Listening to some Ella Fitzgerald, I came across: -
'I've wined and dined on mulligan stew
And never asked for turkey,
As I hitched and hiked and grifted too
From Maine to Albuquerque'
The introduction to one of Rodgers and Hart's best known songs - The Lady is a Tramp (1937) from a musical show called Babes in Arms.
Funny how these words turn up unexpectedly.
'Mulligan Stew' apparently was a kind of soup/broth made from leftovers of leftovers - this was the time of the Great Depression of course.
