# Favourite Novelty Songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 28, 2009, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-novelty-songs/494664 "2009-04-28T20:57:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-novelty-songs/494664/81 "2009-04-30T18:53:54Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > There was a Ray Stevens song that consisted of nothing but (not real) chickens clucking and crowing the tune of “In The Mood”. Every time I hear that damn thing I see a fully realized Muppet Show sketch in my head… Does it sound like [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5GCBoTG4H0)? The bad chickens cluck to [Steppenwolf](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrzylHjYP5Q). ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-novelty-songs/494664/82 "2009-04-30T18:57:34Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > Does it sound like [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5GCBoTG4H0)? > > The bad chickens cluck to [Steppenwolf](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrzylHjYP5Q). I’ll check it when I get home. Whatever net nanny we use here thinks YouTube is a wretched hive of scum and villainy. (And yet they allow the Dope. Go figure.) ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-novelty-songs/494664/83 "2009-04-30T18:57:41Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > The bad chickens cluck to [Steppenwolf](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrzylHjYP5Q). _Hatched to Be Wild_ ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-novelty-songs/494664/84 "2009-04-30T19:39:54Z")
Two from [The Medallions](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Medallions): [Buick '59](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG0TJlXZjC0) ['59 Volvo](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxUH8SE5jbI) ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-novelty-songs/494664/85 "2009-04-30T20:55:57Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > My Ding A Ling is just awesome. I had an opportunity to sing a bit of it the other day before my younger friends and their all-boy children. > > None of them had ever heard it. > WHAT is wrong with this country when you dont’ know the lyrics to My Ding A Ling?! Because now-a-days singers don’t use innuendo they just say the word outright ---
**Author:** ![maplekiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@maplekiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maplekiwi)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-novelty-songs/494664/86 "2009-04-30T23:07:31Z")
& the catchphrases thread reminded me of NZ comedy great Fred Dagg. His novelty songs “If not for your gumboots where would you be” & “we don’t know how lucky we are , mate” are on Youtube. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-novelty-songs/494664/87 "2009-05-01T03:16:20Z")
_(No, not the one you’re thinking of. This one turned up on a record date in 1932, and AFAIK, only I and 7 or 8 other crazy middle-aged-bachelor collectors know about it. And yes, I own a copy of the original 78.)_ I found a peanut. I found a peanut. _Where did you find it? Where did you find it?_ Found it in my pocket. Found it in my pocket. _Whatcha gonna do with it? Whatcha gonna do with it?_ I’m gonna eat-tit. I’m gonna eat-tit. _What’s it gonna taste like? What’s it gonna taste like?_ Looks like a peanut, feels like a peanut, Tastes like a peanut, ya gosh darn fool. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-novelty-songs/494664/88 "2009-05-01T03:54:29Z")
> [@Markxxx](#): > > Because now-a-days singers don’t use innuendo they just say the word outright And this is where The Kids These Days get it wrong: the censored versions are FUNNIER. Compare the uncensored version of Adam Sandler’s “Piece of Shit Car” with the radio edit. Sound effects beat dirty words when you want to be funny. Obviously, that doesn’t hold when you are trying to be serious. Then it’s just lame. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-novelty-songs/494664/89 "2009-05-01T04:12:36Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > Does it sound like [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5GCBoTG4H0)? That’s it exactly, **Lute**! Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-novelty-songs/494664/90 "2009-05-01T04:47:49Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > And this is where The Kids These Days get it wrong: the censored versions are FUNNIER. Compare the uncensored version of Adam Sandler’s “Piece of Shit Car” with the radio edit. Sound effects beat dirty words when you want to be funny. Obviously, that doesn’t hold when you are trying to be serious. Then it’s just lame. [I Bet They Won’t Pay This Song on the Radio](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXFz7vqbk1o&feature=related) by Eric Idle. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-novelty-songs/494664/91 "2009-05-01T05:15:56Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > There’s[Junkfood Junkie](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJhWgQxKg4g)by Larry Groce. Also a couple that were popular in the '80s. . .[URL=“[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BJWAMd2IbI](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BJWAMd2IbI)”] I resent his ripoff of Goodman’s “Chicken Cordon Blues.” ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-novelty-songs/494664/92 "2009-05-01T05:30:52Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > There’s[Junkfood Junkie](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJhWgQxKg4g)by Larry Groce. What I enjoy is that Larry Groce, upon hearing Cracker’s Teen Angst and its “Cause, what the world needs now is another folk singer like I need a hole in my head,” and complaining about it on NPR’s “Mountain Stage,” has had the guys from Cracker on many times, acoustic and electric. ---
**Author:** ![Claire\_Beauchamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@Claire\_Beauchamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claire_Beauchamp)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2009, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-novelty-songs/494664/93 "2009-05-02T01:58:26Z")
ooh! ooh! I can’t believe I forgot _Alice’s Restaurant_. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2009, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-novelty-songs/494664/94 "2009-05-02T03:27:58Z")
I should also mention “Timothy” by the Buoys, about how the singer & another man eat their friend after getting trapped in a mine. ---
**Author:** ![stanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@stanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stanger)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2009, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-novelty-songs/494664/95 "2009-05-02T03:41:19Z")
“Hello D.J.” by Don Bowman, from the 1979 album “Still Fighting Mental Health”. Written by Bobby Bare. If you ever heard this song at all, you probably heard a very “bleeped” version. The unbleeped version was distributed on 45 to radio stations with the big NO AIRPLAY written on it. The album has both versions, and it took me a while to find a copy. “Pop the top on one more beer, Hold the phone up to your ear, Dial that number one more time, Get that D.J. on the line …” ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2009, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-novelty-songs/494664/96 "2009-05-02T13:31:24Z")
The first song about John & Lorena [here](http://www.yuksrus.com/celebs_the_bobbits.html#bobbsong). A listeneer to Imus called this in and I’m so glad to find the lyrics on line. _Now Peter and John couldn’t stay apart too long So a dick Doc said, “Hey! I can fix your dong” “A needle and a thread’s just the thing you’re gonna need” Then the world held its breath 'til they heard that John peed (Whizzed, that is) (Stitched seam, straight stream)_ ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2009, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-novelty-songs/494664/97 "2009-05-02T21:40:30Z")
Here are a few: Nee Nee Na Na Na Na Nu Nu by Dickey Doo & the Dont’s The Purple People Eater by Sheb Wooley Alley Oop by The Hollywood Argyles Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport by Rolf Harris The Curley Shuffle by Jump 'n the Saddle ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2009, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-novelty-songs/494664/98 "2009-05-02T22:08:16Z")
Here’s a few more: Beep Beep by The Playmates Time Warp from The Rock Horror Picture Show They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-haa by Napoleon XIV Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini by Brian Hyland Convoy by C.W. McCall Martian Boogie by Brownsville Station ---
**Author:** ![Nightingale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@Nightingale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightingale)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2009, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-novelty-songs/494664/99 "2009-05-02T22:29:45Z")
[Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_D-LmRNdQiQ) by Rolf Harris [Along Came Jones](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAcLriaEH4U) by The Coasters [Swamp Witch Hattie](http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/j/jim_stafford/swamp_witch.html) by Jim Stafford My dad used to sing those to my brother and me when we were kids. We loved it, and always pretended to be scared of Swamp Witch Hattie.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![HelloKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@HelloKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKitty)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2009, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-novelty-songs/494664/100 "2009-05-02T23:01:49Z")
_Wildwood Weed_ was by Jim Stafford, wasn’t it? Also, I didn’t see any mention of Rick Dees’ _Disco Duck_!!! I remember also _Mr. Jaws_ from back in the late 70’s…it was a mad-lib style piece where a reporter is interviewing people about seeing a shark…and clips from Glen Campbell, Olivia Newton-John and other 70’s hits are spliced together to tell the “story”. Our 6th grade funny bones thought it was hilarious!!! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-novelty-songs/494664.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-novelty-songs/494664.md?page=6)