Ira Marlowe - Sandwich!

There was one slice of bread when another came by
"Now we're two!" the slices cried
When you get two slices of bread
You know what lies ahead:

Sandwich, sandwich
you hold it right in your hand which
puts it in your mouth, bite by bite
something about it just feels right
time to make a plan which
involves a sandwich!

Well, Bread Slice One said to Bread Slice Two
"I feel so empty, how about you?"
But how they smiled, you should have seen 'em
When a slice of cheese walked right between 'em!

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Two slice bread, one slice cheese
The say good things come in threes
But the slice of cheese began to sigh, he said
"I think we're still a little dry..."

Mayo! Mayo!
Don't make a sandwich be so dry!

So they walked up the road, hadn't gone too far When they met a big old mayonaise jar
Spread a little bit on each bread slice
"Ooh, that feels so nice!"

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Now the classic sandwich we have seen
Has two slice bread, with stuff in between
But a club sandwich has three
And a Dagwood Sanwich (as your grandad...)
Has up to seventy

There are so many sandwiches you can eat
So this list is incomplete:
Boloney, salami, banana, pastrami
Grilled cheese, tunafish, ask your mommy
She can make 'em here or take 'm from the deli
To thrill your mouth and fill your belly
And maybe if you're really, really good...
Peanut butter and jelly!

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	That delicious treat we call a sandwich takes its name from John Montagu, the Fourth Earl of Sandwich, who lived from 1718 to 1792. The Earl of Sandwich looks a lot like George Washington, huh? Yes, that look was very popular back then. Both George and the Earl are wearing wigs! Fashion is a funny thing.
	Sandwich is a town near the east coast of England. An Earl is an English nobleman, less important than a duke, more important than a Baron.
	As the legend goes, The Earl loved to play cards. Because he didn't want to get up from the card table to go to dinner, he ordered his servants to bring him salted beef between two slices of toasted bread. Other people at the card table started ordering "the same as Sandwich".
	The Earl of Sandwich didn't exactly invent the sandwich. Many people had already been eating them, but without the catchy name. (They called them "bread and meat" or "bread and cheese".) For centuries the Jewish Passover service has included a sandwich made of two pieces of unleavened bread (mahtzoh) and bitter herbs.
	The Earl of Sandwich held many powerful jobs. He was England's Postmaster, later its Secretary of State, but most importantly he was in charge of England's Navy during the American Revolution. The Earl of Sandwich was terrible at this job! (Maybe he was too busy playing cards and eating sandwiches.) The American Navy, dispite being much smaller, had much success against the badly managed English fleet. Many people believe this was a big reason America was able to become independent from England. One more reason to love the sandwich!

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