# Crocodiles munchin' on missionary luncheon

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** music\
**Created:** [December 15, 2021, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crocodiles-munchin-on-missionary-luncheon/956124 "2021-12-15T21:42:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2021, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crocodiles-munchin-on-missionary-luncheon/956124/1 "2021-12-15T21:42:49Z")

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Isn’t there a song with that line?

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2021, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crocodiles-munchin-on-missionary-luncheon/956124/2 "2021-12-15T21:54:05Z")

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The line is “I see cannibals munchin’ a missionary luncheon”, from the song “Those Were The Good Old Days” from the musical _Damn Yankees_

_I see cannibals munchin’ a missionary luncheon  
The years may have flown but the memory stays  
Like the hopes that were dashed when the stock market crashed  
Ha ha ha ha  
Those were the good old days_

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2021, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crocodiles-munchin-on-missionary-luncheon/956124/3 "2021-12-15T22:04:12Z")

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> [@Czarcasm](#):
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> The line is “I see cannibals munchin’ a missionary luncheon”

That explains why I couldn’t find it! Thanks.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/5P0SplN4DTU/hqdefault.jpg ""Those Were The Good Old Days" from Damn Yankees (1958)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5P0SplN4DTU)