Leftovers Goulash

Leftovers Goulash is a song performed by Arthur, D.W. and David in the episode Arthur's Almost Live Not Real Music Festival, where the three talk about the dishes cooked by David Read. The song appears on the Arthur and Friends: The First Almost Real Not Live CD (or Tape) as track 18. Unlike most of the songs in the album, the song is set to the tune of several classical and operatic pieces, such as Jacques Offenbach's Cancan, and La Toreador from George Bizet's Carmen.
==Lyrics==
Note: The lines in green represent the tracks only seen in the Arthur and Friends: The First Almost Real Not Live CD (or Tape).
Dad: Arthur! D.W.! Dinner!
Arthur:
My dad's a chef
You think that's great?
Just try to guess
What's on your plate
He mixes things
And then he bakes
Why can't he stick
To chocolate cakes?
I want some ice cream
Chocolate would be good
Ice cream that tastes...
Just like it should!
Not broccoli
Turkey or a lima bean
It's got to taste like ice cream!
Dad:
You have to try
My latest treat
A jellied fish
Inside a beet
(Arthur, D.W.: Yuck!)
Why should we eat
The same old meals?
Wait 'til you taste
My garlic eels
There are so many things to make
A custard soup, a liver cake
A curry pie, with prunes and squash
How 'bout Leftovers Goulash?
(Hey!)
D.W.:
Nothing brown
And nothing soupy
Nothing slippery
And nothing gloopy
Nothing mashed
And nothing steamed
And nothing runny with eyes or feet
That smells or wiggles when you touch it                  
or with crusts
and nothing creamed!	
This smells like fish!
I can't stand fish!
I can't believe this cookie
Smells like fish!
(Arthur: Ice cream!)It tastes like fish! (Arthur: Ice cream!)Like chocolate fish! (Arthur: Ice cream!)
Why would anybody eat a cookie fish?
Dad:
There are so many things to make
(D.W.: It tastes like fish! Arthur: I want some ice cream!) 
A custard soup, a liver cake
(D.W.: I can't stand fish! Arthur: I want some ice cream!)
A curry pie, with prunes and squash
(D.W.: I can't believe this cookie smells! Arthur: Not broccoli, not turkey!)
How 'bout Leftovers Goulash?                                 
(Arthur: It's got to taste like ice cream! Hey!)
(Arthur and D.W.: Hey!)
Dad:
Take a pot
And add a lot
Of codfish mash
And kidney hash!
Let's add some snails
And catfish tails,
Some brains and feet
Can't wait to eat!
A sloppy scoop
Of runny gloop
A squid on toast
A rhubarb roast
Some tofu stew
With extra goo
Leftover squash
It's called goulash!
(Hey!)
(Arthur and D.W.: We're not hungry anymore! Hey!)
==Trivia==
*This song contains part of several episodes of the series Arthur. They are:
**D.W.'s Imaginary Friend
**D.W. Gets Lost
**Arthur Makes a Movie
**Buster's Dino Dilemma
**Arthur Accused!
**Arthur's Cousin Catastrophe
**Arthur's Family Vacation
**The Half-Baked Sale
**D.W.'s Snow Mystery
**Arthur's Lucky Pencil
**D.W., the Picky Eater
**Arthur's Baby
**Arthur's Faraway Friend
**D.W. Blows the Whistle
**Arthur and the Crunch Cereal Contest
**How the Cookie Crumbles
**Dad's Dessert Dilemma
**Poor Muffy
**Buster Baxter, Cat Saver
**So Long, Spanky
**D.W. Thinks Big
**My Dad, the Garbage Man
**Buster's Back
**Arthur Cleans Up
**D.W.'s Perfect Wish
**The Big Blow-Up
**Arthur's Mystery Envelope
**Meet Binky
**D.W.'s Deer Friend
**Arthur's Substitute Teacher Trouble
**Attack of the Turbo Tibbles
**Arthur's Spelling Trubble
**Arthur's Chicken Pox
*This is the first reference to George Bizet's opera Carmen and the first episode to feature “La Toreador“ in particular. The song“La Toreador“ from Carmen is referenced again in the following season with the episode That's a Baby Show! both the song and the opera are again featured in the season nine episode Lights, Camera... Opera!.
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