# Name That Song!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-song/463096>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [September 11, 2008, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-song/463096 "2008-09-11T13:58:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2008, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-song/463096/1 "2008-09-11T13:58:50Z")

</div>

…“The buckwheat cake was in her mouth, the tear was in her eye…”  
Old song that I sang as a kid - you may have heard it in a Western movie or two.

Name it and give the next player a lyric

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-song/463096/2 "2008-09-12T22:48:12Z")

</div>

> [@jali](#):
>
> …“The buckwheat cake was in her mouth, the tear was in her eye…”  
> Old song that I sang as a kid - you may have heard it in a Western movie or two.
> 
> Name it and give the next player a lyric

“Oh Susannah”

“…dirty birds will soon be everywhere…”

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-song/463096/3 "2008-09-12T23:38:51Z")

</div>

> [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](#):
>
> “Oh Susannah”
> 
> “…dirty birds will soon be everywhere…”

Tennesee Bird Walker, or something like that. I forget the exact title.

“When a man is considered guilty for what goes on in his mind…”