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In recognition of the 100th anniversary of this significant milestone in American music, and in conjunction with the Charlie Poole Festival, a symposium of leading historians and musicologists will be held in the Workforce Development Center on the campus of Rockingham Community College on Thursday, June 12 from 10:00 am - 5:00 pm, just before the start of the weekend festival.
Enjoy a gourmet chef-prepared dinner with menu items reflecting Charlie Poole’s famous tune “Hungry Hash House.” Dinner, which will start at 6 pm, will take place in the Advanced Technologies Building on the campus of RCC and is by ticket only.
Lyrics
Hungry Hash House
~Charlie Poole~
I'm a boarder and I dwellIn that second class hotelIf I stay here long I think I'll be insaneFor I lay here on my bunkAnd I cannot get my trunkAnd the board I owe would break a millionaire
Oh they feed on chicken pieIf you eat it you may dieBeef you cannot cut it with a swordOh, the undertakers hang aroundFor there's work to be foundIn that awful hungry hash house where I board
Oh they carried me upstairs one nightI had neither gun nor knifeSomething they had never done beforeOh the fleas held me downWhile the chinches crept aroundIn that awful hungry hash house where I board
Oh, the beefsteak it was rareAnd the butter had red hairBaby had its feet all in the soupOh, the eggs they would not matchIf you touched one it would hatchIn that awful hungry hash house where I stay
Oh they feed on chicken pieIf you eat it you may dieBeef you cannot cut it with a swordOh, the undertakers hang aroundFor there's work to be foundIn that awful hungry hash house where I board
Oh they carried me upstairs one nightI had neither gun nor knifeSomething they had never done beforeOh the fleas held me downWhile the chinches crept aroundIn that awful hungry hash house where I board
Oh, the beefsteak it was rareAnd the butter had red hairBaby had its feet all in the soupOh, the eggs they would not matchIf you touched one it would hatchIn that awful hungry hash house where I stay
Hungry Hash House Dinner Menu
