Pineapple Pete Songtext
von Johnny Mercer

Pineapple Pete with the luau seat
He loves to sit and he loves to eat
The sweetest guy you could hope to meet
But it seems that his dinner goes to his seat

Pineapple Pete started out on Poi
And when he started, did he enjoy
Before he grew to a full-grown boy
He was one-quarter avoy and half-dupoy

He went on to grapple
With Philadelphia scrapple
With meatloaf and mustard
And cantaloupe and custard
He ate so many starches
He flattened both his arches
And now nobody′s able
To pry him from the table


Pineapple Pete has become so fat
He's got to stay seated where he′s at
He can't dig you, so hurry out and meet
The world-famous eater with the enormous seater

Pineapple Pete!

While most folks are restin'
He′s chompin′ and digestin'
While they′re busy surfin'
He′s arfin' and he′s irfin'
When they say "Aloha"
He hollers out "Samoa"
A mouthful of papaya
Prevents him sayin' "Hi-ya!"

He, I repeat, never watches weights
He keeps his eye on his neighbor′s plate
And if you turn or you miss a beat
Man, you′re ten ounces thinner
'Cause who′s got your dinner?

Pineapple Pete!