When my son was small, he hated this song and I loved it. So I told him the next time he throws a fit in public, I was going to sing “The Bunny Song” until he stopped. (I use a lot of shame in my parenting; it works for us.) Sure enough, a few days later, I get my chance. Circuit City. Packed store. No, you don’t need that game. Fit ensues.
ME: I’m gonna do it.
HIM: I WANT IT! I WANT IT! I WANT IT!
ME: (loudly) The bunny…
HIM: WAAAAAAAH…
ME: the bunny…
HIM: WAAAAAH…
ME: OOOOH, I LOVE THE BUNNY! I DON’T LOVE MY SOUP OR MY BREAD, JUST THE BUNNY!
HIM: (silence but for a glare that screams “are you freakin’ kidding me?!”)
ME: (head thrown back and dancing to my own music) The bunny, the bunny, YEAH! I love the bunny!
HIM: Let’s just go…
People cheered. Not sure if it was for my triumph or my singing.
The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything, absolutely. We just stay at home and lie around. And if you ask us to do anything we will tell you … we don’t do anything.
Nobody’s yet mentioned my fave - “The Bellybutton Song” out of “The Ballad of Little Joe”. We break into the rap section all the time…
You say your bellybutton’s missing there’s no reason for alarm
It’s a common thing for gourds, it won’t do you any harm
You’re technically a fruit, but with that much being said
Your umbillical equivocal is up there on your head!
You could ask for a prosthetic but of course you have to know
It be covered by your shirt - but not your HMO!*
I heard a Rumour one time about the Bunny Song. 'Tis said that the original lyrics were “don’t love my mom or my dad” (not “soup and bread”) which, you must admit, rhymes a lot better with the following lines. But the song is SO catchy, the songwriters kids ended up running round the house singing it at top volume and so, rather than having a legion of young fans across the country belting out “I DON"T LOVE MY MOM OR MY DAD” for the next gazillion years…
(ooh, I love the Bunny…)
Absolutely true. He says the line about not loving his mom or dad, and also there is a line about not going to church or school. If you google ‘the original bunny song’ you can watch the original one.
That’s an understatement. I’d never heard of Silly Songs with Larry until yesterday morning. Thanks to all of you, I was up most of the night with, “aacho moo moo, aachoo moo moo, aachoo moo moo, aachoo moo moo, aachoo moo moo moo moo moo moo moo moo” running through my head.