Pantry

My dear I have something to ask you

And I'll try to get it right

You've heard the Light Crust Doughboys

All sing of Martha White

Oh the way to someone's heart dear

That old expression's true

So as long as we're apart

Here's my request of you:

Don't cheat on me with cornbread,

Don't cheat on me with beans

And don't cheat on me with bacon, cooked up with collard greens

Don't cheat on me with biscuits with jelly sweet and blue

Keep it in that place where

You know you will be true

Keep it in your pantry (8x)

I hate that I am leaving

And leaving you behind

But soon I'll be returning

With a healthy appetite

Oh and if you are not hungry

As you once were before

I'll know you have betrayed me

Behind that kitchen door

Keep it in your pantry (8x)

I've dined the whole world over

I've had the fries of France

The melons of Verona

The sausage of Gdansk

No matter where I've been to,

From to Rome

Nothin's quite as tasty as what's cookin' right at home

Keep it in your pantry (8x)