Songs That Mention Tea

Beautiful World by Colin Hay mentions lapsang and the lyrics are beautiful :]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xe3RqgnXaT4

My, my, my it’s a beautiful world
I like swimming in the sea
I like to go out beyond the white breakers
Where a man can still be free (or a woman if you are one)
I like swimming in the sea.

My my my it’s a beautiful world
I like drinking Irish tea
With a little bit of lapsang souchong
I like making my own tea.

My my my it’s a beautiful world
I like driving in my car
Roll the top down sometimes I travel quite far
Drive to the ocean stare up at the stars
I like driving in my car

All around is anger, automatic guns
It’s death in large numbers, no respect for women or our little ones
I tried talking to Jesus but He just put me on hold
Said He’d been swamped by calls this week
And He couldn’t shake His cold

And still this emptiness persists
Perhaps this is as good as it gets
When you’ve given up the drink and those nasty cigarettes
Now I leave the party early at least with no regrets
I watch the sun as it comes up I watch it as it sets
Yeah this is as good as it gets.

My my my it’s a beautiful world
I like sleeping with Marie
She is one sexy girl full of mystery
She says she doesn’t love me but she likes my company
For now that’s good enough for me

My favorite tea time song actually mentions tea!

Cake Bake Betty- 64 Little White Things

“Come and get me out of this town; oh now
come and save me.
Come and rescue me from this giant hotel full of bones and babies.

Take a look at yourself,
a look that will sell.
Call your aunt about the tea she abandoned.
Yeah, well she placed him in a can in canned ’em.

It’s the same as any day now
except your teeth are falling out and you’re going upstairs.
Yeah, you’re going upstairs.
It’s an upstairs harmony
and when you get there you can write a song to keep you company.

There are good things;
there are good things to eat
and tonight we’re eating meat-
goody! goody! goody!
There’s a couple of things
I should tell you about
that the f*****rs wouldn’t sell
‘cause they’re too cheap to tell.
It’s the men who feed on human beings
and they dawdle about
with their bellies hanging out.
You can wash your fingers,
but they never leave.
You can bite your tongue,
but it turns them on.
And when you’re ready to go
they’ll pinch at your sides
and they’ll make you recite
brilliant songs about the symphony.

I hate this
and I hate their trees
and their yards that they wrap with and their plastics and greens
and their white houses
and god d**n white teeth
and the chemical stress on the hair that they squeeze
I hate their sex
and the brats that they breed
and the air that they breathe
and they hated me,
and they hated me,
and they hated me,
and they hated me,
and they hated me…

Well then they ate me
and then they ate me
and they thought I was tasty,
thought I was tasty,
thought I was tasty.

Here are the 2 greatest songs written about Tea:
“Everything Stops For Tea”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGQASun9d8E
“A Nice Cup Of Tea”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S62RWO2Gips

EVERYTHING STOPS FOR TEA
Featured in Buchanan’s 1935 comedy film, “Come Out Of The Pantry”
(Goodhart / Hoffman / Sigler)
Jack Buchanan

Every nation in creation has its favourite drink
France is famous for its wine, it’s beer in Germany
Turkey has its coffee and they serve it blacker than ink
Russians go for vodka and England loves its tea

Oh, the factories may be roaring
With a boom-a-lacka, zoom-a-lacka, wee
But there isn’t any roar when the clock strikes four
Everything stops for tea

Oh, a lawyer in the courtroom
In the middle of an alimony plea
Has to stop and help ’em pour when the clock strikes four
Everything stops for tea

It’s a very good English custom
Though the weather be cold or hot
When you need a little pick-up, you’ll find a little tea cup
Will always hit the spot

You remember Cleopatra
Had a date to meet Mark Anthony at three
When he came an hour late she said “You’ll have to wait”
For everything stops for tea

Oh, they may be playing football
And the crowd is yelling “Kill the referee!”
But no matter what the score, when the clock strikes four
Everything stops for tea

Oh, the golfer may be golfing
And is just about to make a hole-in-three
But it always gets them sore when the clock yells “four!”
Everything stops for tea

It’s a very good English custom
And a stimulant for the brain
When you feel a little weary, a cup’ll make you cheery
And it’s cheaper than champagne

Now I know just why Franz Schubert
Didn’t finish his unfinished symphony
He might have written more but the clock struck four
And everything stops for tea

A NICE CUP OF TEA
Some folks put much reliance
On politics and science
There’s only one hero for me
His praise we should be roaring
The man who thought of pouring
The first boiling water onto tea

I like a nice cup of tea in the morning
For to start the day you see
And at half past eleven
Well my idea of heaven
Is a nice cup of tea
I like a nice cup of tea with me dinner
And a nice cup of tea with me tea
And when it’s time for bed
There’s a lot to be said
For a nice cup of tea

You can talk about your science
And your airships in the sky
I can do without the wireless
And you’ll never see me fly
The public benefactor of the universe for me
Is the genius that thought of pouring water onto tea

I like a nice cup of tea in the morning
For to start the day you see
And when I get the breakfast in
Well my idea of sin
Is a fourth, or a fifth, cup of tea
I like a nice cup of tea with me dinner
And a nice cup of tea with me tea
And when it’s time for bed
There’s a lot to be said
For a nice cup of tea

They say it’s not nutritious
But still it is delicious
And that’s all that matters to me
It turns your meat to leather
But let’s all die together
The one drink in paradise is tea

I like a nice cup of tea
In the morning
For to start the day you see
And at half past eleven
Well my idea of heaven
Is a nice cup of tea
I like a nice cup of tea with me dinner
And a nice cup of tea with me tea
And when it’s time for bed
As I think I may have said
I’d like a nice cup of tea

You can talk about your liberties
They talk of women’s rights
I don’t want to make no speeches
Because the one that does is trite
And anyone can have my vote and chuck it in the sea
But golly there’ll be trouble if they try to touch me tea

I like a nice cup of tea with me dinner
And a nice cup of tea with me tea
And when it’s getting late
Almost anything can wait
For a nice cup of tea

Sung by Binnie Hale

Play the “Binnie Hale” Quiz

This song is soo long, and tea is only the focus for a few seconds, so I only included the relevant excerpt. =)

“Be Our Guest” – Beauty & the Beast
…
Mrs Potts:
It’s a guest! It’s a guest!
Sakes alive, well I’ll be blessed!
Wine’s been poured and thank the Lord
I’ve had the napkins freshly pressed
With dessert, she’ll want tea
And my dear that’s fine with me
While the cups do their soft-shoein’
I’ll be bubbling, I’ll be brewing
I’ll get warm, piping hot
Heaven’s sakes! Is that a spot?
Clean it up! We want the company impressed
Chorus:
We’ve got a lot to do!
Mrs Potts:
Is it one lump or two?
For you, our guest!
…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afzmwAKUppU @2:10
Mrs. Potts is awesome. I shudder at the sheer amount of dishes that would have to be washed after this scene though.