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==Lyrics==
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<br>Eat your greens
 
<br>Don't forget your beans & celery
 
<br>Don't forget to bring
 
<br>Your fake I.D.
 
<br>Eat a bunch of these
 
<br>MAGNIFICENT
 
<br>With sauerkraut
 
<br>MMMMMMMMMMM
 
<br>Sauerkraut
 
<br>Eat a grape, a fig
 
<br>A crumpet too . . .
 
<br>You'll pump 'em right through
 
<br>Doo-wee-ooo
 
<br>
 
<br>Eat your shoes
 
<br>Don't forget the strings
 
<br>And sox
 
<br>Even eat the box
 
<br>Your bought 'em in
 
<br>You can eat the truck
 
<br>That brought 'em in
 
<br>Garbage truck
 
<br>MMMMMMMMMMMMouldy
 
<br>Garbage truck
 
<br>Eat the truck & driver
 
<br>And his gloves
 
<br>NUTRITIOUSNESS
 
<br>DELICIOUSNESS
 
<br>WORTHLESSNESS
 
==Players On This Song==
 
* [[Hot Rats]] version
 
** Frank Zappa guitar, octave bass, percussion
 
** [[Ian Underwood]] piano, organus maximus, all clarinets, all saxes
 
** [[Lowell George]] rhythm guitar (supposedly uncredited)
 
** [[Paul Humphrey]] drums
 
** [[Max Bennett]] bass
 
==Records On Which This Song Has Appeared==
 
===Singles===
 
===Zappa Albums & Side Projects===
 
* [[Uncle Meat]]
 
* [[Hot Rats]]
 
===Tribute & Cover Albums===
 
* [[http://www.lebocal.com/ Le Bocal]]: Oh No! ...just another Frank ZAPPA memorial barbecue!
 
  
==Notes About This Song==  
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Mr. Green Genes is a fictional character from the children's tv show "Captain Kangaroo".
==CC Clues In This Song==  
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[[Category:Tracks]]
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==Versions of this Song==  
[[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)]]
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===''Uncle Meat'' version===
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*[[Mr. Green Genes (1968 - New York)]]
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===''Hot Rats'' version===
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*[[Son Of Mr. Green Genes]]
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===''The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life'' version===
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*[[Mr. Green Genes (1988 - Strasbourg)]]
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[[Category:Fictional characters]]

Latest revision as of 19:09, 26 November 2010


Mr. Green Genes is a fictional character from the children's tv show "Captain Kangaroo".

Versions of this Song

Uncle Meat version


Hot Rats version


The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life version