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Animal Songs
In Mudcat MIDIs:
The Beastiary (Bestiary)
Johnny Doolan's Cat (Johnny Dolan's Cat)
SKUNK SONG (aka ZaZuZa)
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Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: John MacKenzie Date: 31 May 21 - 07:03 AM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7220zzl0_k Nasty Spider, by Jeremy Taylor, lyrics posted previously in this thread. https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=7306 |
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Subject: Lyr Add: THE BEAR (Richard Digance) From: Jim Dixon Date: 30 May 21 - 10:51 PM This poem was mentioned by Alex, from Odessa, on 04 Jan 09: I found this poem on an Angelfire web page called More TEDDYS!!!--not one I would normally consider a reliable source, but the words correspond pretty closely to those recited by “Poppy, aged 8” on YouTube. Those are the only two sources I could find. THE BEAR Richard Digance When a bear held a fancy dress party, Just about everyone went. Each animal went as another. Well, at least that was the intent. The bat and bull went as a cricket And the bison went as a bath. The viper sat on the hyena's head And they went as a laughing giraffe. The eagle went as a birdie And the birdie went as a parr. (A parr is an under-aged salmon, In case you don't know what they are.) The panda turned up like a penguin, Though he hadn't quite mastered the walk. No one could tell the difference When the butterfly dressed like a stork. The hedgehog turned up as a buffalo (Hedgehogs not being that bright), But everyone said that he'd tried very hard And he had an enjoyable night. He almost came second for trying, But it went to the hippo instead. He dressed up as a fairy-tale unicorn, With a ice-cream stuck on his head. The oyster, disguised as a jewelery box, Sang when his shell opened up. A good try by oyster but not good enough To take home the fancy dress cup. The skunk was most unconvincing, Sprinting in like a gazelle. It's hard for a skunk to be anything else, When they have that distinctive smell. It was time to declare the cup winner And first place went to the cat, Who covered his tail with red rubber And hung from a tree like a bat. |
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Subject: Lyr Add: CHIPMUNK WITH A DEATH WISH From: Jim Dixon Date: 30 May 21 - 06:13 PM This was mentioned by JenEllen on 27 Dec 99. My transcription: CHIPMUNK WITH A DEATH WISH As performed on YouTube by Dan Maher. 1. I’m a rodent by the side contemplating my last ride. Chipmunk with a death wish! Who would guess that my desire is to be one with your tire? Chipmunk with a death wish! I need a driver with the nerve, Who’ll hit the gas and will not swerve, But with all these PC types, I could be here all night. CHORUS: I’m a chipmunk with a death wish, A chipmunk with a death wish. Chipmunk with a death, chipmunk with a death, with a death wish. 2. Those chickens are so snide standing on the other side. Chipmunk with a death wish! But they’re just full of talk; takes a chipmunk to jaywalk. Chipmunk with a death wish! Your car won’t show a dent, No indication that I went. If you want a souvenir, You’d better hit a deer. CHORUS BRIDGE: Wheels go round in my eyes. So easy to be hypnotized. Nietsche would not be surprised. CHORUS 3. My mom whom I adored was flattened by a Ford. Chipmunk with a death wish! My cousins in a bevy jumped a fifty-seven Chevy. Chipmunk with a death wish! Would you think I was a snob If I waited for a Saab? What a classic way to go, Getting hit by a Peugeot! CHORUS 4. Better polish off the china at Billy’s road-kill diner. Chipmunk with a death wish! Who would think those little critters would make such tasty fritters? Chipmunk with a death wish! Bet you can’t wait to wrap your jaws Around these chewy little paws, A bed of pasta underneath. Just spit out the teeth. CHORUS * * * YouTube has another live performance by Leah Kaufman. |
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Subject: Lyr Add: DEEPEST AFRICA (from Chenille Sisters) From: Jim Dixon Date: 29 May 21 - 07:17 PM CupOfTea mentioned this song on 05 Mar 16: DEEPEST AFRICA As recorded by The Chenille Sisters on “Teaching Hippopotami to Fly!” (1996). I was in deepest Africa; yes, I was; yes, I was. I was in deepest Africa, teaching elephants to dance. Don’t look askance, for elephants love to sing and dance In their fancy hot pants. I was in deepest Africa teaching elephants to dance. I was in deepest Africa; yes, I was; yes, I was. I was in deepest Africa, watching a toucan can-can. When in the Sudan, a toucan can can-can better than Any two toucans can. I was in deepest Africa, watching a toucan can-can. I was in deepest Africa; yes, I was; yes, I was. I was in deepest Africa, teaching a g-nu to k-nit. Each stitch that g-nu k-nit, He would throw a fit like a g-nu k-nitwit. I was in deepest Africa, teaching a g-nu to k-nit. Knit one, purl two; knit one, purl two. I was in deepest Africa; yes, I was; yes, I was. I was in deepest Africa, teaching a baboon to croon. Each tune that baboon would croon Made the she-baboon loonier than moon goon. I was in deepest Africa, teaching a baboon to croon. I was in deepest Africa; yes, I was; yes, I was. I was in deepest Africa, teaching hippopotami to fly. Don’t sigh; look up in the sky. Hippopotami will be flying by. I was in deepest Africa, teaching hippopotami to fly. |
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Subject: Lyr Add: I’M PROUD TO BE A MOOSE (Willie Nininger) From: Jim Dixon Date: 26 May 21 - 06:20 PM This was mentioned by Emily Rain on 22 Dec 99. My transcription from YouTube. It’s also on Spotify. I’M PROUD TO BE A MOOSE As recorded by Willie Nininger on “Almost Home” (1993) All the animals laugh at me— (I wasn’t kidding) Ask me what I’d rather be. I patiently explain: I want to stay the same. I’m proud to be a moose. There’s nothing else I’d rather be. Just take a look at me and you will see: I’m as happy as an animal can be. I’d rather be a moose than a duck or a dog, Eagle or seagull or a polliwog. A bird can fly, but I don’t mind. Nobody else has got ears like mine. I’m proud to be a moose. A moose is what I would rather be. Just take a look at me and you will see: I’m as happy as an animal can be. Never had a wish to be a fish. Tried to be a cow; wouldn’t know how, And if you tried to make me be a goose, It wouldn’t be no use, ‘cause I’d rather be … [audience:] a moose! Right! I’m proud to be a moose. A moose is what I want to be. Just take a look at me and you will see: I’m as happy as an animal can be. Moose jam! Let’s go! Whoo! [Instrumental break] Never had a care to be a hare, Lion, tiger, penguin or a bear. I have no whim to swim upstream like a salmon, ‘Cause can’t you tell by now that I’m happy as I am an’ I’m proud to be a moose. Yeah, moose is what I will always be. The reason is, you see: I’m as happy as an animal can be I’m proud—so are you, I’m sure—to be a moose. I’m proud to be a moose! |
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Subject: Lyr Add: HOT FROGS ON THE LOOSE (Fred Small) From: Jim Dixon Date: 21 May 21 - 05:17 PM This song was mentioned by Marymac90 on 26 Dec 99. HOT FROGS ON THE LOOSE As recorded by Fred Small on “Everything Possible: Fred Small in Concert” (1993) [singer:] Frogs! Guck! Guck! [audience:] Whoo! [singer:] Guck! Guck! [audience:] Whoo! [singer:] Guck! Guck! [audience:] Whoo! [singer:] Hot frogs on the loose! By the light of a Tennessee moon, From the bilious bubbles of a black lagoon, They make a hound-dog howl, a swat team swoon. Hot frogs on the loose! They’ve multiplied since fifty-three, Slurping nuclear debris, Amphibious fabulous fancy-free. Hot frogs on the loose! Hippity-hoppity, here they come, Radioactive, lookin’ for fun. If you kiss ‘em, look out for the tongue. Hot frogs on the loose! [singer:] All right, frogs! Guck! Guck! [audience:] Whoo! [singer:] Guck! Guck! [audience:] Whoo! [singer:] Guck! Guck! [audience:] Whoo! [singer:] Hot frogs on the loose! They got little skinny legs and big bug-eyes. Fraternizing’s not advised. They like you like they like flies. Hot frogs on the loose! They got a chicken-nugget body an’ a whopper leap. In your bedroom, while you sleep, They’ll make your Geiger counter beep. Hot frogs on the loose! Hippity-hoppity, here they come, Radioactive, lookin’ for fun. If you kiss ‘em, look out for the tongue. Hot frogs on the loose! [singer:] all right, frogs! Guck! Guck! [audience:] Whoo! [singer:] Guck! Guck! [audience:] Whoo! [singer:] Guck! Guck! [audience:] Whoo! [singer:] hot frogs on the loose You can put the pedal to the metal till the rubber squeals, Squish ‘em with your tires, you got hot wheels. Now you know how it feels To be a hot frog on the loose. Please do not keep them as pets. Sautéing them may bring regrets. Make a citizen’s arrest Of a hot frog on the loose. Frogs for peace, frogs for defense! Don’t be nervous; don’t be tense. We’ve got a sure-fire three-foot fence To keep the hot frogs from gettin’ loose. Hippity-hoppity, here they come, Radioactive, lookin’ for fun. If you kiss ‘em, look out for the tongue. Hot frogs on the loose! [singer:] Come on, frogs! Guck! Guck! [audience:] Whoo! [singer:] Guck! Guck! [audience:] Whoo! [singer:] Guck! Guck! [audience:] Whoo! [singer:] Hot frogs on the loose! Hot frogs on the loose! Hot frogs on the loose! Hot frogs on the loose! Hot frogs on the loose! Hot frogs on the loose! * * * [“Guck” is my attempt at a phonetic spelling of Fred’s frog sound. I see Marymac90 spelled it “gurk.” Of the transcriptions I found online, one spelled it “glub” and another simply omitted that part of the song.] |
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Subject: Lyr Add: FAY TEMPLETON'S WOODCHUCK SONG From: Jim Dixon Date: 20 May 21 - 01:40 PM This song seems to be the origin of the familiar tongue-twister: Lyrics transcribed by me from the sheet music images at Baylor University. I was not able to find a recording of the song. “Sung by Miss Fay Templeton in Messrs. Schubert and Nixon & Zimmerman’s Production ‘The Runaways’ at the Casino Theatre, New York” Words by Robert Hobart Davis, music by Theodore F. Morse, ©1903. 1. There am heaps of knowledge in old Yale College, And in Harvard Universitee, But I ain’t yet found, nowhere around, Not even down in Tuskegee, A full-fledged college graduate What could right offhand ‘lucidate Or anywheres near stipulate to me— CHORUS: How much wood would a woodchuck chuck, If a woodchuck would chuck wood? And how much wood would a woodchuck chuck If a woodchuck only could? If a woodchuck could make good and would— But dere ain’t no reason why he should— But how much wood would a woodchuck chuck If a woodchuck would chuck wood? 2. I’se a strong suspicion, a supposition, That some white man surely ought to know, Fo’ when I shout, dere ain’t no doubt I’m heard clean out to Chicago, Where dose professors speculate, And figure and anticipate, And git right down and calculate to show—CHORUS 3. I’se an intimation dat education Am something ev’ryone don’t sell, But I’m de moke what tried to soak Dis woodchuck joke on old Cornell. Dem students couldn’t regulate On dis hyear problem complicate; You ought to seen dem hesitate to tell—CHORUS |
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Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: keberoxu Date: 16 Apr 20 - 01:02 PM a good thread to refresh, it appears to me, when we're looking for relief from cabin fever or what have you. |
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Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: eftifino Date: 20 Jun 17 - 09:11 AM Beat Farmers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEZtII8rt_Y Pretty sure there is a thread dedicated to 'The Wild West Show" We had an intro which went over well: (Shout the words in caps) ROLL UP ROLL UP! See the fat lady standing on the skinny man's COCK your eye over here and see the leopard with the 14 spots on his MICKEY close the door theres a draught comin in from the elephant's HOLE(d) your tickets for the next performance please. We're off to see the Wild............ |
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Subject: Lyr Add: KATZBURSCHLIED (trans. Anthea Bell) From: keberoxu Date: 19 Jun 17 - 12:47 PM This English translation refers back to Post number 95 on this thread, dated 13 June 2017, and the German-language "Katzburschlied." The six verses (singable translation, so not really literal) All too sharply barks the Pom [eranian / Spitz-dog], Far too loud the Poodle. See the bold and valiant Tom [cat], Silencing that noodle! See the Philistine go by! Doff your cap politely. Such a fool, his head held high, We don't suffer lightly. Merrily the fish must swim, Birds fly in fair weather. Fin and feather let us hymn, Though we catch them never! Mew and growl and growl and mew But do not scratch; pray pause! Show yourselves in rosy hue And spare your nice sharp claws. Master Coxcomb thinks he can Judge us by his standard. Looks haughty, acts the gentleman, But we're more even-handed. (That last one isn't even CLOSE, it's supposed to be about an ape.) Each of us beside the others Paw in paw we sang: "We're a merry bunch of brothers! Philistines go hang!" English translation copyright © Anthea Bell, 1999. Published by Penguin Classics, London, 1999, as part of The Life and Opinions of the Tomcat Murr, pages 188 - 189. Translation from the original German of Lebensansichten des Katers Murr by Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, 1822. |
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Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: Senoufou Date: 14 Jun 17 - 01:46 PM I love "There was an old farmer had an old sow". You have to snort, blow a raspberry and whistle very quickly after each line.
But "Suzannah's a funniful man" is rather a strange remark. Surely a sow is a female?? and I've never come across the word 'funniful' except in this song. |
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Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: GUEST,LynnH Date: 14 Jun 17 - 01:33 PM What about Loudon Wainright III's "Dead Skunk (in the middle of the road)"? Or, decades ago a favourite on BBC radio childrens programmes "I had a hippopotamus" |
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Subject: Lyr Add: THE PETS (Malvina Reynolds) From: Joe_F Date: 13 Jun 17 - 06:01 PM *The Pets* by Malvina Reynolds I have a doggie, his name is Dolally, O Dally Dolally so faithful and true. He lives upon flip-floppers, golly-whoppers, and soda-poppers, And that makes him hop around like grasshoppers do. /Chorus:/ We love our pets, yes we do, we do. When they go (Woof! Woof!) They're talking to you. I have a kitty, her name is Miss Feedle Faddle, O fit feedle faddle, foot feedle faddle, fair as a rose. She lives upon livers, and mousey come hithers, And that's why she slithers wherever she goes. (Chorus) (Meow! Meow!) I have a birdie, his name is MacMurdie, O wing-feather and tail-feather and top-feather so bright. He lives upon prinkles, and pink periwinkles, And that's why he twinkles from morning till night. (Chorus) (Tweet! Tweet!) I have a donkey, his name is Old Klonkey, O hip hoppity, klip kloppity, all over town. He lives upon thistles, and tin penny whistles, And that's why he whoops like a merry-go-round. (Chorus) (Eeaw! Eeaw!) I have a barnacle, his name is McGonigle, O wish washery, slish-sloshery, under my boat. He lives on the boring of old teakwood flooring, And when he is snoring he can't sing a note. We love our pets, yes we do, we do. When they go (Snore) They're sleeping, of course! *Notes:* words and music by Malvina Reynolds; copyright 1960 Schroder Music Company, renewed 1988. This song originally had no chorus, but a group of New Zealand children recorded it with a chorus added by their teacher, Jack Davidson. Malvina liked the addition and started singing the song with his chorus. The new version, dubbed "The Pets II," was copyrighted in 1966 by Schroder Music Company. |
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Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: keberoxu Date: 13 Jun 17 - 04:59 PM It would take me a long tedious while to translate the song lyric in the previous post. A few comments, at least, can be entered here. Anybody who wants a go at translating from Hoffmann's German into English, feel free. This book is published in an English translation, which I have yet to get my hands on, and which cannot be viewed online. "Katzburschlied" means "The Song of the University Fraternity of Cats." The main character in the story is "Kater Murr" which means, Murr, the tomcat. In fact, the author had a pet tomcat named Murr, and they were bosom companions. Murr died a short time before Hoffmann's final illness, and Hoffmann was heartbroken. Also in this hallucinatory, experimental book (presaging James Joyce in certain techniques) is a fictitious fellow named Johannes Kreisler. Composer Robert Schumann was much taken with Hoffmann's writings and especially with the human character of Kreisler, which is how Schumann ended up composing a solo piano suite called "Kreisleriana." |
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Subject: Lyr Add: KATZBURSCHLIED(E. T. A. Hoffmann) From: keberoxu Date: 13 Jun 17 - 01:42 PM The author of this one is E. T. A. Hoffmann, both author and composer; most famous perhaps for his fairy tale about the Nutcracker and the King of the Mice, which became the Tchaikovsky ballet eventually. It is unmistakeably satire. KATZBURSCHLIED The Chorus, repeated between verses, is Psalm scripture, in Latin: Ecce quam bonum et jucundum habitare fratres in unum. [Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For brethren to dwell together in unity.] The Verses. Gar zu spitzig klafft der Spitz, Gar zu grob der Pudel. Jenem gönnt den Steiß zum Sitz, Dem die Schnauz zum Hudel. Höflich zieht die Mütz vom Kopf, Kommt Philister gangen. Froh gebehrdet sich der Tropf, Will vor nichts ihm bangen. Schwimmen muß der muntere Fisch, Vögelein muß fliegen. Floß und Federn wachsen frisch, Werd't sie nimmer kriegen. Miaut und knurr't und knurr't und miaut, Nur bei Leib' nicht kratzen; Seid galant, daß man euch traut, Schonet eure Tatzen. Denkt Herr Aff' nach seinem Maaß, Alle uns zu messen! Spitzt das Maul, trägt hoch die Nas' , Wird uns doch nicht fressen. Pfot' im Pfot' und Brust an Brust Soll uns nicht verdüstern. Katzbursch sein ist uns're Lust, Trotzen Katz-Philistern! [and conclude with the chorus, in Latin.] The musical setting, WV number 84, is fragmented and unfinished, written near the end of Hoffmann's life; he got as far as composing the music (men's chorus) for the Latin chorus, and for only one of the verses -- the Cat verse, with "knurr't und miaut." from E. T. A. Hoffmann's Ausgewählte Schriften, Achter Band. Berlin: G. Reimer, 1827. in Zweiter Band: Lebens Ansichten des Katers Murr, nebst fragmentarischer Biographie des Kapellmeisters Johannes Kreisler in zufälligen Makulaturblättern, dritter Abschnitt: "Die Lehrmonate. Launisches Spiel des Zufalls," pages 278 - 279. Digital file copy from the Austrian National Library at books dot google dot com. |
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Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: keberoxu Date: 09 Mar 16 - 05:03 PM And I have searched Mudcat, without success, for the F & S tune, "The Whale (Mopy Dick)," for which, in the live performance (the Hat-Trick CD box set), Michael Flanders asks the audience to "imagine that Donald and I are on a whaler, and the auditorium is completely full of Orson Welles." |
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Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: keberoxu Date: 06 Mar 16 - 03:08 PM Flanders and Swann had more animals yet in their bestiary. "No-one ever wants to court a warthog, Though a warthog does her best... We know her These and Those are like Marilyn Monroe's..." And I wish I could recall, exactly, the F & S salute to the Sea-Horse. The male Sea-Horse watches over the young, instead of leaving it to the female. And so, his "horse-faced wife" makes the round of charity matinees, "busily doing goo - HOOOOD, busily doing good." Liz the Squeak, good on you for recalling "my cross-eyed bear." there was also "the chicken hymn," which opened with "Foul I to the fountain fly..." which reminds me: that version of Glenn Miller's In The Mood with clucking hens! |
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Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: CupOfTea Date: 05 Mar 16 - 06:20 PM What fun to come across this thread! It brings to mind some good songs. For singing with kids, a cappella and/or beating a rhythm: Jan Harmon's "Deepest Africa" which shows up as a hit for the Chenille Sisters, but I fell in love with it sung by Hot Soup, with their little additions (gnit one pearl two..) Cindy Mangsen's "Cat Tales" is n entire album of cat songs - including a retooling of "I had a cat and the cat pleased me". I particularly like the Berrymans' "Dog of Time" as it gets both a good number of interesting dogs and the Kitty of Romance" Thinking of Lou and Peter, their very funny (yeah, that's redundant) "Pair of Geese" at least doesn't get the bird killed, like Nell Flaherty's Drake (though the indignation to that one might be good for those opposed to killing animals). Then there are a remarkable number of songs that describe the passengers on Noah's ark The idea of a concert to benefit the humane society sounds like fun & less likely to turn folks off than the horrific commercials they run on TV here with revolting images of animal abuse. Joanne in Cleveland |
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Subject: Lyr Add: IF I WERE A MOOSE (Fred Small) From: wysiwyg Date: 04 Mar 16 - 07:50 PM IF I WERE A MOOSE Fred Small © FREDERICK E. SMALL D/B/A PINE BARRENS MUSIC 1. If I were a moose and you were a cow Would you love me anyhow? Would you introduce me to your folks Would you tell your friends, "No moose jokes!" If I were a moose and you were a cow 2. Would you invite me to your club And risk a cruel bovine snub Would you lead me down the receiving line And boldly boast, "This moose is mine!" Would your parents watch us graze Shake their heads, "It's just a phase" Or would they thank the stars above Their precious heifer's found her love? 3. Would your grandparents change their will? They'd really expected a Holstein bull "For this, we toiled before the plow You bring home someone who's not even a cow "There's lots of proper stock around Like that nice young Guernsey at Farmer Brown's Or that last one we ridiculed and cursed On second thought you could do worse 4. "But if you think this thing will last Could he learn to moo and eat our grass Shed his antlers in the dirt Could you persuade him to convert?" 5. If our anatomies did not quite fit Would you make the best of it Would you nuzzle up so near And hum sweet cow tunes in my ear? Or would you sadly break it off When all the hillside sneered and scoffed "You know these moose are all the same They're lazy, they're stupid, they come from Maine" 6. It's true things slip a moose's mind That cows remember all the time Bulbous nose and knobby knees A coat that harbors ticks and fleas But a moose can be a handy thing When hungry wolves come visiting In icy gust of winter storm Our fur is deep and dry and warm 7. And someday should your milk run dry And farmer stare with baleful eye In dead of night, I'd slip your noose And lead you home to the land of moose If I were a moose and you were a cow bridge: If hunters came to do me harm Would you hide me in the barn Would all the herd come on the run And glare until they dropped their guns? 8. Might you permit a goodnight kiss Could you learn to love wet moose lips? If I were a moose and you were a cow If you were a cow and I were a moose SH https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NRxrj8KlIE |
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Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: MorwenEdhelwen1 Date: 27 May 11 - 01:06 AM "My Donkey Wants Water", also called "Hold 'Em Joe" and "Sly Mongoose" are about animals. |
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Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: GUEST,koko Date: 28 Aug 10 - 11:48 AM apologies...it was preformed by DVR, but it's written by Willie Nininger(sp?) |
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Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: GUEST,koko Date: 28 Aug 10 - 11:45 AM someone mentioned "I'm Proud to be a Moose" It's a Dave Van Ronk original that was on his Peter & The Wolf album |
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Subject: Lyr Add: I HATES ELEPHANTS (SPB Cooperator) From: SPB-Cooperator Date: 04 Jan 09 - 03:50 AM I hates elephants, I do! I hates elephants, I do! Elephants they are not nice And while I'm at it, I don't like mice I hates Elephants, I do! I hates Aardvarks, I do! I hates Aardvarks, I do! I don't like the Aardvark's nose And I hates hippos I suppose I hates Aardvarks, I do! I hates lions, I do! I hates lions, I do! I don't lik ethe lion's roar And I don't like the tiger's claw I hates lions, I do! I hates wallabies, I do! I hates wallabies, I do! I don't like the way they jump And camels just give me the hump I hates wallabies, I do! I hates peoples, I do! I hates peoples, I do! Peoples just get in the way Why can't they all go away? I hates peoples, I do! I don't want to go home! I don't want to go home! Why must we go? Why can't we stay? Why can't we be at the zoo all day? I don't want to go home! hates elephants, I do! I hates elephants, I do! Elephants they are not nice And while I'm at it, I don't like mice I hates Elephants, I do! |
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Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: GUEST Date: 04 Jan 09 - 12:30 AM Pls advise if somebody has lyrics of Richard Digance's poem The Bear, started as follows: "When a bear held a fancy dress party...?" from "The Nation's Favourite Children's Poems" of BBC? Rgds, Alex, Odessa, Ukraine |
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Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: maple_leaf_boy Date: 19 Nov 08 - 09:02 PM Carrion Crow. |
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Subject: Lyr Add: THE HEN AND THE ROOSTER From: GUEST,greg Date: 19 Nov 08 - 08:19 PM This is a follow-up on Debbie from Utah's post above. Here are all the words to the hen and the rooster from my dad's version, but if anyone knows more verses, I'd be happy to have them: The hen and the rooster lived away out west, said the hen to the rooster, "hun, I love you best" said the rooster to the hen, "hun, I know you lie, since I saw you in the alley with a big Shanghai". Ain't it so now listen honey, I don't know. Now sweetie don't you lie to me, cuz' I'm not as dumb as I used to be. I once knew a doctor by the name of Peck. He fell into the well and broke his gosh-darned neck. It served him right that he broke his bones, he should have tended to the sick and left the well alone. Ain't it so.....etc We put some Easter eggs under our old hen, for the kids to find on Easter morning,...then the rooster came in and saw the green and red Hopped the fence and killed the neighbor's peacock dead. Ain't it so....etc I bought a pair of combination underwear, to keep out the cold and the wintery air. I wore 'em six months, and without exaggeration, when I went to take them off I had forgot the combination. Ain't it so....etc I went to a dance last Saturday night, when all at once, I had a terrible fright. I heard a loud rip, and I knew at a glance, that I was quickly losin' my desire to dance. Ain't it so.....etc |
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Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: GUEST Date: 25 Aug 08 - 04:50 AM Paddy McGinty's Goat and Delaney's Donkey |
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Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: VirginiaTam Date: 25 Aug 08 - 03:21 AM The Cat Came Back is brilliant. Have you considered Eric Bogel's Song of the Humpback - haunting and contains message that sympathises with plight of whale. Song of the Humpback lyrics For humour - there is Will the Turtle be Unbroken, sung to the tune of Will the Circle be Unbroken by Les Bqarker (I think). Will the Turtle Be Unbroken lyrics Good luck and wishing your event much success. |
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Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: Jim Carroll Date: 25 Aug 08 - 02:54 AM Heard it as a story, not a song. Used to be whole (no pun intended) repertoire at one time of how various animals.......etc Jim Carroll |
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Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: GUEST,Bill Ladmer Date: 24 Aug 08 - 10:43 PM Looking for a song Pete Seeger used to sing at shows. It was about dogs at a party having to leave quickly so they grabbed the wrong behinds, and that's why to this day they smell other dogs' behinds trying to find their own. Can anyone help? [The Dogs' Party?] |
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Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: LeTenebreux Date: 14 Jan 08 - 09:37 AM I must confess a certain fondness for a Greek children's song called "To Kokoraki". Flanders and Swann sang it to great comic effect. |
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Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: Joe_F Date: 22 Jun 07 - 08:53 PM Among Flanders & Swann songs, in addition to the hippopotamus & the gnu already mentioned, I am fond of the sloth and the armadillo (Vive l'amour, vive l'armadillo). |
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Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: Debbie in Utah Date: 22 Jun 07 - 07:59 PM Some I remember my father singing include - Song of the Birds: "Oh," said a shike-poke (?) to a crane, "What would happen if it didn't come rain? The lakes and the ponds would all go dry, If it wasn't for the tadpoles, we'd all die, If it wasn't for the tadpoles we'd all die." (5 more verses) Come wander quietly and listen to the wind. Come here and listen to my song.... *it's on this website, but I haven't yet mastered a "blue clicky" The Jealous Rooster: Well a hen and a rooster lived away out west, Said the rooster to the hen, "Hun, I love you best." Said the hen to the rooster, "Hun, oh how you lie! I saw you in the alley with a big Shanghai." CH: "Oh, ain't it so?" "Honey I don't know." "Honey don't you lie to me, Cuz I ain't as dumb as I used to be." (5 more verses) NOBODY MENTIONED "LA CUCARACHA!!!" Hard to believe... Or, The Preacher and the Bear.... Or Strawberry Roan, or Zebra Dun... The last one that comes to mind at the moment is "Wee Wang," in the language of the Meewak Indians of the northern Sierra in California. Chief Leme (means Rippling Waters) taught it to my father back in the 1930's. It's about a fawn who sees his mother killed by a hunter and cries (breaks your heart to hear it in the song). He decides to go into the valley where the grass is plentiful, and when he becomes an old stag he will return to the place where his mother was shot and let the hunter kill him too. It contains the word Ah-Wah-Nee (ever heard of the Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite National Park?), which means Deep grassy Valley. I have a little more info on some of these from my father's notes, if anyone is interested, but I haven't had time or internet access until recently to do proper research on them. |
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Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: Rog Peek Date: 22 Jun 07 - 01:35 PM I don't think anyone has mentioned 'The Vicar and the Frog'. If they have then apologies. |
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Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: GUEST,Jennifer Date: 22 Jun 07 - 12:53 PM Hi there, I've been searching for the words of the Animal Song, We're off to the Animal Fair (Wild West Show, and you have written one of the verses Oh, We're goin' to the Wild West Show: We'll see the elephant and the wild kangaroo. Never mind the weather, As long as we're together. We're going to the wild west show! I've been searching everywhere for this song, do you have any other verses? If I'm going about this the wrong way, please forgive me, I've never partaken in 'Threads (?)" before Many thanks |
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Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: Muttley Date: 21 Apr 07 - 11:42 AM Sorry: Buggered up a couple of lines. From - CROCODILE ROLL The verse with the husband SHOULD have ended: Y-you c-c-can't g-g-g-go round eatin Q-Q-Q-Queenslanders you overgrown g-g-g-goannas; I'll turn you all into sh-shoes (CHOMP) oooh! It was in the news! And they were....... etc And from OLD MAN EMU The chorus after the "dingo" verse is different to the other choruses. It SHOULD read: Ba da doo doo da doo doo doo: Doo da doot doot doo doo He can't fly but i'm tellin you - he can run the pants off a dingo too. (Oh, Yeah! But 'e 'ad t' kick me in the shins, first!) Sorry Mutt |
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Subject: Lyr Add: CROCODILE ROLL + BUDGIE SONG From: Muttley Date: 21 Apr 07 - 11:34 AM Dunno if you've had these suggested: We had a cat: His name was Bill He caught our budgie on the window-sill One holy day; One Sunday morn Left only feathers on our back lawn Oh, no, Bill! You can't do that You silly pussy; You stupid cat So we took him down: Our family pet And we left his balls, with the family vet [strumming and cat yowling sounds in background] Well the very next day, he packed his bags Left all his Penthouse and Playboy mags How could we do it; To the family pet Go and leave his balls with the family vet [spoken] Well we get no postcards; No telephone calls He's out in the bush somewher - with no balls And he's obsessed, with sweet revenge So eats our parrots. And our fairy wrens. [chorus] Yes He's mortified and we all regret That we left his balls with the family vet [repeat] [change of key] Now he's highly sought, by the feral choir For his new-found talent, to sing much higher Has no more time; For female friends Just for parrots - and Fairy Wrens [spoken] No sense of humour. Ex-family pet It still hurts: He can't forget He's still angry: He's still upset That we left his balls with the family vet [chorus to finish] OR CROCODILE ROLL Hav'n a barbie by the river - with no-one else around A tropical honeymoon; Knockin a four-ex down She was standin in the water, eatin a pumpkin scone when (chomp) - - - she was gone! And they were doin' the Crocodile Roll: The woman and the reptile Doin' the Crocodile Roll; In the middle of the river Down came her husband. with a gun and a carving knife To slaughter every crocodile for takin 'is darling wife [spoken with a pronounced stutter - in whiney old man's voice] Y-you c-c-can't g-g-g-go round eatin' Q-Q-Q-Queenslanders you overgrown g-g-g-goannas; I'll turn you all into sh-shoes (CHOMP) oooh! And they were doin' the Crocodile Roll: The husband and the reptile Doin' the Crocodile Roll; In the middle of the river Down came his bloodhound; with mangy, curly hair Picked up the scent; away he went; bum in the air Then the dog got carried away and ran out on a log An' (CHOMP) Guess what! No more dog! And they were doin' the Crocodile Roll: The canine and the reptile Doin' the Crocodile Roll; In the middle of the river Down come a wild pig: rootin' all around The little swine drank some wine and really pigged it out Then the crocodile chased him 'round An' the little pig yelled "Up Yours!" (CHOMP) Into another croc's jaws! And they were doin' the Crocodile Roll: The porker and the reptile Doin' the Crocodile Roll; In the middle of the river There's no moral to the story; just a brand-new dance Grab your partner by the neck and swing your crocodile pants Dip your toe in the water, are you ready for romance? Swirl your tail around the floor; c'mon take a chance! Now you'rE doin' the crocodile roll; stirrin' up the mud Doin' the crocodile roll in the middle of the river They were doin' the Crocodile Roll: stirrin' up the mud crabs Doin' the Crocodile Roll; In the middle of the river. OR THE BUDGIE SONG Well it cost me thirty bucks to fix me Budgie When the little blighter only cost me five The veterinary surgeon saw me coming But I had to keep my 'feathered friend' alive He was shakin' on his perch; the kids were crying The family gathered 'round hi little cage I said "I think it's time we got a new one" That's when the family went into a rage! Oh the waiting-room ponged like a rat-house With heart-worm and lung-worm and lice And a Persian had its eye on the shoe-box I suppose she thought our Budgie might be nice. Well the bird shit on the veterinary surgeon I heard him say "the dirty little chick" Guess he wondered why I didn't use m' brains And hit him over the head with a brick [chorus]Oh! Antibiotics for his colour Three drops a day on his beak Some powder on the nose for his feathers And clean out his cage twice a week Well it cost me thirty bucks to fix me Budgie When the little blighter only cost me five And the bludger wakes me early in the morning It's got me puzzled how he survives One night I'll feed him to the tom cat Instead of worrying about him when we go away No-one wants to feed a shitty Budgie When everyone's on holiday [finish with the chorus - twice] You can clean it up by singing 'pooped' instead of shit in V4 and skungey (pronounced 'skun-gee') instead of 'shitty' in V6 OR Let me tell you bout an interview with an old man emu He's got a beak and feathers and things But the poor old feller ain't got no wings Aren't you jealous of the wedge-tailed eagle 'oom-ba-da-little-la-dah-dah While the eagle's flyin' round an' round; I keep me two feet firmly on the ground Now I can't fly, but I'm tellin' you - I can run the pants off a kangaroo! Ba da doo doo da doo doo doo: Doo da doot doot doo doo He can't fly but i'm tellin you - he can run the pants off a kangaroo. Well he was the model for the fifty cents Oom ba da ... (etc) The designer should've had more sense Oom ba da ... (etc) If ya take a look it'll prove to you ... I ran the pants of the kangaroo Ba da doo doo da ... (etc) Ya can't loop-theloop like a cockatoo oom ba da little la dah dah Swoop an toss like an albatross oom ba da ...(etc) [spoken] Ya silly galah, I'm better by far Than a white cockatoo or a budgerigah (pron: Budge-er-ee-gar) They squeak an squawk an try t' talk Why me an them's like cheese an' chalk Ba da doo ...(etc) Dingo came around one day oom ba da ...(etc) Hey there, emu; Ya wanna play? Oom ba da ... (etc) But the emu was too smart for him walked right up an' kicked him in the shins Ba da doo doot ...(etc) Well the last time I saw old man emu oom ba da ...(etc) He was chasing a female he knew oom ba da ...(etc) As he shot past I heard him say [very heavy panting followed by narration in TOTALLY puffed out voice] She can't fly but I'm tellin' you ...... She can run the pants off a kangaroo! Well there is a moral to this ditty oom ba da ... (etc) Thrush can sing, but he ain't pretty Oom ba da ... (etc) Duck can swim, but he can't sing, nor can the eagle on the wing Emu can't fly but I'm tellin' you He can run the pants off a kangaroo Well the kookaburra laughed and he said "it's true" Oom ba da ... (etc) Ha ha ha ha hoo hoo hoo! He can run the pants off a kangaroo. OR (a sensitive one) Oh goodbye Bunyip Bluegum; Goodbye Blikky Bill And beautiful little Nutsie; I can't believe it Our koalas are all dying can it really be? A national disaster; a world catastrophe Shiny little black nose and fluffy little ears Furry little bundle, soaking up the tears Oh Snugglepot and Cuddlepie are crying in the rain And Wombat's gone into his hole and won't come out . . . . [chorus] Oh pass the hat around between your friends There's no time to contemplate Maybe if we show some love; maybe it's not too late 'Cause Blinky Bill is dying: Cross him off the list Knock on doors, ring the bell, save the Eucalypt I don't think I could stand the shame, knowing that I could ... Have saved the world from losing something beautiful and good [chorus] One doctor on the job is hardly enough One little hospital: Wake up, Australia! It's our corner of the world; time to pull our weight What would we tell our children about our little mate? [Repeat verse one] [finish with chorus] NOTE: Blinky Bill, Nutsie and Wombat are all characters in favourite traditional children's story books "The Complete Adventures of Blinky Bill" by Dorothy Wall; while Snugglepot and Cuddlepie are "Gumnut Babies" - the creation of English-born writer May Gibbs who, after settling in Australia, decided we needed our own 'indigenous' fairy stories and traditions. And so "The Complete Adventures of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie" was born These songs are all the creation of Australian songwriter and singer John Williamson. His 25th Anniversary CD of "True Blue" should have all five songs and I can supply chords as I play them as well. I can also answer any questions on colloquialisms and Australianisms you might find 'odd'. Muttley There are also "Somebody's Moggy" by Eric Bogle - sung in a barber-shop quartet-like mode or "Nobody's Moggy" sung to the tune of "No Man's Land - the Green Fields of France". I can supply the words to both of these as well if you wish |
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Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: rumanci Date: 07 Sep 04 - 10:57 AM Forgive me if they've been mentioned already ........but I don't think they have. There are two volumes in print available of Richard Digance's "Animal Alphabets" ....... mostly humorous, and all eminently singable ....at least by him *g* |
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Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: Jen M Date: 07 Sep 04 - 07:01 AM I really don't remember when I first heard it, I refreshed my memory of it when my daughter (a music ed major) was getting ready to teach it in a summer class. I'll be teaching it today as I once again sart the school year substitute teaching in elementary music. ( And me unable to play a single instrument!) |
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Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: GUEST,.gargoyle Date: 07 Sep 04 - 12:43 AM Jen M - when / where did you first hear "Tideo"
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Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: Jen M Date: 06 Sep 04 - 08:44 PM Joe, It's the tune to Tideo
Pass two windows Tideo Pass three windows Tideo Jingle at the window Tideo jinglen Jinglen Jinglen Joe Jingle at the window Tideo jinglen Jinglen Jinglen Joe Jingle at the window Tideo |
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Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: GUEST,Murkey Date: 06 Sep 04 - 07:02 PM Another good Leon Rosselson song is, The Neighbour's Cat.. Trad. wise, try the excellent Broomfield Hill, where the lord complains to his hawk and horse they didn't wake him up so he could kill the lady! Murk |
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Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: Joe Offer Date: 06 Sep 04 - 06:47 PM I just added Gargoyle's transcription of the "Skunk Song" tune. Sound to me like a tune I heard as a kid, a song in which every line ended in "tiny-o." That's all I can recall. Can anybody help me remember? -Joe Offer, foggily- |
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Subject: Lyr Add: SKUNK SONG (aka ZaZuZa) From: GUEST,.gargoyle Date: 05 Sep 04 - 07:16 PM Kids truly love this song (they will sing it till adults want to scream)
First heard at a kid's campfire circa 1962.
SKUNK SONG (aka ZaZuZa)
CHORUS:
I'm a stinky little skunk
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I'm a stinky little skunk
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Sincerely, Gargoyle Click to play
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Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: GUEST,Observer Date: 05 Sep 04 - 04:04 PM What about Mr. Rabbit?? |
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Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: Joe Offer Date: 05 Sep 04 - 12:51 AM Take a listen to the tunes Gargoyle submitted for "Bestiary" and "Doolan's Cat." "Doolan's Cat" has a tune reminiscent of parts of "The Marvelous Toy." Thanks, Gargoyle. -Joe Offer- |
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Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: GutBucketeer Date: 23 Feb 00 - 12:01 AM I found one of my favorite song books in my local library. Check out your local library for "Animal Folk Songs For Children" by Ruth Crawford Seeger. There are two matching cassettes put together by the Seeger Kids that sing most of the songs. It is a great source for traditional songs about animals and the cassettes are fantastic. JAB |
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Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: Osmium Date: 22 Feb 00 - 07:11 PM This is a test of line breaks /B/ and |
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Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: JenEllen Date: 22 Feb 00 - 06:38 PM Aw crap...we'll be killed...... Thanks all for the new leads. 10 days till showtime. Elle |
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Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: Gypsy Date: 22 Feb 00 - 06:34 PM And I second the Unicorn Song! And Puff the magic Dragon! |
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