The Berrymans — “All Because She Didn’t Eat Her Vegetables”
This evening, the Dog is sharing a delightful bit of lunacy from a veteran comedy songwriting team.
Lou (for Louise) Berryman (nee Noffke) and Peter Berryman met in high school and were sweethearts in college. Since they began recording together, they have released eighteen albums and written over two hundred songs. Generally, Lou composes the music and Peter is responsible for the lyrics. When they perform, Lou plays the accordion and Peter plays the 12-string guitar. Perhaps their most famous piece is one you may have heard that contains the chorus: “We sit down to have a chat./ It’s F-word this and F-word that./ I can’t control how you young people talk to one another./ But I don’t want to hear you use that F-word with your mother.”
This year, the Berrymans announced that after decades of touring the country together, they are retiring from doing so. Who can blame them? They are both turning seventy.
One interesting aspect of their relationship is that while Lou and Peter married in 1967,