# Sing along with our pets! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 10, 2007, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-along-with-our-pets/411248 "2007-07-10T19:23:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2007, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-along-with-our-pets/411248/21 "2007-07-11T18:53:36Z")
Sung to "Copacabana’ by Barry Manilow: Her name was Hanna, she was a tabby With stripy fur everywhere and whiskers out to there Her name was Hanna, Hanna Banana… That’s about how far I got with that. ---
**Author:** ![Katriona](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/katriona/32/113_2.png) [@Katriona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katriona)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-along-with-our-pets/411248/22 "2007-07-12T01:16:12Z")
I’ll never forget seeing (well, hearing) my dad - who thought nobody was around - catching our Dachshund sitting in HIS chair, and instead of running her off like he would have my brother or me, sang, to the tune of The Battle Hymn of the Republic: I see the little Doxie And she’s sittin’ on my chair I don’t know how she got there And I don’t know why she’s there… We sing Mr. Mojo Rising to the Mojo-dog, and our neighbor used to sing Pennies from Heaven to the Penny-dog. I’ve been known to sing Peggy and her Gallant Soldier as Penny and her…, and Bonnie Mallie Lee as Bonnie Penny Lee. For some reason, we don’t tend to sing to or about Binkley. Not sure why. Maybe his Corgish yodel is enough. ---
**Author:** ![Katriona](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/katriona/32/113_2.png) [@Katriona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katriona)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-along-with-our-pets/411248/23 "2007-07-12T01:23:58Z")
[QUOTE=Katriona] For some reason, we don’t tend to sing to or about Binkley. Not sure why. Maybe his Corgish yodel is enough. [/QUOTE] Missed the edit window, but now that I think about it, I do sometimes mangle a lyric from Dragging the Line for him: My dog Binks eats purple flowers If only he would take a shower… ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-along-with-our-pets/411248/24 "2007-07-12T01:42:38Z")
Lisa, your husband is cool. I can’t think of any words to my pet songs but I know I’ve done some to the tune of Copacabana. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-along-with-our-pets/411248/25 "2007-07-12T01:52:16Z")
to the tune of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang for my cat who LOVES to be brushed _Oh my pretty kitty brush ho Pretty kitty brush ho I love you And my pretty kitty brush ho Pretty kitty brush ho loves me too M’iow m’iow pretty kitty brush ho Pretty kitty brush ho m’iow M’iow m’iow pretty kitty brush ho my furry purry friend M’iow m’iow pretty kitty brush ho my fur-ry pur-ry friend kitty brush ho pretty kitty brush ho purry furry pretyy kitty friend_ okay - I was stuck for lyrics in the bridge and just because it came to me a few days ago to the tune of Little Bird from Man of La Mancha (it’s a work in progress) _Little cat little cat On the living room rug Little cat little cat will you give me a hug did you kill that string? and that other thing? little cat little cat i love you so little cat little cat i love you so_ ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-along-with-our-pets/411248/26 "2007-07-12T02:01:33Z")
[QUOTE=Dung Beetle] This guy’s a keeper, **lisa**! 😃 [/QUOTE] so’s that song! ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-along-with-our-pets/411248/27 "2007-07-12T12:33:57Z")
I smell an album of cover tunes in the works… ---
**Author:** ![cosmosdan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-along-with-our-pets/411248/28 "2007-07-12T13:14:39Z")
[QUOTE=romansperson] [We used to get our dog to sing to us.](http://www.unc.edu/~nbeach/Idol_roo.mpg) [/QUOTE] American Idol for Pets!!! We’re rich ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-along-with-our-pets/411248/29 "2007-07-12T17:09:38Z")
I had a whole song written about how I can’t go to the bathroom without a cat coming along. It went to the tune of “Close to You”, but I’ve forgotten the words. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![williamweigand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b3f665/32.png) [@williamweigand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/williamweigand)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-along-with-our-pets/411248/30 "2007-07-12T17:12:40Z")
I don’t know if the tune is from a real song, or if I just made it up, but I sometimes sing to my cat Scooter! You look just like a neu-ter You’re cuter than Judge Sou-ter You work for Roto Rou-ter Scooter! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-along-with-our-pets/411248/31 "2007-07-12T17:35:05Z")
[QUOTE=TroubleAgain] I had a whole song written about how I can’t go to the bathroom without a cat coming along. It went to the tune of “Close to You”, but I’ve forgotten the words. ☹ [/QUOTE] “why do cats follow me around every time i sit down” does that jog your memory at all? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-along-with-our-pets/411248/32 "2007-07-12T19:15:11Z")
If I sing it in when my cat, Feather, is in the right mood, she’ll sing along with me - Featheroni baloney all covered in cheese I lost my poor kitty when somebody sneezed She rolled off the table And onto the floor And then my poor kitty Rolled out of the door She rolled down the garden And under a bush And then my poor kitty Was nothing but MUSH Then there’s all the nonsense ditties throughout the day that vary from day to day. My husband doesn’t sing to the cats at all. Funny that. ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-along-with-our-pets/411248/33 "2007-07-12T19:22:42Z")
Our latest cat is named Scrappy, and I like to sing to him when he lands a room clearer in the litter box… (tune: Spiderman theme) Scrappy Doo, Scrappy Doo Smell that poo from Scrappy Doo He’s got a very shmall stinky butt If he doesn’t stop pooping, I’m gonna tape it shut. Look out! Here comes a Scrappy Doo! ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-along-with-our-pets/411248/34 "2007-07-12T19:50:14Z")
Not all that creative but fun. Sung to the tune of the Bad Boys song Bad dogs! Bad dogs! Whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when they come for you? Bad dogs! Bad dogs! Whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when they find your poo poo? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-along-with-our-pets/411248/35 "2007-07-12T20:32:58Z")
(To the tune of “Jackie Blue”, to my cat Grace, nicknamed Boo): “Ooh-oo-ooh-ooh, Gracie Boo… You’re my cute little Russian Blue…” And to the tune of Alanis Morrisette’s version of “My Humps” (which, I’m almost more embarrassed to admit that I quite like, even though I despise the original): “My Boo, my Boo, my Boo, my Boo, My lovely Russian Blue… Whatcha gonna do with all that blue? All that blue inside that Boo…?” er…yeah. I can’t believe I’m admitting this, but I guess I’m in good company. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-along-with-our-pets/411248/36 "2007-07-12T22:03:47Z")
[QUOTE=Tupug Anachi] Not all that creative but fun. Sung to the tune of the Bad Boys song Bad dogs! Bad dogs! Whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when they come for you? Bad dogs! Bad dogs! Whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when they find your poo poo? 😃 [/QUOTE] Oh my god! We do this one, too! Bad kitties! Bad kitties! Whatcha gonna do? etc. etc. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2007, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-along-with-our-pets/411248/37 "2007-07-13T02:08:37Z")
[QUOTE=winterhawk11] (To the tune of “Jackie Blue”, to my cat Grace, nicknamed Boo): “Ooh-oo-ooh-ooh, Gracie Boo… You’re my cute little Russian Blue…” … [/QUOTE] I have a cat named Jack to whom I usually sing the Jackie Blue song. I guess I need to add some more cat related lyrics. ---
**Author:** ![MizTina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MizTina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MizTina)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2007, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-along-with-our-pets/411248/38 "2007-07-13T02:49:32Z")
[QUOTE=Dung Beetle] To the tune of Do You Hear What I Hear (Christmas carol): Said the cat to the people everywhere Do you see what I have? Underneath my tail, everyone Do you see what I have? It’s pink, it’s pink And it doesn’t stink Cause I wash it with my-y tongue Yes, I wash it with my-y tongue! [/QUOTE] This is just so terribly funny! Here I am, all teary and snotty from the Borbet thread and this caught me off guard and made me laugh, consequently causing me to blow a snot bubble. I have not done nor desired to do that in years. But it was worth the laugh. 🙂 Thanks! T ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2007, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-along-with-our-pets/411248/39 "2007-07-13T11:59:18Z")
:o Thank _you!_ I fear it’s ruined the Christmas carol for my kids, though… ---
**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2007, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-along-with-our-pets/411248/40 "2007-07-13T12:21:34Z")
To the tune of Davy Crockett… Bubba! Bubba Schnoodle! King of the wild Schnoodliers. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-along-with-our-pets/411248.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-along-with-our-pets/411248.md?page=3)