Leftovers Goulash

From the music video for Leftovers Goulash

Leftovers Goulash is a song performed by Arthur, D.W. and Mister Read in the episode Arthur's Almost Live Not Real Music Festival, where the three talk about the dishes cooked by David Read. The song do an appearance in the Arthur and Friends: The First Almost Real Not Live CD (or Tape) as the track 18. Unlike most of the songs in the album, the song is set to the tune of several classical and operatic pieces, such as La Toreador from George Bizet's Carmen.

Lyrics

Note: The lines in green represent the tracks only seen in the Arthur and Friends: The First Almost Real Not Live CD (or Tape).

Arthur! D.W.! Dinner! My Dad's a chef, You think that's great? Just try to guess What's on your plate! He mixes things, And then he bakes, Why can't he stick To chocolate cakes? I want some ice cream, Chocolate would be good. Ice cream that tastes... just like it should! No broccoli, Turkey or a lima bean! It's gots to taste like ice cream! You have to try My latest treat! A jellied fish Inside a beet (Yuck!) Why should we eat The same old meals? Wait till you taste My garlic eels! There are so many things to make! A custard soup, a liver cake A curry pie, with prunes and squash! How 'bout Leftovers Goulash? Hey! Nothing rare, And nothing soupy Nothing slippery And nothing gloopy! Nothing mashed And nothing steamed And nothing runny, with eyes or feet or that smells or wiggles when you touch it or with crusts! And nothing creamed!

This smells like fish! I can't stand fish! I can't believe this cookie smells like fish! (Ice cream!) Like taste fish! (Ice cream!) Like chocolate fish! (Ice cream!) Why would anybody eat a cookie fish? There are so many things to make! (It tastes like fish! I want some ice cream!) A custard soup, a liver cake. (I can't stand fish! I want some ice cream!) A curry pie, with prunes and squash! (I can't believe this cookie smells!) How 'bout Leftovers Goulash? Hey! Take a pot, And add a lot, Of codfish mash, and kidney hash! Let's add some snails and catfish tails, Some brains and feet, Can't wait to eat! A sloppy scoop, Of runny gloop, A squid on toast, A rhubarb roast. Some tofu stew, With extra goo, Leftover squash, It's called goulash! Hey! We're not hungry anymore, hey!

Trivia

• Like in Homework, this song contains part of several episodes of the series Arthur. They are:
  • D.W.'s Imaginary Friend
  • D.W. Gets Lost
  • Arthur Makes a Movie
  • Buster's Dino Dilemma
  • Arthur Accused!
  • Arthur's Cousin Catastrophe
  • Arthur's Family Vacation
  • The Half-Baked Sale
  • D.W.'s Snow Mystery
  • Arthur's Lucky Pencil
  • D.W., the Picky Eater
  • Arthur's Baby
  • Arthur's Faraway Friend
  • D.W. Blows the Whistle
  • Arthur and the Crunch Cereal Contest
  • How the Cookie Crumbles
  • Dad's Dessert Dilemma
  • Poor Muffy
  • Buster Baxter, Cat Saver