{"id":5989,"date":"2022-09-13T13:05:19","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T17:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/?page_id=5989"},"modified":"2022-09-13T13:05:19","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T17:05:19","slug":"eat-berthas-mussels","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/?page_id=5989","title":{"rendered":"Eat Bertha’s Mussels"},"content":{"rendered":"

I first heard this song on the \u201cLive at Holstein\u2019s<\/a>\u201d album of John Roberts and Tony Barrand<\/a>.\u00a0 John had composed this song and it is in reference to Bertha’s Mussels restaurant<\/a> in Baltimore. Imagine if the dish did indeed work such miracles!<\/p>\n

Jos. Morneault<\/p>\n

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Chorus:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/strong>Eat Bertha’s mussels, they’re the best there is by far<\/em>
\n\u00a0.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 You can eat them in the dining room, you can eat them in the bar<\/em>
\n\u00a0.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 So when you’re ashore in Baltimore and you fancy a bite to eat<\/em>
\n\u00a0.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Just follow your nose to Bertha’s, you’ll be in for a rare old treat.<\/em><\/p>\n

Now a sailor came to Bertha’s with a problem most severe
\nHis manly pride was atrophied from a voyage of fourteen years
\nA couple of plates of mussels, now he sings in a different key
\nHis jib boom’s set right, he’ll be in there tonight, and he’ll never go back to sea:<\/p>\n

Now a lady came to Bertha’s, who wanted a daughter or son
\nThe doctors had said with a shake of the head that she couldn’t have either one
\nSo she ate a plate of mussels and went back home to her husband dear
\nShe tuned up his crwth<\/a>, and I’ll tell you the truth, she had triplets the very same year:<\/p>\n

They will cure your diarrhea, cure your constipation, too
\nJust swallow a box for the chicken pox, the measles or the flu
\nSo, if you fancy a healthy life, get your daily dosage straight
\nA plate a day of Bertha’s mussels, and you’ll live ’til you’re 98:<\/p>\n