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Subject: RE: Dead animal songs From: Mr Red Date: 06 Jul 03 - 10:34 AM Nigel Parsons Thankyour for that. I was on the right lines anyway. What about the A.E.Houseman poem set to music by I know not who. the tag line is "He who sleeps under the blackthorn tonight" |
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Subject: RE: Dead animal songs From: GUEST,celtaddict Date: 06 Jul 03 - 11:44 AM Wow, who would have thought this topic would have struck such a chord? I think I will be putting together two sets, one big one of the "Moggy" sort and possibly a more plaintive one as well. I obviously have some searching to do. I have some vague recollection of one with a duck, besides Nell Flaherty and The Fox. . . May the Turtle Be Unbroken? Wonderful! Are the words somewhere? |
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Subject: RE: Dead animal songs From: Emma B Date: 06 Jul 03 - 11:52 AM The last verse to the Froggy went a courtin' version I know ends:= That was the end of him and her Ding dang dong go the wedding bells No little tadpoles covered in for Ding etc... Aarrhhh....... |
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Subject: RE: Dead animal songs From: Nigel Parsons Date: 06 Jul 03 - 12:38 PM wordfella : ""Fur Coat" by a fella named Carruthers is brilliant, but I can't find it on the web. Nashville's banjo comic Mike Snider has a recording of it." More word association, in one episode of "The Simpsons" Montgomery Burns ends up with a litter from 'Santas Little Helper' wanting to skin him for his coat (a la Cruella de Ville) and shows his collection of clothing made from animal skins while singing "Be My Vest" (a parody of 'Be Our Guest' from 'Beauty & The Beast') Almost finished typing this and thought of checking 'The Net'. Lyrics are Here, at Simpsons Song Book Nigel |
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Subject: RE: Dead animal songs From: Nigel Parsons Date: 06 Jul 03 - 01:01 PM Be My Vest MP3 Scroll down to 'Songs' Nigel |
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Subject: RE: Dead animal songs From: Mr Red Date: 06 Jul 03 - 03:12 PM GUEST,celtaddict Les Barker is well switched-on web wise but you may have to buy his merchandise to get the words. A lot of his verse is based on a tune rhythm of some sort. Someone set his Titanic poem where a Polar Bear is asking a clerk at the White Star line offices "Have you got any news of the Iceberg (my family were on it you see)" and that has been set to music. |
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Subject: RE: Dead animal songs From: Chief Chaos Date: 06 Jul 03 - 03:59 PM Remember Nina's 99 Luft Balloons (or the english rendered 99 Red Balloons)? Someone did a parody called "99 Dead Baboons" |
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Subject: RE: Dead animal songs From: Genie Date: 07 Jul 03 - 01:31 AM celtaddict, re "dead duck" songs, there's a very funny songwriter in Bellingham, WA (by way of Vancouver, BC) named Zeke Hoskin, who has a song with this chorus: "O blow the horn loudly and rev up the truck! We're off to the boondocks to murder the duck!" One of the lines in one verse is: "We don't know who shot him but the bugger's sure dead." And other wonderful verses about drunken hunters and dead ducks (with more pounds of shot than pounds of duck). |
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Subject: RE: Dead animal songs From: Charley Noble Date: 07 Jul 03 - 09:14 AM I don't think anyone's mentioned "Ghost Chickens in the Sky" but I haven't re-explored all the old threads. WYSIWYG mentioned above my revised version of "Dead Dog Scrumpy" in which I added an essential chorus and then used a different tune, "Eight More Miles to Louisville," to sing it; here's the MP3 link to my personal website if you're interested:Dead Dog Cider Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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Subject: RE: Dead animal songs (this one is a bird) From: GUEST,Yorky Date: 07 Jul 03 - 09:38 AM I remember being sung this when a child( in North Yorkshire UK) All the birds of the air were a sighing and a sobbing when they heard of the death of poor cock robin...when they heard of the death of poor cock robin ! Who saw him die?... I said the fly... I forget the rest... well, it was 50 years ago! |
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Subject: Lyr Add: THE WIFE OF LINCOLNSHIRE From: Emma B Date: 07 Jul 03 - 01:44 PM As requested, - just because it's you Joe but I warn you it's not for the squeamish! THE WIFE OF LINCOLNSHIRE, collected from Peter Bones of Harbury 2001 as sung? by Pete (The Melodian Repairer and dog lover) Grassby There was a wife from Lincolnshire to market she did go She took her dog for company, across the ice and snow Returning from the market they were drenched in freezing rain So she put her dog in the microwave to dry it out again So she put her dog in the microwave to dry it out again A passer-by saw the cloud of smoke and called the fire brigade The fireman said 'Now here I am, I'm here to give you aid No need to make a statement, we know what you will say You put your dog in the microwave, it's the second case today' A veterinary surgeon kept a practice down the street The wife begged him to resurrect the blackened lump of meat The surgeon started laughing and guffawed 'This dog is wrecked If you put your dog in a microwave what more do you expect?' Her husband came from work that night and said 'Here I am Your cooking smells delicious, is it chicken, pork or lamb?' The wife began to tremble and a tear came to her eye 'I put the dog in the microwave just like a slice of pie!' She went to see a medium who charged a hefty fee She said 'We must communicate, this dog was dear to me' An ectoplasm dog appeared and wailing like a ghost Said 'You put the dog in the microwave, and frazzled it to toast' The neighbours were inquisitive and tactlessly enquired 'We haven't seen your doggy, has he recently expired?' The wife she trembled terribly and then began to howl' No, I put the dog in the microwave, when I should have used a towel' She sued the manufacturers of the oven she had bought 'The oven is too dangerous' she said in open court 'You did not read the manual' the lawyer said 'just see If you put a dog in the microwave, it voids the guarantee' The whole affair was featured in the early evening news The RSPCA complained of 'Serious Dog Abuse' The Chinese correspondent sent a simple message back 'If you put a dog in a microwave, it makes a tasty snack' Definitely a very late night session (Moor and Coast tent) type song! |
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Subject: RE: Dead animal songs From: Naemanson Date: 08 Jul 03 - 03:37 AM There's the Sailor's Grace: Old horse, old horse, what brought you here, From Sacarap, to Portland Pier, All worn out from sore abuse, They salt you down for the sailor's use. And the Dead Horse Shanty though there is no real dead animal in that one. |
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Subject: RE: Dead animal songs From: Wolfgang Date: 08 Jul 03 - 05:50 AM to be sung as a round in different languages: Le coq est mort le coq est mort Le coq est mort le coq est mort il ne chant plus cocodie, cocoda il ne chant plus cocodie, cocoda coco coco coco coco die cocoda coco coco coco coco die cocoda and then of course: Der Hahn ist tot// er wird nicht mehr krähen The cock is dead // he will no more crow Noster gallus est mortuus // ille non cantabit and maybe a dozen more languages Wolfgang |
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Subject: RE: Dead animal songs From: Dave Bryant Date: 08 Jul 03 - 07:05 AM To the tune of "Going to the Zoo". They're turning my pony into glue tomorrow, Glue tomorrow, glue tomorrow. They're turning my pony into glue tomorrow, He's going to boil all day. He's going to be glue, glue, glue, Bostic and Yahoo, hoo, hoo. Araldite too, too, too. He's going to be glue. |
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Subject: RE: Dead animal songs From: Peterr Date: 09 Jul 03 - 06:28 AM Susannah's a Funniful Man, with the little pigs turned into sausage (snort) ossage (raspberry) ossage (whistle) iderly ossage bacon black pudding etc |
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Subject: RE: Dead animal songs From: JennyO Date: 09 Jul 03 - 11:18 AM Oh Fred the fish, oh Fred the fish Why are you lying on that dish? You did not see the hook ahead And now your head is filled with bread. Oh Fred the fish, oh Fred the fish Why are you lying on that dish? |
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Subject: RE: Dead animal songs From: rock chick Date: 09 Jul 03 - 06:22 PM wrote this when they were killing all those farm animals cos of the so called foot and mouth. They took the gun to the aminals head It looked them in the eyes They shot it dead Cry cry the animals die Cry cry the ammonals die The killing fields are thick with smoke No frolicking lambs, no carves to stroke Cry cry the animals die Cry cry the animals die Life should be cherished, Not taken with the gun Or the lethal injection, Watch the animals run Watch the animals run They took the gun to the animals head It looked them in the eyes They shot it dead Cry cry the animals die Cry cry the ammonals die The farmers cry, I wonder why Their animals are gone Is it money, is it greed Or maybe because there really was no need Can we learn to live as one? In peace and harmony Not by the gun Not by the gun They took the gun to the animals head It looked them in the eyes They shot it dead Cry cry the animals die Cry cry the ammonals die |
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Subject: Lyr Add: LITTLE BUDDY (Hank Snow) From: Cluin Date: 10 Jul 03 - 01:30 AM There's Hank Snow's "Little Buddy". My Dad used to pull out the guitar and sing this one to us when we were kids and make my sisters cry every time (but not me though. Nope! No way! I defy you to prove it!) they heard that line "You're too late, sir, my doggy's dead". No Dad! Not that song!... Little Buddy by Hank Snow Broken hearted and so sad, golden curls all wet with tears Twas a picture of sorrow to see Kneeling close to the side of his pal and only pride A little lad these words he told me: He was such a lovely doggy and to me he was such fun But today as we played by the way A drunken man got mad at him because he barked in joy He beat him and he's dying here today Will you call the doctor please and tell him if he comes right now He'll save my precious doggie, 'cause I'll pray Then he stroked the fluffy head, but his little pal was dead Just a shiver and he slowly passed away (4th and 5th verse are spoken) He didn't know his dog had died, so I told him, as he cried "Come with me son, we'll get that doctor right away" "But I can't leave him here alone, I must get my doggy home So while you're gone I'll kneel beside him, sir, and pray" But when I returned he had his little pal upon his knee And the teardrops they were blinding his big blue eyes "You're too late, sir, my doggy's dead and no help can save him now But I'll meet my precious Buddy up in the sky" By a tiny narrow grave, where the willows sadly wave Are these words on a shingle of pine: "Little Buddy, rest in peace, God will watch you through the years 'Cause I told Him in my prayers that you were mine." |
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Subject: RE: Dead animal songs From: GUEST,cookieless Blackcatter Date: 10 Jul 03 - 02:02 AM Ya know, it sounds like a song that touches on many of these songs woud be a possibly wonderful thing. Singin' the praises of dead animal songs, etc. Anyone up to the challenge, or all the "good" songwriters disgusted by this whole thread. Also - on another tack - How about songs where animals are having sex? We had a milk cow, no milk would it give, We had a milk cow, no milk would it give. My wife said honey, we're loosin' money, Because that milk cow won't give no milk. One day a rooster came into our yard, And knocked that milk cow, right off of her guard. She's givin' eggnog, just like she used to Since that rooster came into our yard. She's givin' eggnog, just like she used to Since that rooster came into our yard. |
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Subject: RE: Dead animal songs From: Blackcatter Date: 11 Jul 03 - 11:26 AM You know it's funny. over the years, I've put the last post on threads a number of times. I don't usually visit every day, so I'll post a comment and a few days later come back to see the thread and find that it died with my comment. Odd. I guess we just ran out of songs here. pax y'all |
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Subject: RE: Dead animal songs From: COINWOLF Date: 11 Jul 03 - 06:28 PM "I had a Hippopotamus" has a verse "I borrowed a machine gun from my soldier nephew percy, and showed my hippopotamus no hippopotamercy!" |
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Subject: RE: Dead animal songs From: Willie-O Date: 11 Jul 03 - 10:21 PM Well, there's this one of mine. The dead animal is kind of just local colour, but there it is. Stinkin. W-O |
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Subject: RE: Dead animal songs From: GUEST Date: 11 Jul 03 - 10:38 PM The old woman who swallowed a fly put paid to quite a lot of animals. McDonalds Kitchen has a line...'One more forgotten kitty who's now Kentucky Fried.' Ground Hog. And that awful country song about Mary Ann. |
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Subject: RE: Dead animal songs From: Cluin Date: 12 Jul 03 - 02:49 AM The sun was shining brightly, And I could hardly wait, To ponder at my window, And gaze at my estate. My eyes fell on a little bird, With a lovely yellow bill. I beckoned him to come and sit Upon my window sill. I smiled at him most cheerfully, And gave him a crust of bread. Then I quickly slammed the window down, And crushed his fucking head. |
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Subject: RE: Dead animal songs From: Rapparee Date: 12 Jul 03 - 07:48 PM Whales are animals.... |
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Subject: RE: Dead animal songs From: Blackcatter Date: 13 Jul 03 - 01:06 AM Wow - I never thought of whaling songs . . . Not too many of those where the its funny about a dead whale, is there? The there's all the fishing songs, like many whale songs, they don't cover the death, perse, but definately dead animal songs. May be I have to add a "real" sad verse to the song I'm beginning (as opposed to a tongue-in-the-old-cheek sad verse). pax yall. |
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Subject: Lyr Add: THE LAST OF THE GREAT WHALES (Andy Barnes From: JennyO Date: 13 Jul 03 - 11:20 AM Well there's this one: The Last Of The Great Whales Andy Barnes My soul has been torn from me and I am bleeding My heart it has been rent and I am crying All the beauty around me fades and I am screaming I am the last of the great whales and I am dying Last night I heard the cry of my last companion The roar of the harpoon gun and then I was alone I thought of the days gone by when we were thousands But I know that I soon must die, the last leviathan This morning the sun did rise Crimson in the north sky The ice was the colour of blood and the winds they did sigh I rose for to take a breath it was my last one From a gun came the roar of death and now I am done Oh now that we are all gone there's no more hunting The big fellow is no more it's no use lamenting What race will be next in line? All for the slaughter The elephant or the seal or your sons and daughters My soul has been torn from me and I am bleeding My heart it has been rent and I am crying All the beauty around me fades and I am screaming I am the last of the great whales and I am dying And so since time began we have been hunted Through oceans that were our home we have been haunted From Eskimos in canoes to mighty whalers Still you ignored our plea, none came to save us © 1986 Friendly Overtures Ltd. |
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Subject: RE: Dead animal songs - especially cats From: Abby Sale Date: 14 Jul 03 - 11:09 AM Not a song, as far as I know, but derived from Egyptian folklore; a "Pocket Tale" as rendered by Peter Kohler First friend is sitting and whiling away the time. Second friend walks by carrying a cat. First friend calls out, lazily: "Where are you going?" Second friend answers, lazily: "To the river. To wash the cat." First friend observes: "It is very cold today. The cat will die." Second friend replies: "The cat will not die." A little later Second friend returns, without the cat. First friend asks: "Where's the cat?" Second friend mopes: "It's dead." First friend can't help it: "I told you that would happen. It is very cold today." Second friend, miserably: "It wasn't the cold." First friend: "Then what was it?" With much distress, Second friend holds up his fists and demonstrates: "It happened when I was wringing it dry!" |
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Subject: Lyr Add: YOU SAY THAT THE BATTLE IS OVER (Mallett) From: GUEST,Chief Chaos Date: 14 Jul 03 - 07:17 PM How about nearly dead animals? YOU SAY THAT THE BATTLE IS OVER David Mallett And you say that the battle is over, and you say that the war is all done. Go tell it to those with the wind in their nose who run from the sound of the gun. And write it on the sides of the great whaling-ships, or on ice floes where conscience is tossed. With the wild in their eyes, it is they who must die, and it's we who must measure the loss. And you say that the battle is over, and finally the world is at peace. You mean no one is dying, and mothers don't weep, or it's not in the papers, at least. There are those who would deal in the dark side of life, there are those who would tear down the sun. And most men are ruthless, but some men will weep when the gifts we were given are gone. Now the blame cannot fall on the heads of a few, it's become such a part of the race. It's eternally tragic that that which is magic be killed at the end of the glorious chase. From young seals to great whales, from waters to wood, they will fall just like weeds in the wind. With fur coats and perfumes and trophies on walls, what a hell of a race to call men. And you say that the battle is over, and you say that the war is all done. Go tell it to those with the wind in their nose who run from the sound of the gun. And write it on the sides of the great whaling-ships, or on ice floes where conscience is tossed. With the wild in their eyes, it is they who must die, and it's we who must measure the loss. With the wild in their eyes, it is they who must die, and it's we who must measure the loss. |
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Subject: RE: Dead animal songs From: Bert Date: 14 Jul 03 - 10:57 PM I love that song Chief. |
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Subject: RE: Dead animal songs From: GUEST,Chicken Charlie Date: 15 Jul 03 - 01:58 PM 'Scuse me if these are repeats-- Cacklin' Hen (first time she cackled, she cackled a lot; next time she cackled, she cackled in the pot) .... Verse from "Shortnin' Bread"-- Old Aunt Ida hung her head and cried, When she heard the hog had died, But I'm so glad that hog is dead, Cause I got more shortnin' for my bread. Tol' my Cap'n-- Told my Captain, old Maud the mule was dead; Told my Captain, old Maud the mule was dead. Said never mind old Maud; put the harness on Ned. "He Played the Ukulele When the Ship Went Down" involves the death of the animals on board: The cat meowed and the dog went 'sniff,' and the talking parrot hung upside down, cryin' "Polly wanna cracker" as the ship went down." CC |
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Subject: RE: Dead animal songs From: GUEST,JimL Date: 13 Nov 12 - 05:13 PM Sorry to resurrect this thread after 9 years, but there is an error of fact lurking :) "He who sleeps under the blackthorn tonight" is not from a Houseman poem, but from "Farm Dog" by Frank Mansell. I'm posting this just to stop anyone else barking up the wrong Houseman tree :) "The corn will come green and the days will grow warm, Another will guard the approach to the farm, But none will be sharper or keener of sight Than he who lies under the blackthorn tonight." |
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Subject: RE: Dead animal songs From: Joe_F Date: 13 Nov 12 - 08:49 PM Flanimals |
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Subject: RE: Dead animal songs From: Bert Date: 13 Nov 12 - 09:45 PM She went three times around and the old dog was drowned I'm the last of the Irish Rover. |
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Subject: RE: Dead animal songs From: Dave Hanson Date: 14 Nov 12 - 04:29 AM ' Dead Skunk on the Highway ' by Loudon Wainright is my new favourite animal song. Dave H |
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Subject: RE: Dead animal songs From: GUEST,Blandiver Date: 14 Nov 12 - 04:36 AM There's Mike Heron's country tinged Born To Be Gone from what would have been the last Incredible String Band album had not they broke up during the recording of it... I remember the night my dog died... Indeed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooib0fy5Kx0 |
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Subject: RE: Dead animal songs From: Dave Hanson Date: 14 Nov 12 - 04:39 AM That of course should have been ' Dead Skunk In The Middle Of The Road ' |
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Subject: RE: Dead animal songs From: Jack Campin Date: 14 Nov 12 - 04:47 AM "Olim lacus colueram" (the roasted swan's monologue) from "Carmina Burana". |
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Subject: RE: Dead animal songs From: GUEST,Blandiver Date: 14 Nov 12 - 05:00 AM Not a song exactly, or even Folk, but Smegma's 1988 album Smell the Remains deserves a mention for best album title & cover art. Lookee HERE... |
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Subject: RE: Dead animal songs From: terrier Date: 14 Nov 12 - 11:32 AM Well, no one has yet mentioned Gelert, who was alive for most of the story but met his end when Llewellyn, in a fit of misplaced anger, ran him through with his sword. Classic bit of Victoriana and very singable (hankies at the ready). |
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Subject: Lyr Add: OLD TYLER From: Joe_F Date: 14 Nov 12 - 03:05 PM OLD TYLER Old Tyler was a good old dog, We thought he'd treed a coon, But when we come to find it out, Old Tyler was a-barking at the moon, Lord, lord, Old Tyler was a-barking at the moon. Old Tyler was a good old dog, We thought he'd treed a squirrel, But when we come to find it out, Old Tyler was a-barking at the world,... Old Tyler started down the road, He started at a run; He had not gone but a little bitty piece When he met Allygainy with a gun,... Now Tyler, you did suck them eggs And this will be your doom! He sent a steel ball through his heart And laid old Tyler in his tomb,... |
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Subject: RE: Dead animal songs From: GUEST,John Greaves Date: 14 Nov 12 - 04:04 PM North Yorkshire does dead animal songs rather well ie Willie went to Westerdale 'she roasted a hen both feather and feet' Sedgefield Fair 'but he missed t'awd hens and shot his grey mare' Mutton Pie 'theres a yow been dead for a month and a day' T'awd Sow 'tawd sows getten mezzles and shes died poor thing' are just a few. Also what about Widdecombe Fair and The Keeper as well as the various poaching songs? |
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Subject: RE: Dead animal songs From: GUEST,Grishka Date: 14 Nov 12 - 04:57 PM There must be thousands of songs about dead animals, even if we insist that the animal must be recognizable as an individual, and its death as such must be the subject. This excludes meat, ham, sausages, eggs, spam, gelatine, leather, fur coats, ... Let me propose a systematic approach. Each of the following topics will easily fill one or more threads:
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Subject: RE: Dead animal songs From: GUEST,Big Al Whittle Date: 15 Nov 12 - 09:53 AM Mow they've all been collated. I suppose we might start getting taxed on them. I can see the form now - do you have any other sources of dead animal songs you have not disclosed? |
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Subject: RE: Dead animal songs From: Jim Dixon Date: 15 Nov 12 - 02:24 PM Grishka, you sound like a natural born librarian. |
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Subject: RE: Dead animal songs From: GUEST,Grishka Date: 15 Nov 12 - 06:38 PM Mudcat gives me the welcome opportunity to pose as a scientist without doing the hard work. However, my list was not meant as a meagre parody of Francis J. Child, but rather to demonstrate the vastness of the topic. It has been mentioned that there are innumerable hunting songs (i.e. for fun and sport, which also includes Spanish bull fight songs), but for the other categories examples are easy to find as well. Taxation should depend on the degree of empathy for the animal, resp. emphasis on protection of animals, wildlife, and environment. Legal advice is recommended. |
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Subject: RE: Dead animal songs From: Bert Date: 15 Nov 12 - 09:42 PM ... So hyem he cam an' catched the beast, An' cut 'im in twe haalves, An' that seun stopped hes eatin' bairns An' sheep an' lambs an' caalves. So noo ye knaa hoo aall the foaks On byeth sides ov the Wear Lost lots o' sheep an' lots o' sleep An leeved i' mortal feor. So let's hev one te brave Sor John That kept the bairns frae harm, Saved coos an' calves by myekin' haalves O' the famis Lambton Worm. |
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Subject: RE: Dead animal songs From: Bert Date: 16 Nov 12 - 12:16 AM Tom Pierce. |
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Subject: RE: Dead animal songs From: GUEST,Kirt Date: 29 Mar 15 - 08:59 PM "Dead Critter" Song & Video by Kirt Parker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raL2HQrqVy4&feature=youtu.be |
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Subject: RE: Dead animal songs From: Megan L Date: 30 Mar 15 - 01:17 AM |
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