# Coffee songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** coffee\ **Created:** [February 26, 2010, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-songs/530581 "2010-02-26T22:42:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-songs/530581/41 "2010-03-04T18:28:17Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > **Johnny L.A.** mentioned the song in post #3, just a different version. Okay, thank for pointing this out. When I came to the thread, I was rushed for time and didn’t want to read all the posts, even though there weren’t all that many. So I did a quick Firefox page search for ‘Peggy’, got nuthin’, and posted what I posted. ‘Best laid plans…’ etc. In a way, it doesn’t make any difference, as I wasn’t just nominating that particular song, but the entire album and Peggy Lee’s performance throughout. It really is a landmark recording. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-songs/530581/42 "2010-03-04T20:06:04Z")
Carly Simon’s _You’re So Vain_ includes the lines: I had some dreams, they were clouds in my coffee clouds in my coffee ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-songs/530581/43 "2010-03-04T20:09:09Z")
_Afternoons and Coffeespoons_ by Crash Test Dummies _Expresso Love_ by Dire Straits And of course, _Black Coffee in Bed_ by Squeeze. ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-songs/530581/44 "2010-03-04T20:19:21Z")
I remember a children’s song with these lyrics: C-O-F-F-E-E, coffee is not for me, its the drink some people wake up with, that if makes you nervous is no myth. Slave to a coffee cup, they won’t give coffee up!!! ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-songs/530581/45 "2010-03-04T20:21:44Z")
> [@ianzin](#): > > **Black Coffee** by Peggy Lee. > > Can’t believe I’m the first to mention this. A landmark recording, and superb in every way. Also there’s a fine rendition of this song by Sarah Vaughn. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-songs/530581/46 "2010-03-04T20:49:16Z")
> [@Gagundathar](#): > > I remember a children’s song with these lyrics: > > C-O-F-F-E-E, coffee is not for me, > its the drink some people wake up with, > that if makes you nervous is no myth. > Slave to a coffee cup, > they won’t give coffee up!!! Interesting! That looks like it must be another version of the song **Kimstu** wrote about, but with completely different words. The scansion is identical. ---
**Author:** ![beatlejuice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a8b319/32.png) [@beatlejuice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beatlejuice)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-songs/530581/47 "2010-03-04T20:51:04Z")
No sugar tonight in my coffee No sugar tonight in my tea No sugar to stand beside me No sugar to run with me Da-un-do-dow dow da-un-do-dow . Guess Who ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-songs/530581/48 "2010-03-04T20:57:23Z")
[“Java Jive,”](http://www.lyricsdownload.com/ink-spots-java-jive-lyrics.html) by the Ink Spots. ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-songs/530581/49 "2010-03-04T21:37:37Z")
> [@Gagundathar](#): > > I remember a children’s song with these lyrics: > > C-O-F-F-E-E, coffee is not for me, > its the drink some people wake up with, > that if makes you nervous is no myth. > Slave to a coffee cup, > they won’t give coffee up!!! If you’re gonna talk about children’s songs, there’s[The Coffee Song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eUq7-WjWkk) from Ralph’s World (Ralph Covert). This one also has _C-O-F-F-E-E_. There are other versions to link that actually have Ralph in them, but this one is the best recording (from the album). ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-songs/530581/50 "2010-03-05T02:58:10Z")
> [@Uglystick](#): > > **Proper Cup of Coffee** by Trout Fishing in America A 1934 rendition. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5EzQcO3tL8](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5EzQcO3tL8) ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-songs/530581/51 "2010-03-05T07:14:03Z")
[The Coffee Song](http://www.lyricsfreak.com/c/cream/the+coffee+song_20034184.html) by Cream. 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-songs/530581.md?page=2)