# Help with naming an old song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 11, 2014, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-naming-an-old-song/690542 "2014-06-11T15:08:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nippless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/df788c/32.png) [@Nippless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nippless)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-naming-an-old-song/690542/1 "2014-06-11T15:08:48Z")
After the success of my movie ID thread I thought I’d try get this one figured out too: it’s a tune from I think maybe 70s or early 80s (could be 60s too I guess it’s a weird tune that way); it starts with a flute and like a marching kind of drum beat underneath and then goes into the main melody which is some kind of piano and a polka(ish) beat. There aren’t really lyrics that I can recall except for a guy mumbling over part of it. I’ve heard it in various commercials and shows ever since I was young, would love to know its story! ---
**Author:** ![Nippless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/df788c/32.png) [@Nippless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nippless)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-naming-an-old-song/690542/2 "2014-06-11T15:10:57Z")
Have requested mod to move to appropriate forum :smack::o ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-naming-an-old-song/690542/3 "2014-06-11T15:22:04Z")
**Moderator Action** Moving thread from General Questions to Cafe Society. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2014, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-naming-an-old-song/690542/4 "2014-06-11T15:44:22Z")
[Mouldy Old Dough](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdB0AqIE38Q) by Lieutenant Pigeon, 1972. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-naming-an-old-song/690542/5 "2014-06-11T20:03:07Z")
Is suppose I should probably wait for the OP to come back and confirm this is the correct song… …but I am seriously impressed, **Biffy**. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-naming-an-old-song/690542/6 "2014-06-11T20:33:07Z")
I could of used this a week ago. For years I’ve been trying to figure out what that old 70’s song featuring a dog that dies was…yesterday I heard “Shannon” again. ---
**Author:** ![Nippless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/df788c/32.png) [@Nippless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nippless)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-naming-an-old-song/690542/7 "2014-06-12T04:39:15Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > Is suppose I should probably wait for the OP to come back and confirm this is the correct song… > > …but I am seriously impressed, **Biffy**. By all means be impressed, I am! Got it in one, thanks 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-naming-an-old-song/690542/8 "2014-06-12T04:42:25Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > [Mouldy Old Dough](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdB0AqIE38Q) by Lieutenant Pigeon, 1972. Damn. ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-naming-an-old-song/690542/9 "2014-06-12T06:18:21Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > [Mouldy Old Dough](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdB0AqIE38Q) by Lieutenant Pigeon, 1972. Outstanding! This gave me a bit of a nostalgia trip, so I decided to Google up Lieutenant Pigeon and this song. Was amused to notice that there are sites that have bothered to post the lyrics 😃 ---
**Author:** ![dada2fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ccd318/32.png) [@dada2fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dada2fish)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-naming-an-old-song/690542/10 "2014-06-12T09:35:42Z")
That video was a bit creepy. Was that Nana on piano?