Trivia – The Fruits of Buffett

How well do you know the songs that Jimmy sings about that include some type of fruit? All you have to do is come up with the Name of the Song(s) for the Fruit that is given. The fruit can be mentioned in the title of the song or within the lyrics.

1) Grapefruit (1 Song)

2) Papayas (1 Song)

3) Peach (2 Songs)

4) Banana (5 Songs)

5) Mango (5 Songs)

6) Coconut (5 Songs)

7) Orange (3 Songs)

8 ) Apple (2 Songs)

ANSWERS:

1) Grapefruit (1 Song)

– Grapefruit Juicy Fruit
Grapefruit, a bathing suit, chew a little juicy fruit …

2) Papayas (1 Song)

– Lone Palm
my garden is filled with papayas …

3) Peach (2 Songs)

– Gypsies in the Palace
they helped themselves to pig and peach

– Pirate Looks at Forty – Feeding Frenzy version
Im gonna go check out peachtree street

4) Banana (5 Songs)

– Cheeseburger in Paradise
not havanas or bananas or daquiris

– Banana Wind

– Banana Republics

– They Don’t Dance Like Carmen No More
had bananas and mangos all piled to the sky

– Far Side of the World
Past bamboo shacks and shops,
behind a jitney packed like sardines,
with bananas piled on top.

5) Mango (5 Songs)

– Last Mango in Paris

– Son of a Son of a Sailor
you can shake the hand of the mango man

– Lone Palm
my garden if filled with papayas and mangos

– Frank and Lola
go mango

– They Don’t Dance Like Carmen No More
had bananas and mangos all piled to the sky

6) Coconut (5 Songs)

– Coconut Telegraph

– Nobody Speaks to the Captain No More
coconut upside his head

– I Wish Lunch Could Last Forever
we’ll begin with desert a little coconut tart

– Chistmas Island
how’d you like to hang a stocking on a great big coconut tree

– Morris’ Nightmare
swing like a monkey in a coconut tree

7) Orange (3 Songs)

– Bob Roberts Society Band
playing every sunday at the orange grove stand

– My Head Hurts, My Feet Stink, and I Don’t Love Jesus
gotta get a little orange juice

– The Ballad of Skip Wiley
but you can’t steal the orange bowl queen

8 ) Apple (2 Songs)

– Captain America
he’s a do do good who loves apple pie

– Gravity Storm
apple fall out of the tree and hit the ground