Subject: Animal Songs From: JenEllen Date: 21 Dec 99 - 07:05 PM Planning a benefit concert for our local Humane Society. Looking for good animal songs. They don't have to be squeaky clean ;) Jen
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Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: McGrath of Harlow Date: 21 Dec 99 - 08:13 PM Well if you go to the DT Lyrics search thingy at the top of the page, and click search buy keywords, there are 260 songs listed under animal. That's probably rather more than you want. But you can search by individual animals. Cats, sharks, dogs... I'd sing The Cat Came Back or The Body in the Bag if I had just one song to sing. |
Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: Roger in Baltimore Date: 21 Dec 99 - 11:14 PM Oh, definitely the cat came back. The Humane Society will understand. Roger in Baltimore |
Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: MK Date: 21 Dec 99 - 11:32 PM Black Bird |
Subject: Lyr Add: BESTIARY (from Burl Ives) From: _gargoyle Date: 22 Dec 99 - 03:12 AM It is very hard to imagine that this one is not in the DT...searched but could not find this old classic.
The Bestiary
/D/Alliator, Hedgehog, /G?/Anteater, /D/Bear
Mud-turtle, Whale, Glow-worm, Bat
Polecat, dog, wild otter, rat,
Reindeer, blacksnake, ibis, nightingale, This is a REAL doozy to memorize, (harder than "I've Been Everywhere") but it is WELL worth it. Perfect for a family setting where the performer and audience are comfortable with each other...Because of the simple rhyme scheme the audience begins to anticipate the ending of the couplet....and can be encouraged to shout out (after the first two examples) what they perceive to be the matching word....the singer nods approval or corrects. This one is a great deal of fun...perfect for your animal shelter setting. What is your production date? Click to playBestiary is from "Song in America -Our Musical Heritage" Burl Ives, Arrangement by Albert Hague, New York 1962 p 52. |
Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: JenEllen Date: 22 Dec 99 - 02:38 PM Loved the ideas...where can I find the Cat Came Back? Gargoyle's Beastiary is going to be a "must sing". In response, the concert is planned for March third. We've got a local guy up here that does folk radio, and is like a human jukebox, should be a fine night to howl! |
Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: MMario Date: 22 Dec 99 - 02:52 PM Garg? you have a tune for that? |
Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: dick greenhaus Date: 22 Dec 99 - 03:49 PM The Cat Came Back is in DigiTrad. |
Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: Susanne (skw) Date: 22 Dec 99 - 04:48 PM What about 'Dead Puppies (aren't much fun)'? Or even 'Billy the Squid' on which there is a hilarious thread hidden away in the Mudcat archives (c. last summer). :-) - Susanne |
Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: MMario Date: 22 Dec 99 - 04:53 PM Billy the Squid |
Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: Jenny Date: 22 Dec 99 - 05:11 PM Forgot about Dead Puppies...Kind of along the same lines as "The cat got dead", another gem. |
Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: Jeri Date: 22 Dec 99 - 05:22 PM Here's BODY IN THE BAG. I've heard this sung a few times, but still can't remember the whole tune. Also, in the fourth verse, where it says: "But do you want a room?"' I've heard it sung "But do you parlez-vous?"
TONGUE TWISTER |
Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: Jeri Date: 22 Dec 99 - 05:36 PM Ack - and there's one that'll leave the rolling on the floor if you can find the lyrics. It's called "Don't Pet The Dog," by John Robert Hadley. I seem to recall a discussion on it in here, but I don't recall the name of the thread. Maybe somebody else can help. It's on this tape, which looks interesting. There's a sound (wav) file here |
Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: emily rain Date: 22 Dec 99 - 07:11 PM how about the newer, all animal version of mole in the ground? do you know "I'm Proud to Be a Moose" by someone who's name i never learned? then there's LITTLE BROWN DOG and the peter paul and mary version thereof: AUTUMN TO MAY |
Subject: Lyr Add: JOHNNY DOOLAN'S CAT (from Burl Ives) From: _gargoyle Date: 22 Dec 99 - 07:39 PM Another fun one - also not able to find it in the DT....
JOHNNY DOOLAN'S CAT
You needn't contradict us.
And it's still alive and prowling (meow)
I will work out the tunes to both of these. Johnny Doolan's Cat is from "Something to Sing About - The Personal Choices of America's Folk Singers" collected and arranged by Milton Okun, Choice of Burl Ives, The Macmillan Company, London, 1968, p40.
Click to playVersion in DT (click) Sheet music exists for: JOHNNY DOOLAN’S CAT Words by George Horncastle, music by John Cooke. Published in London by Francis, Day & Hunter, 1890. “Sung by Rhodes & Conley.” First line: “You may have seen some wonders” |
Subject: Lyr Add: MIDNIGHT RUN From: Mary in Kentucky Date: 22 Dec 99 - 08:04 PM Only us Yorkie lovers understand this one...To the tune of Jingle Bells.
Stomping thru the snow,
Darkness all around,
Midnight Run
Midnight Run
I can't suppress a yawn
She's not quite done it's clear, |
Subject: Lyr Add: CONGO RIVER / THE MONKEY'S WEDDING From: Barry Finn Date: 22 Dec 99 - 08:51 PM Here's a beast of a shanty, from the Carribean, it's in the DT (Congo River 2), these are extra verses. Also known as the Monkey's Wedding. Barry
Who do you think do the music form them
Butterfish get up to sneak a piece
Who do you think do the cermonony
Who do you think do the music form them
Butterfish get up to sneak a piece
Monkey get up to share some rice
Where do you think go for holiday
What do you think that they do on the water
What do you think they had for supper |
Subject: Lyr Add: SING SAID THE MOTHER (from Cecil Sharp) From: T in Oklahoma (Okiemockbird) Date: 22 Dec 99 - 11:22 PM This one isn't in the DT
Sing, said the mother I have a recording of this with ten verses, but these three are the only ones I can provide provenance information for. T. |
Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: paddymac Date: 22 Dec 99 - 11:34 PM Don't overlook the cat fart thread, wherein resides a marvelous little ditty of the same name. [The Cat Farts Serenade] Maybe it's most funny to cat lovers. Cats and I seem to have a mutual toleration pact, but I still think the song is hilarious. |
Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: frank m. Date: 22 Dec 99 - 11:41 PM don't forget "four wet pigs" |
Subject: Lyr Add: OVER IN THE MEADOW From: Jon Freeman Date: 22 Dec 99 - 11:57 PM I have these words for Over in the Meadow from the Faber Book of Nursery Verse.
Over in the meadow in the sand in the sun 2: where the stream runs blue / fish/fishes/swim/swam 3: in a hole in a tree /owl owls / Tu-hoo/ Tu-hooed 4: by the old barn door/ rat/little ratties/ gnaw/gnawed. 5: in a snug behive/ bee/bees/ buzz/ buzzed. 6: in a nest built of sticks/ crow/crows/caw/cawed 7: the gras grows so even/ frog/froggies/ jump/ jumped 8: by the old mossy gate/lizard/lizards/bask/basked 9: by the old scotch pine/duck/ducks/quack/quacked 10: in a cosy we den/beaver/beavers/beave/beaved Jon PS No Unicorns yet?
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Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: JamesJimFolk Date: 22 Dec 99 - 11:57 PM "All God's Critters got a place in the choir," by Bill Staines -
Chorus "All God's Critters got a place in the Choir, I'm sure it's on a folk website somewhere, but can get you the verses, if you like. Jim |
Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: _gargoyle Date: 23 Dec 99 - 12:50 AM Thanks Mr. Freeman,
The lyrics were buried in a section of four-year-old's-memory-recesses of my brain...
The tune and lyrics have tumbled out refreshed after all these years.
THANX....
When I find the midi cord (tomorrow?) the three tune can be added.
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Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: Liz the Squeak Date: 23 Dec 99 - 02:42 AM How about some hymns? Gladly, my cross-eyed bear or Just as I am, without one flea...... I learnt this one from my father, the only clean song he ever taught me....
How can you tell if a guinea pig is pleased if he hasn't got a tail to wag? (guinea = £1 and 1 shilling, pre-decimal coinage, so they tell me. Bob is an abbreviation for a shilling.) Can't write the tune, but it goes well as a monologue. LTS |
Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: MudGuard Date: 23 Dec 99 - 02:54 AM There is the funny Bodhran Song which is about a goat. It did not yet find its way into the database but can be found here: The Bodhran Song MudGuard |
Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: Liz the Squeak Date: 23 Dec 99 - 08:32 AM From what I remember of it, it isn't particularly funny for the goat, remember what bodhrans are made of>>>>! LTS |
Subject: Lyr Add: THE GNU SONG^^ From: Wincing Devil Date: 23 Dec 99 - 09:43 AM Flanders And Swann did a whole series of amimal songs. My Favorite is "I'm a GNU!" A year ago last thursday, I was strolling in the zoo When I met a man who thought he knew the lot He was laying down the law about the habbits of baboons And the number of quills a porcupine has got So I asked him "What's that creature's name?" and he answered "That's a helk!" And I'd have gone on thinking that was true If the animal in question hadn't put that chap to shame, And remarked-"I ain't a helk-I'm a gnu! I'm a gnu-I'm a gnu The g-nicest work of g-nature in the zoo I'm a gnu, how do you do? You really oughtta g-know w-who's w-who I'm a gnu-spelt G - N - U I'm not a camel or a kangaroo So let me introduce, I'm neither man nor moose Oh, g-no, g-no, g-no, I'm a gnu!" I had taken furnished lodgings down at Rustington-on-Sea Whence I travelled on to Aston-under-Lyne On the second night I stayed there I was wakened from a dream Which I'll tell you all about some other time Among the hunting trophies on the wall above my bed Stuffed and mounted was a face I thought I knew A bison? An okapi? Could it be a hartebeast? Then I seem to hear a voice: "I'm a gnu! I'm a gnu, a g-nother gnu I wish I could g-nash my teeth at you I'm a gnu, how do you do? You really oughtta g-know w-who's w-who I'm a gnu-spelt G - N - U Call me bison or okapi and I'll sue Nor am I in the least like that dreadful hartebeast Oh, g-no, g-no, g-no, I'm a gnu! G-no, g-no, g-no, I'm a gnu! G-no, g-no, g-no, I'm a gnu!" |
Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: Okiemockbird Date: 23 Dec 99 - 09:52 AM J. Freeman, thanks for the source info. When I sing verse five, I don't sing "old mother bee and her little bees five", I change it to "honey bee queen and her worker bees five." More zoologically correct. Could "Great green gobs of greasy grimy gopher guts" by considered an animal song ? T. |
Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: Okiemockbird Date: 23 Dec 99 - 10:12 AM JenEllen, are you new to the Mudcat, or have you been posting under another name ? If you're new, then welcome. If you're a long-time regular, hi anyway. T. |
Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: Midchuck Date: 23 Dec 99 - 10:17 AM There's always "The Castration of the Strawberry Roan," which I believe can be found in Digitrad - an "animal song" in at least two senses of the word. Probably not what you'd do at a children's party. I'm afraid I know some children who would demand to hear it again and again... |
Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: margaret Date: 23 Dec 99 - 10:24 AM Robin Williamson did a funny song called, I think, "Zoo Blues," in which all manner of animal puns are used to tell of the demise of a relationship, along the lines of "when I had the bucks, my deer, you were so fawn, but now my doe is gone and you're so colt to me. . ." It runs along very quickly and I admit to finding myself singing it with alarming frequency while driving in the car. |
Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: Blackcat2 Date: 23 Dec 99 - 11:17 AM oddly enough most (if not all) of my fav. animal songs are about their demise. Can't understand why - I really do like animals a lot, I was even going into Zoology years ago until that first semester of fruit fly larvae dissection. Anyway, here's my list, though whether these are appropriate for the Humane Society is debatable.
Somebody's Moggie [He's Nobody's Moggy Now] (Eric Bogle) oh well . . . I like Three Drunk Newts too - and they don't die from what I can remember :-) pax yall |
Subject: Lyr Add: MARKING UP MY WINTER WONDERLAND From: JenEllen Date: 23 Dec 99 - 03:37 PM Hey all; Thanks for the glorious noise. Emily and Gargoyle, thanks for the songs. OkieMockingbird, we may have to resort to "greasy grimy gopher guts"..lord help us..and I think it's John McCutcheon. One of those kids' albums anyway, that does a smash-up version of "Over In the Meadow" with kids included. Will look for "Castration of the Strawberry Roan"...I am a veterinary technician, and it is myself and fellow techs putting together this show. Blackcat2, we have been FORBIDDEN to even mention the Unicorn song (bg), Dan would have fits. We'll end up with nothing but "Dead Techs Aren't Much Fun"...At least we have some cool stuff to work with now. Including the only clean song Liz's dad ever taught her (ebg). Adding to the pile, for Mary's Yorkie, this is one that my folk buddy, the guy that's doing our show, e-mailed to my dog. (think winter wonderland)
Dog tags ring, are you listening It beats the ever-living crap out of what I was singing to the dog before. (Pacing the floors, in pants with back doors, walking in my winter underwear.....) Merry Christmas to all you Mudcatters, I'm lucky to have found you. Elle |
Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: MudGuard Date: 26 Dec 99 - 02:15 PM Liz, the Bodhran Song is funny for the goat as the goat WANTS to become a bodhran! MudGuard |
Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: Hoolet Date: 26 Dec 99 - 02:42 PM As long as it doen't have to be PC
He's Nobody's Moggy Now by Eric Bogle, lots and lots. Good luck |
Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: Marymac90 Date: 26 Dec 99 - 06:15 PM How about "If I Were a Moose" by Fred Small. It's an allegory based on a true story, about a bull moose who really did come a-courtin' a cow, in New England somewhere, I think.
"If I were a moose and you were a cow Or there's another one by Fred based on a different true story-"Hot Frogs on the Loose", about frogs that were exposed to radioactive stuff at a nuclear power plant. It's great with kids, cause there are different noisy parts for the audience to do, such as the frogs going "Gurk, gurk" and the frightened populace screaming. Mary McCaffrey |
Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: bseed(charleskratz) Date: 27 Dec 99 - 04:34 AM There's "Cats on the Rooftop"--a long way from squeaky clean. Bill Groggins' Goat [Bill Grogan's Goat] And "The Wild West Show"--actually about a menagerie. Only the chorus is sung:
Oh, we're going to the Wild West Show, A typical verse: (spoken, as if by a guide to the zoo): Step right this way ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls. In this first cage, we have the Ooo-ah bird. (audience response). The Ooo-ah bird? (guide) That's right, the Ooo-ah bird. (audience) And what does the Ooo-ah bird do? (guide) The Ooo-ah bird, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, is native to the Hawaiian Islands. It derives its name from the fact that although it weighs only one pound, it lays a two-pound egg. Hence the OOOOOOO-Aaahh... Other verses tell about the kee-kee bird, the lee-oh-pard, the male alligator, the woo-foo bird, the elephant, the Rhodesian talking frog, and the bowdeeni bird. I added the last two--it's easy to make up your own. --seed |
Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: bseed(charleskratz) Date: 27 Dec 99 - 04:48 AM I'm kinda sleepy and forgot the line breaks to the chorus of "The Wild West Show." 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! The melody is close to "Careless Love." I learned it from a girl working during the summer at Mt. Hood's Timberline Lodge (Kubrick's Overlook Hotel). --seed |
Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: dwditty Date: 27 Dec 99 - 11:36 AM Dave Van Ronk covers several animal songs on his Peter and The Wolf tape/CD. Swinging on a Star, Glad to be a Moose [Proud to Be a Moose], Mairzy Doats, etc. DW |
Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: Blackcat2 Date: 27 Dec 99 - 11:40 AM OH! I forgot another of my favorite animal(dead) songs - Nell Flaherty's Drake My god, why is it I love dead animal songs - I really do like animals - I even visit friends specifically to see their pets sometimes. I've got to think of an animal song that doesn't deal with death that I really like. .. . Hmmmmmmm |
Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: Wordwitch Date: 27 Dec 99 - 01:13 PM How about THE FOX, also right here in the DT? I've loved this song ever since I listened to Belafonte sing it on the record player when I was a tyke. |
Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: JenEllen Date: 27 Dec 99 - 02:50 PM To Blackcat2: Don't delve too deep into your psyche, you might leave a mark. You want irony? My big girl job is trying to keep these critters ALIVE, yet my favorite animal song is Kat-Fox Hamilton's "Chipmunk with a Death Wish", where the little beastie is trying to die and no one will let him. Elle. |
Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: McGrath of Harlow Date: 27 Dec 99 - 02:57 PM I've heard that greyhound is the best skin for a bodhran. But I can't see it myself.
Here's a slightly different version of The Body in the Bag |
Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: BK Date: 27 Dec 99 - 04:53 PM I didn't see "Waltzing with Bears" (generally loved by kids - & corny adults like me), nor it's -sort of- sequel/prequel "Aunt Emily" by Cheers, BK |
Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: BK Date: 27 Dec 99 - 05:09 PM BIG OOPS! the correct source for "Aunt Emily" is the wonderful & wacky Berrymans, who are easy to find on the web. My only excuse is having a severe flu & should be in bed - not on the Mudcat. My humblest apologies to Peter, Lou, & Andy Lo Siento, BK |
Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: Tim Salt Date: 27 Dec 99 - 05:30 PM Leon Rosselson has written some of the best songs including some on an animal theme:) Kangaroos Like To Hop - Great fun for kids ( and grown-up kids) Free To Roam - Fantastic song which works at different levels depending on the audience. Probably great for the Humane Society. Both songs are on a Roy Bailey album - Why Does It Have To Be Me? Fuse Records CFCD 396. |
Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: T in Oklahoma (Okiemockbird) Date: 29 Dec 99 - 09:32 AM JenEllen, let us know how your concert goes. T. |
Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: JenEllen Date: 29 Dec 99 - 08:32 PM No fear T-Bird, we're still hanging in there. I'm just wrapped in the bowels of promotion. Geez, it stinks in here. But, it's a necessary function nonetheless. Take care, Elle |
Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: Susan A-R Date: 29 Dec 99 - 10:33 PM The Flanders and Swann Hippopotamus song is also great. It is in Rise Up Singing, and I may be able to pry music out of my husband who wrote it out for a concert (he also wrote out the gnu song.) I also have the Leon Rosselson book around somewhere, Andy's Front Hall carries it, and it is a great one. Bob Franke did a terrific song called William the Streak about a greyhound who is adopted and moves in next to a sheep farmer. The two come to a remarkable agreement. Leather Winged Bat is nice. Stewball on the Horse front I suppose the Stan Rogers Doberman Disaster [Woodbridge Dog Disaster] would be right out, but it is a lot of fun.
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Subject: RE: Animal Songs From: Victoria Date: 29 Dec 99 - 10:37 PM John McCutcheon has a great song on his "Autumnsongs" album, called "I am a Bird Dog (watch me fly)"!, and I love his "Rubber Blubber Whale" song for kids. Kate Rusby has a song on her latest CD called "Cowsong"...and Pete Seeger recorded "Who built the Ark? (Noah, Noah") that names the animals as they go through. Good luck with your project! :-) |
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