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sameAs	The Frim Fram Sauce
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Subject	Novelty songs 1945 songs Nat King Cole songs Jazz songs Songs with lyrics by Redd Evans
abstract	%22The Frim-Fram Sauce%22 is a jazz song, made famous by The Nat King Cole Trio and performed by a variety of musicians over the years. %22The Frim-Fram Sauce%22 was written in 1945. The lyrics were written by Redd Evans, who wrote words to a number of Cole songs. The music was composed by Joe Ricardel, known as the co-writer of the %22Brooklyn Dodger Jump%22, among others.%22The Frim Fram Sauce%22 is best remembered for its silly lyrics. The narrator speaks to a waiter in a restaurant, as if in the process of ordering food. Throughout the song, the customer lists numerous real foods that he doesn't want, such as pork chops and fish cakes. In the chorus, he explains what he really wants: some %22frim fram sauce%22 with the %22oss and fay%22 /ˈɒs.nˌfeɪ/ with %22shifafa%22 /ʃəˈfɑːfə/ on the side. (The spelling is uncertain; we could instead have %22oss'n'fay%22 or %22ussinfay%22 /ˈʌs.nˌfeɪ/), and %22shafafa.%22) At the end, the narrator character says: %22If you don't have it, just bring me a check for the water!%22 This may be interpreted as the character performing a scam: he wanted the water (which is customarily served free to customers at restaurants before they order), and makes up nonsense words for dishes as he has no intention of really ordering anything (which he would have to pay for), and he knows that he will not be charged for the water.Although considered a novelty song, %22The Frim Fram Sauce%22 has nonetheless endured as a memorable tune of its era. It has been performed by numerous artists including Ella Fitzgerald (with Louis Armstrong), Slim and Slam (Slim Gaillard and Slam Stewart), Les Brown, John Pizzarelli, Diana Krall, who both included the song in her 1993 debut album Stepping Out as well as in her 1996 Nat King Cole tribute album, All For You, and Mandy Mann (2005). American blues guitarist Bob Brozman also included a version of the song, with somewhat revised lyrics on his 2007 album, Post-Industrial Blues. The song was also performed on the American Idol TV show in 2002 by Ryan Starr. Deana Martin recorded %22The Frim Fram Sauce%22 on her 2013 album Destination Moon.A plausible etymology and meanings for two of the three strange food terms in the lyrics – which the lyrics writers may or may not simply have made up as nonsense terms – were given in an article by etymologist-philologist William Safire published in 2002: frim fram is an alteration of %22flim(-)flam,%22 meaning %22insignificant stuff%22 or %22nonsense%22 ussin-fay is pig Latin for %22fussin',%22 playing about fretfullyAs mentioned in Safire's article, the food terms, especially the third term, %22shafafa%22, are often interpreted as having a sexual meaning or innuendo.
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