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Who Fed Pudding to the Labrador
Bells are ringing but the laughter's rough, a crooked cheer for all the stuff
Dad says, “I’ll do the brandy sauce,” — woops, the bottle slipped a bit.
“I’ll make duck liver pâté — where does Mum keep the ducks and pâté?”
Uncle Bob rolls in with his twin brother Rod, oh why oh why.
Mum’s got the kitchen humming like the USS Gerald R. Ford.
Turn up the heat, let the chaos boil, with laughter that’s mixed in with turmoil
A sugar high, a sugar crash,
What’s that smell — who fed pudding to the labrador?
Katie’s not eating, gluten is her foe,
Oh dear Lord, when will Bob and Rod go?
Champagne, wine, and now the tawny port,
A mint wafer’s the last thing anyone needs.
Please leave out the talk of red and blue,
Wait till you’re home for Fox and Politico.
With high spirits and lows like a rollercoaster, let’s toast up to the best disaster!
A sugar high, a sugar crash,
What’s that smell — who fed pudding to the labrador?
Katie’s not eating, gluten is her foe,
Oh dear Lord, when will Bob and Rod go?
In the heat of the clatter, we lose track of time,
This is Christmas, a flavorful rhyme or a crime?
A sugar high, a sugar crash,
What’s that smell — who fed pudding to the labrador?
Katie’s not eating, gluten is her foe,
Oh dear Lord, let’s keep the laughter, let’s not let Bob and Rod go!
ABOUT THIS SONG
Written and produced by Tasmanian songwriter Jason Bresnehan, Who Fed Pudding to the Labrador is a musical arrangement in the jive genre with a male vocal. The song turns Christmas lunch into a fast-moving family comedy where food, alcohol, relatives, dietary problems, politics and an opportunistic Labrador gradually combine into the sort of chaos many families recognise.
The lyrics move through an increasingly disorderly Christmas meal. Dad becomes overenthusiastic with the brandy sauce, Mum has the kitchen operating like an aircraft carrier, Katie cannot eat the food because of gluten, and twin brothers Bob and Rod bring politics into a gathering that would probably be better without it. Champagne progresses to wine and tawny port before the Labrador provides the song’s central question: “What’s that smell, who fed pudding to the Labrador?” Beneath the exaggeration is an affectionate view of imperfect family Christmases, where the irritations and disasters eventually become part of the stories people remember and laugh about.
The artwork places the song directly inside that crowded Christmas lunch, with a long table surrounded by adults and children, Christmas trees and decorations throughout the room, numerous bottles and glasses among the food, and a Labrador occupying the centre of the table itself. The deliberately excessive scene captures the song’s central idea that Christmas lunch can move very quickly from carefully planned family celebration to complete domestic chaos.
This song forms part of the Merry Christmas Collection by Seventh Ribbon Music.
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