, Mrs. Murphy's chowder If you keep it when you eat it, A You can stand up straight and prouder E If they have it where you are, you might find a motor car A In a bowl of Mrs. Murphy's chowder (Chorus)