The night they invented poutine
Nothing was the way it had been
Ginette Reno was shy and thin
The Nordiques began to win
Jacques Parizeau sang "God Save the Queen"

The night they invented poutine
It was the most peculiar scene
Hans Marotte put up an English sign
Baby duck tasted like wine
The water in Ben Johnson was clean

The night they invented poutine

The night they invented poutine
Eddie Murphy said something clean
Torontonians moved to Montreal
The Expo's actually hit the ball
Gilles Gregoire's date was over 14

The night they invented poutine
The night they invented poutine

No one knows the precise origin
Where or when this food did begin
Everybody in Quebec will tell you where the grin
It was their little village that invented the poutine

To be really authentic the potatoes must be old
The gravy must be hot and the cheese must be cold
With the a Journal de Montreal wherever it is sold
And served with a roll in a bowl by a troll

You put some potatoes and some cheese in a tin
But the cheese won't melt till you put the gravy in
Then it sticks to your fork and it dribbles down your chin
And that's how you know when you're eating a poutine

If the French fries are greasy and the gravy's nice and hot
The cheese curds lengthen as they come out of the pot
Then cool in your stomach and congeal it to a knot
If your food does that then poutine is what you've got