Malvina Reynolds: Song Lyrics and Poems  

Magical Food

Notes: words and music by Malvina Reynolds; copyright 1959 Schroder Music Company, renewed 1987.

Take a bite of mystical, magical food,
It's good.

Take a bite of carrot,
You'll become a parrot,
Take a bite of cheese,
You'll be a Pekinese,
Take a bite of slaw,
You'll be a macaw,
Take a bite of mystical, magical food,
It's good.

Take a bite of steak,
You'll become a snake,
Take a bite of tea,
You'll become a bee,
Take some macaroni,
You'll become a pony,
Take a bite of mystical, magical food,
It's good.

Take a bite of cider,
You'll become a spider,
Take a bite of veal,
You'll become a seal,
Take a bite of lamb,
You'll become a clam,
Take a bite of mystical, magical food,
It's good.

Take a bite of rice,
You'll become a mice,
Take a bite of goose,
You'll become a moose,
Take a bite of egg,
You'll sit up and beg
For a treat,
Of mystical, magical, something to eat.

Malvina Reynolds songbook(s) in which the music to this song appears:
---- Tweedles and Foodles for Young Noodles: Children's Songs

Malvina Reynolds recording(s) on which this song is performed:
---- Funny Bugs, Giggleworms and Other Good Friends

Recordings by other artists on which this song is performed:
---- Mary Ann Hall, Bill Hall and Mike Kachuba: Take a Bite of Music (New England Association for the Education of Young Children, 1982)
---- Tony Saletan: Let's All Sing (Western Records WV-1102, 1976)