Story Behind The Song
"Halupki" is a stuffed cabbage roll, a.k.a. pig-in-a-blanket, smothered in tomato sauce. It's delicious! I have a friend, who grew up in a vastly different culture than me. She went on and on about the "delicious sausage" that was in my fridge. It was kielbasa - a term she never heard, before. Which led to "Halupki" and the funny notion of what someone might think it means. And if someone hands are in someone else's halupki, what exactly does that mean?!?!?
Song Description
A humorous song about a man getting in trouble for eating his wife's cooking that was meant for the church picnic, and how exactly she deals with it!
| Song Length |
3:31 |
Genre |
Unique - Polka, Unique - Comedy |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Anxious, Frenetic |
Subject |
Crime, Theft, Gourmet Food |
| Similar Artists |
Weird Al Yankovic, Alex Meixner |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
There's trouble up on Second Street, third house on the right.
He's been taking all the heat, since ten o'clock, last night.
Although I live a few doors down, and it's hard to hear.
Judging from her angry sound, a few things are clear.
She complains, he has to wait. I think that's what she said.
Shouting out, "Cooperate!" Then she went to bed.
A man's ego's a funny thing, some might call it dumb.
All the trouble it can bring because he wanted some.
He got his hands on her halupki.
Lord, I've never seen her so mad.
He shrugs it off and then he tells me,
"Still, the best cabbage I ever had!"
She's been working hard all day, mixing up the meat,
Peeling off the cabbage leaves, a culinary treat.
The church asked her for sixty-four, sixteen to a tray.
The dinner that she's cooking for comes up on Saturday.
He's been moping all day long, hoping for a taste.
A potluck dinner feels so wrong, it seems like such a waste.
He snuck one on a dinner plate, she would never see.
But, one turned to another eight, without apology!
[CHORUS]
"A dish like this takes lots of work," she roared angrily.
"How can you be such a jerk and make more work for me?"
The yelling made me want to crouch, as dishes hit the floor.
He'll be sleeping on the couch, while she makes some more.
Suddenly, a big white van pulled up along the curb.
Approaching was a burly man, he said his name was, "Herb."
He gives her what she's longing for, so desperately,
A new refrigerator with a lock and key.
[CHORUS]
He got his hands on her halupki.
Lord, I've never seen her so mad.
He shrugs it off and then he tells me,
"Still, the best cabbage,
Ooh, that's good cabbage.
Still, the best cabbage I ever had!"