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Denio’s Is Not a River In Egypt

Posted August 10th, 2006 | View Comments

Well, a scant two short years after the demise of the once celebrated Sacramento Things To Do blog, I finally realized my adulthood dream of going to Denio’s Farmer’s Market (And Swapmeet).

What a hoot!

I love a good flea market. Denio’s has table after table of junk one might buy, or not. Like dentist tools, in case you want to be your own dentist — two bucks or so. (Disclaimer: Do not be your own dentist). Or swords. Magnifying glasses. Kitchen items. Toys. Ugly couches.

You name it.

There’s even a Farmer’s Market there. Go figure. Named after “Denio’s Farmers Market”.

We bought two dollars worth of teaspoons, which works out to be about eight of them, and $50.00 worth of seven foot tall plastic decorative plants, which works out to be one of them. It’s surprising when you’re carrying it how much a plastic seven foot tall plant acts as a sail, even if it’s not yet unfurled.

Part of the fun was bugging the wife on the way up with my rendition of the Denio’s Farmer’s Market and Swapmeet song, which one author claims is the work of Tracy Walton of Mumbo Gumbo. Well, I dont’ know, I went over to the Mumbo Gumbo site and wasn’t able to find a copy. You’d think with a hit like that on their hands they’d put it right up front on the home page or something.

I love that tune.

Here are the lyrics:

What’s new at Denio’s Farmer’s Market and Swapmeet
What’s new at Denios this week…

Sorry, that’s all I remember, but if anyone is pals with Tracy maybe she can be talked into sending us a wav file for the benefit of our readership.

  • http://www.cockeyed.com Mark

    It’s:
    Take a peak at Denio’s Farmer’s Market and Auction
    Take a peak at Denio’s
    Denio’s this week.

  • John Lockwood

    Oh no, controversy! :)

    You may be right. We need to get the wav file.

    I’ll bet there’s more than one version / verse — like all great folk songs.

  • Jason

    I thought it was “Denial isn’t a river in Egypt?”

  • John Lockwood

    I think you’re in Denio’s on the whole issue. :)

  • Tyler Denio

    haha that is so funny. Like ive never heard that one a million times. :)

  • http://www.sacramento-home.com/real-estate-agents/ John Lockwood

    A million and one.

  • Is there an mp3 of the song?

    I grew up here and my girlfriend didn’t. I would love to torture her with a recorded version!

  • http://www.sacramento-home.com/real-estate-agents/ John Lockwood

    I sure wish there was an MP3 as well. I’d play it over and over. :)

  • Liz

    Seriously, if someone gets that song on here…..my life will be complete. In fact, if whom ever gets it will be the one credited in completing my life.

  • http://www.denios.org/ Wally Walker

    The gingle for Denio’s plays when you open the website:
    http://www.denios.org/

  • http://www.denios.org/ Wally Walker

    …but it doesn’t sound like the original. Back in the day it was the Farmer’s Market and Auction and now it says Market and Swap Meet.

  • http://www.sacramento-home.com/real-estate-agents/ John Lockwood

    Wally, you’ve just completed Liz’s life! :)

    Cool stuff. I never found it because I use Firefox, but sure enough it works in Internet Explorer.

    Turns out the audio file is here.

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