# Faux Animals Songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 23, 2010, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faux-animals-songs/530159 "2010-02-23T20:15:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faux-animals-songs/530159/1 "2010-02-23T20:15:40Z")
Songs that sound like they’re about animals, but aren’t. My favorite: “Marmoset, There’ll Be Days Like This.” ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faux-animals-songs/530159/2 "2010-02-23T20:23:37Z")
Salmon Chanted Evening. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faux-animals-songs/530159/3 "2010-02-23T20:40:00Z")
Johnny Cash’s “Walk the Lion” ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faux-animals-songs/530159/4 "2010-02-23T20:41:05Z")
September Gulls ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faux-animals-songs/530159/5 "2010-02-23T21:18:10Z")
Martha My Deer. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faux-animals-songs/530159/6 "2010-02-23T21:21:56Z")
[The Wompom](http://www.nyanko.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/fas/bestiary_wompom.html) ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faux-animals-songs/530159/7 "2010-02-23T21:22:36Z")
If you like it then you shoulda put herring on it. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faux-animals-songs/530159/8 "2010-02-23T21:23:43Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Martha My Deer. Martha was Paul’s dog, so this _is_ about an animal. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faux-animals-songs/530159/9 "2010-02-23T21:24:50Z")
I get a kick out of ewe. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faux-animals-songs/530159/10 "2010-02-23T21:47:34Z")
Baa Baa O’Riley ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faux-animals-songs/530159/11 "2010-02-23T21:56:14Z")
Anything sung by Elephants Gerald. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faux-animals-songs/530159/12 "2010-02-23T22:30:19Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > Anything sung by Elephants Gerald. Or Piggy Lee. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faux-animals-songs/530159/13 "2010-02-23T22:51:59Z")
Possum Kingdom ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faux-animals-songs/530159/14 "2010-02-24T01:36:18Z")
“Owl Be Home for Christmas.” ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Mondegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/91b2a8/32.png) [@Lord\_Mondegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Mondegreen)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faux-animals-songs/530159/15 "2010-02-24T02:09:30Z")
The old ram’s lament, “I know I’ll never find another ewe” (by the Seekers - yes, I’m old). ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faux-animals-songs/530159/16 "2010-02-24T02:38:51Z")
Darryl Rhoades, “Be Kind to the Animals.” Not really about animals… [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgJ-yuT1FVY) ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faux-animals-songs/530159/17 "2010-02-24T06:58:47Z")
“Gladly The Cross-eyed Bear” . ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faux-animals-songs/530159/18 "2010-02-24T14:03:35Z")
[Goldfrapp - Little Bird](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmCGxnVJlb4).