# ID this song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 24, 2004, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-song/265925 "2004-09-24T19:13:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hyperelastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Hyperelastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hyperelastic)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-song/265925/1 "2004-09-24T19:13:29Z")
I never heard the song; I only heard someone describe it to me. It opens with the sound of a buzzing fly, then a “smack” noise, then a female saying “Did you get him?”, then a guy replying, “No, but I will”. I believe the song was from the fifties or sixties. Ring a bell? ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-song/265925/2 "2004-09-24T21:15:56Z")
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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-song/265925/3 "2004-09-24T21:22:06Z")
> [@ccwaterback](#): > > Shoo Fly Pie? 🙂 > > [songlyrics4u.com is for sale | HugeDomains](http://www.songlyrics4u.com/dinah-shore/shoo-fly-pie-and-apple-pan-dowdy.html) No buzzing flies in the versions that I’ve heard. ---
**Author:** ![Hyperelastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Hyperelastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hyperelastic)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2004, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-song/265925/4 "2004-09-25T19:32:25Z")
Nothing? Come on… ---
**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:** [September 25, 2004, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-song/265925/5 "2004-09-25T20:01:08Z")
If you don’t get an answer here, try asking on the usenet newsgroup rec.music.dementia. ---
**Author:** ![ltfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@ltfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ltfire)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-song/265925/6 "2004-09-26T00:44:55Z")
Did the lyrics/music start after the spoken words? You say 50’s, 60’s, which makes me think do-wop. There were a ton of no-hit-wonder groups, some of which went for comedy in their songs. One comes to mind…I had to dig this out of my vault…ROACHES by the COURT JESTERS. Bass voice: ‘Don’t leave your food on the table!’ Falsetto voice: Why, honey, why?’ Bass: …because of those roaches… And the rest of the group joins in for classic do-wop harmony. The worst part, for you, is that it’s going to turn out to be so obscure, maybe a flip side of another obscure record, that you’ll never get an answer. If you ever come up with a title or artist, I can cross reference it for you. Good luck. ---
**Author:** ![Hyperelastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Hyperelastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hyperelastic)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-song/265925/7 "2004-10-09T21:52:52Z")
You may be on to something. When my friend described it, he said “Did you get him?” in a falsetto and “No, but I will” in a deep voice. Thanks…I’ll keep after it.