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Daddy, Can We Spend the Night in Madison, Wisconsin?

There’s a city in Wisconsin that I first saw as a child
On a car trip with our family one July
The highway sign said Madison Next Right, 3/4 mile
It was almost dark and we began to sigh

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Coffee Jingle (October 2009)

Smells so lovely when you pour it
You will want to drink a quar’t
Of coffee.

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Coffee Jingle (2009)

Would you like some o I guess so,
A double tall espresso
Of coffee.

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Coffee Jingle

Smells so lovely when you pour it
You will want to drink a quar’t
Of coffee.

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Coffee Jingle (September 2010)

Smells so lovely when you pour it
You will want to drink a quar’t
Of coffee.

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Coffee Jingle (Wisconsin)

There’s a lovely place to go ta
And it’s next to Minnesota
Wisconsin

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Coffee Jingle (Viola)

There’s a class of musicians
In exalted positions—
Viola.

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Coffee Jingle (Hollywood)

In southern California
In the summer, let me warn ya
You need coffee.

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Coffee Jingle (Bananas)

You can fry ‘em you can slice ‘em
Either way you ought to try some
Bananas

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Church Supper Blues

I got the church supper blues and I don’t know what to do
We had fish at St. John’s and St. Luke’s barbecue
The Methodists have chicken and ham,
And beans, yes, thank you, ma’am,
And afterward it’s the Catholics’ booya stew.

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