A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

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Entry from January 23, 2017
“Every Good Burger Deserves Fries” (EGBDF music mnemonic)

Entry in progress—B.P.
“Every Good Burger Deserves Fries” is a mnemonic for E-G-B-D-F, the notes on the lines of the treble clef.
 
Other EGBDF mnemonics include “Every Good Boy Deserve Favor,” “Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge,” “Every Good Boy Does Fine,” “Every Girl Bakes Delicious Fudge,” “Elephants Got Big Dirty Feet,” “Empty Garbage Before Dad Flips” and “Elvis’ Guitar Broke Down Friday.”   
   
GBDFA mnemonics include “Good Boys Do Fine Always” and “Good Burritos Don’t Fall Apart.” An ACEG mnemonic is “All Cows Eat Grass.”
 
 
Wikipedia: EGBDF
EGBDF may refer to:
 
. e, g, b, d and f. The notes on the lines of the treble clef and the mnemonic used by some music students to remember it, such as Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
 
. A number of song and album names satirising the above mnemonics:
.. Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, a play by Tom Stoppard
.. Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (album), by the Moody Blues
.. Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge, an album by Mudhoney
 
Google Groups: alt.usage.english
Taxonomic classiification.
R H Draney
4/2/09
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Every Good Boy Does Fine    
Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge (Mudhoney song)     
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
Every Good Boy Deserves Fruit
Every Good Boy Deserves Fun
Every Good Bird Does Fly
Every Good Boy Deserves Football
Empty Garbage Before Dad Flips
Elephants Get Big Dirty Feet
Every Green Bus Drives Fast
Every Good Burger Deserves Fries
Even George Bush Drives Fast
Elvis’s Guitar Broke Down Friday
Every Girl Bakes Delicious Fudge    
Elephants Go Bouncing Down Freeways
       
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lyndsee.
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Every Good Boy Does Fine! Every Good Burger Deserves Fries! Each Giant Bubble Does Float! Every Good Bulldog Deserves Food!
9:54 PM - 21 Sep 2009
 
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William Hartz
‏@williamhartz
What I learned in 4th grade music today: EGBDF can also stand for “Every good burger deserves fries” or “Every girl buys designer fashion.”
8:45 AM - 13 Jan 2010
 
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Manheim Central SD
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Students in Mr. Riginella’s music class at HCB coming up with creative ways to remember notes on the scale: Every Good Burger Deserves Fries
9:17 AM - 11 Oct 2016
   

Posted by Barry Popik
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