# Grandson of the Song Game Thread

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 17, 2002, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373 "2002-07-17T07:16:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 20

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**Author:** ![Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crepitus_Fremitus)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/381 "2002-07-22T12:59:20Z")

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**team 2**

_…and the **worms** ate into his brain._

Hey you–Pink Floyd

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**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/382 "2002-07-22T13:06:45Z")

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**Team 1**

Tie me Kangaroo Down, Sport - Rolf Harris

_Tie me **kangaroo** down sport,  
tie me kangaroo down.  
Tie me kangaroo down sport,  
tie me kangaroo down._

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**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/383 "2002-07-22T13:10:00Z")

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Team 1:

_These days," she says, “I feel my life just  
Like a river running through  
The Year of the **Cat**.”_

Year of the Cat - Al Stewart

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**Author:** ![Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crepitus_Fremitus)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/384 "2002-07-22T13:10:46Z")

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**team 2**

_Give me a home among the gum trees  
with lots of plum trees  
a **bullock** or two  
and a **kangaroo**  
a clothsline out the back  
a verandah at the front  
and an old rocking chair_

Give me a home among the gum trees–Drunk Aussies

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**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/385 "2002-07-22T13:11:14Z")

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Whoopsie. :o

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**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/386 "2002-07-22T13:15:25Z")

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Team 1:

_then I got my wings and I never even knew it  
when I was a [N]worm_\*, thought I wouldn’t get through it… \*

Wormboy - Marilyn Manson

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**Author:** ![Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crepitus_Fremitus)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/387 "2002-07-22T13:17:05Z")

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**Team 2**

_ **Elephants** are kindly but they’re dumb_

At the Zoo—Simon and Garfunkle

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**Author:** ![Nortia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Nortia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nortia)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/388 "2002-07-22T13:22:29Z")

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Team 1

Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses? - U2

_Who’s gonna ride your wild **horses**  
Who’s gonna drown in your blue sea_

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**Author:** ![Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crepitus_Fremitus)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/389 "2002-07-22T13:23:04Z")

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**Team 2**

_I’m not the **dog** in the velvet painting  
Never gonna be your **dog**  
Never gonna be your **dog** _

Dog in the velvet painting—Sister Psychic

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**Author:** ![Nortia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Nortia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nortia)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/390 "2002-07-22T13:26:10Z")

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I have to ask, **Crepitus Fremitus** , are you sat there with a whole list of animal lyrics? 😃

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**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/391 "2002-07-22T13:27:17Z")

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Team 1:

_Under my thumb  
There’s a **Siamese cat** of a girl_

Under my Thumb - Rolling Stones

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**Author:** ![Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crepitus_Fremitus)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/392 "2002-07-22T13:28:52Z")

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Team 2

My old horse is weary  
But sincerely I believe that he can pull a plough

Now I’m a Farmer-the who

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**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/393 "2002-07-22T13:34:22Z")

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Team 1:

_I never meant for it to end like this  
But **flies** will lay their eggs_\*

Tourniquet - Marilyn Manson

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**Author:** ![Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crepitus_Fremitus)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/394 "2002-07-22T13:43:56Z")

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team 2

_you know he’d be a poorer man  
if he never saw an **eagle** fly_

rocky Mtn High–Johnny D.

> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Nortia \*  
> \*\*I have to ask, **Crepitus Fremitus** , are you sat there with a whole list of animal lyrics? 😃 \*\*

Only a **jack ass** (or maybe someone from that _other_ team) would do that 😛

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**Author:** ![Nortia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Nortia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nortia)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/395 "2002-07-22T13:54:11Z")

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Team 1

Elevation - U2

_A **mole**  
Digging in a hole  
Digging up my soul now  
Going down, excavation_

_goes off to find more animal lyrics…_ 😉

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**Author:** ![Nortia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Nortia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nortia)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/396 "2002-07-22T13:54:11Z")

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Team 1

Elevation - U2

_A **mole**  
Digging in a hole  
Digging up my soul now  
Going down, excavation_

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**Author:** ![Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crepitus_Fremitus)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/397 "2002-07-22T14:37:12Z")

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**team 2**

_hey **bird dog** get away from my chick…_

Bird dog–Everly Bros.

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**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/398 "2002-07-22T14:55:52Z")

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**Team 1**

Fly Robin Fly - Silver Convention

_Fly, **Robin** , Fly  
Fly, Robin, Fly  
Fly, Robin, Fly  
Up, up to the sky_

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**Author:** ![Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crepitus_Fremitus)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/399 "2002-07-22T15:23:47Z")

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**team 2**

_With 5 million **sheep** in this army  
I seem to be the only one fit to command_

You’re a Movie–Alice Cooper

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**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandson-of-the-song-game-thread/119373/400 "2002-07-22T17:08:39Z")

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**Team 1**

_Where ya going for tommorrow?  
Where ya going with that mask I found?  
And I feel, and I feel  
When the **dogs** begin to smell her  
Will she smell alone?_

Plush, Stone Temple Pilots

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