Don't Eat The Yellow Snow

Album: Apostrophe (') (1974)
Charted: 86
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  • Dreamed I was an Eskimo
    Frozen wind began to blow
    Under my boots and around my toes
    The frost that bit the ground below
    It was a hundred degrees below zero

    And my mama cried
    And my mama cried
    Nanook, a-no-no
    Nanook, a-no-no
    Don't be a naughty Eskimo
    Save your money, don't go to the show

    Well I turned around and I said oh, oh oh
    Well I turned around and I said oh, oh oh
    Well I turned around and I said ho, ho
    And the northern lights commenced to glow
    And she said, with a tear in her eye
    Watch out where the huskies go, and don't you eat that yellow snow
    Watch out where the huskies go, and don't you eat that yellow snow Writer/s: Frank Vincent Zappa
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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Comments: 4

  • Patricia from Southern OregonFunny, in High School in the '70's, a boyfriend liked Zappa, I was more into Boston, Heart....but I listened. Now, I love him! Does the story of Nanook and the trapper continue or have an end? Yellow Snow is hysterical, and musical genius. It makes me smile every time. All I know after trudging through tundra, to the Parrish of St Alfonso....he stole the margarine...what happened after that? RIP Zappa, hope it's a crazy trip!
  • Michael from Grass ValleyThe song was written with Frank after being banned from property several years earlier for burning his casino recording studio in Navato down,where smoke on the water came from with Deep Purple. I was returning from a St.Patrick green beer ski trip at Tahoe,where I was peeing green writing my name in the snow. He changed it to yellow, which I said was to obvious but turned into his first and only hit. If you listen closely you can hear the analogy. Michael Ludwig VP Bill Graham 1965-70.
  • Barry from Gagetown Nb Canada, -and ... Do you know why Eskimos wash their clothes in Tide ???
    Because it's too COLD out tide !!!!
  • Roman from Barrie, OnOne of the most entertaining and informative interviews I ever heard on radio was at a FM radio station in Toronto in the early 1970's when both Zappa and FM were evolving. The interview lasted almost two hours and Frank talked about his early days as an artist and producer for other artists. Also saw one of his concerts which would have came out better in a small venue opposed to a hockey arena.
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