Melody:		Mexican Hat Dance	Back to Roth's Song Index
By:		Cheryl Wheeler
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They're red they're white they're brown
They get that way underground
They can't have much to do
So now they have blue ones too.


   We don't care what they look like we'll eat them
   Any way they can fit on our plate
   Every way we can conjur to heat them
   We're delighted and think they're just great.

Chorus:


	Poh tay toe	Poh tay toe	Poh tay toe	Poh--
	Tay toe poh	Tay toe poh	Tay toe poh	Tay--
	Toe poh tay	Toe poh tay	Toe poh tay	Toe--
	Poh tay toe	Poh tay toe	Poh tay toe!

Sometimes we ditch the skin
To eat what they're holding in
Sometimes we'd rather please
Have just the outside with cheese


   They have eyes but they do not have faces
   I don't know if their feelings get hurt
   By just hanging around in dark places
   Where they only can stare at the dirt

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I guess the use is scant
For other parts of the plant
But that which grows in view
Is eating potato too

   I imagine them under their acres
   Out in Idaho and up in Maine
   Maybe wondering if they'll be bakers
   Or knishes or latkes or plain

(chorus)