# "Hamburger, cheeseburger, lettuce and tomato, pork chop sandwich and an alligator..." **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 3, 2019, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburger-cheeseburger-lettuce-and-tomato-pork-chop-sandwich-and-an-alligator/841206 "2019-10-03T14:26:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2019, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburger-cheeseburger-lettuce-and-tomato-pork-chop-sandwich-and-an-alligator/841206/1 "2019-10-03T14:26:58Z")
This was a song my dad (who grew up in north Florida) sung to me as a kid. It was basically a single verse: Hamburger, cheeseburger, lettuce and tomato, Pork chop sandwich and an alligator With “alligator” rhyming with “tomato” (pronounced “tomat-er”). Was this an advertisement jingle, or a folk song, or something else? ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2019, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburger-cheeseburger-lettuce-and-tomato-pork-chop-sandwich-and-an-alligator/841206/2 "2019-10-04T02:15:58Z")
I sang songs very much like that one to MY kids when they were small. I’m sorry to break it to you, but it means your old man was a raving lunatic. BbbbBBBBBbb bbBbbbbb ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2019, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburger-cheeseburger-lettuce-and-tomato-pork-chop-sandwich-and-an-alligator/841206/3 "2019-10-04T02:28:24Z")
[My Uncle Used to Love Me But She Died](https://lyricstranslate.com/en/roger-miller-my-uncle-used-love-me-she-died-lyrics.html)-Roger Miller > [@](#): > > Hamburger, cup of coffee, lettuce and tomato > Two times a dime to see a man kiss the alligator > One more time around free on the ferris wheel ride ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2019, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburger-cheeseburger-lettuce-and-tomato-pork-chop-sandwich-and-an-alligator/841206/4 "2019-10-04T03:53:18Z")
Sounds to me like a take off on Jimmy Buffett. I like mine with lettuce and tomato Heinz 57 and french fried potatoes ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2019, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburger-cheeseburger-lettuce-and-tomato-pork-chop-sandwich-and-an-alligator/841206/5 "2019-10-04T11:49:45Z")
It would be a fun restaurant jingle, and the alligator part could easily be an actual menu item in N. Florida, but my first thought was it’s just a fun silly song that everyone grows up hearing some version or another of. Like a less graphic version of Great green gobs of greasy, grimy, gopher guts Mutilated monkey meat Itty bitty birdie feet All mixed up with vegitated vulture vomit Swimming in eyeball soup (Innnnnnn eyyyyyyyye ballllllll sooooooup) ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2019, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburger-cheeseburger-lettuce-and-tomato-pork-chop-sandwich-and-an-alligator/841206/6 "2019-10-04T12:05:08Z")
> [@Spud](#): > > Sounds to me like a take off on Jimmy Buffett. > > I like mine with lettuce and tomato > Heinz 57 and french fried potatoes The tune doesn’t match my memory, but good guess! ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2019, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburger-cheeseburger-lettuce-and-tomato-pork-chop-sandwich-and-an-alligator/841206/7 "2019-10-04T12:13:44Z")
I risk extreme embarrassment for the advancement of knowledge – here I sing the little tune, in case the actual melody jogs anyone’s memory: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K40rNVTzd3w)