Le' Strawberry Rag

Though strawberry's have a shape that is crazy

and a taste that is sure ain't bad

there's something there

 that is not really talked about

and that is because, it is sure is sad

Just take a knife and split one down the center

what do you see inside?

you might be surprised

that there's nothing in the middle

it's so sad, it makes you cry

it's so sad, it makes you . . .

but don't despair

blend the pair

up with crushed ice

you got a smoothy how nice

or chop them up 
and decorate

 your next cake

place them all 'round the side! 

They make great homemade pies!

you'll have to Shoo 'way the flies!

Tell all your friends

that the Strawberry Fruit is ripe!

Tell all your friends

WHILE the Strawberry Fruit is ripe!

They are very low

in fat and in calories

as they're all going down

And they're sweet

but they won't give you cavities
(Instrumental Bass line)

They grew straight from the ground!

Come get them while there in town!

They got nothing to hide

Their seeds are on the side!

Would not it be

very nice to be Strawberry . . .

  

  

 Each apparent "seed" (achene) on the outside of the fruit 

is actually one of the ovaries of the flower, with a seed inside it

  

An achene (Greek ἀ, a, privative + χαίνειν, chainein, to gape;^[1] also sometimes referred to as akene and occasionallyachenium or achenocarp) is a type of simple dry fruit produced by many species of flowering plants. Achenes are monocarpellate (formed from one carpel) and indehiscent (they do not open at maturity). Achenes contain a single seedthat nearly fills the pericarp, but does not adhere to it. In many species, what we think of as the "seed" is actually an achene, a fruit containing the seed. The seed-like appearance arises from the fact that the wall of the seed-vessel hardens and encloses the solitary seed so closely as to seem like an outer coat.^[1