# Snaking songs

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snaking-songs/639344>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [October 30, 2012, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snaking-songs/639344 "2012-10-30T18:10:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snaking-songs/639344/1 "2012-10-30T18:10:36Z")

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I don’t know if this will fly, but this was a game mentioned in Guitar Player magazine waaaay back when. Could be fun. The idea is to replace a word in a song title with “snake.”

Snakes Get in Your Eyes

Stella by Snakelight

Snakeway to Heaven

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**Author:** ![Stormcrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/0ea827/32.png) [@Stormcrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stormcrow)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snaking-songs/639344/2 "2012-10-30T18:23:24Z")

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Smells Like Snake Spirit, which is better than  
Smells like Teen Snake

Snake It Up

and of course

The Long and Winding Snake

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snaking-songs/639344/3 "2012-10-30T18:25:28Z")

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Black Snake Sun  
(won’t you come)

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snaking-songs/639344/4 "2012-10-30T18:28:45Z")

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I Want You (She’s so Snakey)

Snakes from the Wood

Blue Snake Shoes

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snaking-songs/639344/5 "2012-10-30T20:01:05Z")

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Nine Pound Snake  
I Slept with someone in Fall Out Boy and all I got was this lousy snake  
Bizarre Love Snake

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snaking-songs/639344/6 "2012-10-30T20:06:58Z")

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All Snakes Must Pass

Eight Snakes a Week

Norwegian Wood (This Snake has Flown)

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**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snaking-songs/639344/7 "2012-10-30T20:15:37Z")

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I’m Leaving on a Snake Plane

Snake on Through (To the Other Side)

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**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snaking-songs/639344/8 "2012-10-30T20:17:05Z")

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Leaving on a Jet Snake.

eta: rats!

How about _Daddy Was a Rolling Snake_.

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snaking-songs/639344/9 "2012-10-30T20:24:43Z")

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> [@blondebear](#):
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> Leaving on a Jet Snake.
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> eta: rats!

They’re both pretty funny.

It Don’t Mean a Thing if it Ain’t got that Snake

Love is a Many-Splendored Snake

Snakedust

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**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snaking-songs/639344/10 "2012-10-30T20:36:46Z")

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Splish Splash I was Snaking a Bath.

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**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snaking-songs/639344/11 "2012-10-30T20:37:36Z")

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> [@](#):
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> _Daddy_ Was a Rolling Snake

😕 :smack:

Um, that would be Poppa, dang it.  
Another one: _Rock And Roll, Hoochie Snake_.

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**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snaking-songs/639344/12 "2012-10-30T20:40:43Z")

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I Don’t Like Snakes and Snakes

And Snakes For All

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**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snaking-songs/639344/13 "2012-10-30T21:14:22Z")

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Snake on the Water

Detroit Snake City

Snake Oddity

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snaking-songs/639344/14 "2012-10-30T21:53:08Z")

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_Scenes from a Snake Restaraunt_

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**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snaking-songs/639344/15 "2012-10-30T22:00:36Z")

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A Whiter Shade of Snake

Those Were the Snakes, My Friend

Snake My Fire

Parsley, Snake, Rosemary and Thyme

Ghost Snakes in the Sky

The Snake Spangled Banner

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snaking-songs/639344/16 "2012-10-30T22:48:25Z")

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Sit Down, You’re Rocking the Snake

I’m Gonna Wash That Snake Right Outta My Hair

There’s a Snake for Us

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**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snaking-songs/639344/17 "2012-10-30T22:59:45Z")

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> [@blondebear](#):
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> Leaving on a Jet Snake.
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> eta: rats!

Surely _Snakes on a Jet Plane_?

Also: _Snake, Rattle and Roll_

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snaking-songs/639344/18 "2012-10-30T23:51:03Z")

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Stacy’s Snake  
Several Species of Small Furry Snakes Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict  
The Snake of the Snake  
Snake Diet  
Nights in White Snake  
She’s got a Snake to Ride

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**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snaking-songs/639344/19 "2012-10-31T00:27:01Z")

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Do You Want To Know A Snake  
Get Off Of My Snake  
Fortunate Snake  
Stop Dragging My Snake Around  
Every Snake Tells A Story

(this thread needs a sequel using shit instead of snake)

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**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snaking-songs/639344/20 "2012-10-31T01:13:32Z")

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Irving Berlin wrote a number of them:

Snake To Cheek  
Blues Snakes  
How Deep Is The Ocean (How High Is The Snake)  
Let’s Face The Snake And Dance  
Reaching For The Snake  
Puttin’ On The Snake  
Count Your Snakes Instead Of Sheep  
You Can’t Get A Man With A Snake

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