A little man walked up and down,

[The Lone Liberal]

He found an eating place in town.
He looked the menu through and through
To see what fifteen cents could do:

One meatball, one meatball,
He couldn't bought but one meatball.

He told the waiter near at hand
The simple dinner he had planned.
The guests were startled, one and all,
To hear that waiter oddly call:

"One meatball, one meatball,
This here gent wants one meatball."

The little man felt ill at ease,
Said "Some bread, son, if you please."
The waiter hollered down the hall
"Ya gets no bread with one meatball!"

One meatball, one meatball,
"Ya gets no bread with one meatball!"

[greatauntoftriplets]

1. Good old Calvin Russell.

Whoever to hell he was, LOL.

[greatauntoftriplets]

2. And speaking of meatballs...a blast from my long-ago past.

On top of old pizza,
All covered with cheese,
I saw my first meatball,
Until somebody sneezed.

It rolled from the table,
And there it was smashed,
It changed from a meatball,
Into a pile of hash.

Thanks Dick Biondi and WLS radio in the 1960s!

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

3. I have that song on a Josh White LP

It's a fave.