# Songs about animals (non-kid songs) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 20, 2015, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-animals-non-kid-songs/715446 "2015-03-20T02:10:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-animals-non-kid-songs/715446/21 "2015-03-20T03:29:43Z")
Moby Dick - Led Zeppelin ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-animals-non-kid-songs/715446/22 "2015-03-20T12:44:45Z")
Lesbian Seagull - Engelbert Humperdnick ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-animals-non-kid-songs/715446/23 "2015-03-20T12:49:16Z")
Quiche Lorraine-B-52s ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-animals-non-kid-songs/715446/24 "2015-03-20T13:15:37Z")
Kesha - “Dinosaur” ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-animals-non-kid-songs/715446/25 "2015-03-20T13:24:15Z")
Another one from Warren Zevon - “Gorilla You’re A Desperado” ---
**Author:** ![Uhib\_D\_Jaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uhib_d_jaj/32/13448_2.png) [@Uhib\_D\_Jaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uhib_D_Jaj)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-animals-non-kid-songs/715446/26 "2015-03-20T13:38:44Z")
Bummer. I was going to post Fish Heads and Mississippi Squirrel Revival but **Running Coach** beat me to it. Probably because s/he runs and I sort of saunter. (I’m too old to swagger) Other than that, I got nuthin’. ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-animals-non-kid-songs/715446/27 "2015-03-20T13:46:14Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > [“The Hippopotamus Song”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjnOj9O16_I&t=1m10s) by Flanders and Swan > "[The Gnu"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPgo6s1lBbw) also by Flanders and Swan… > > “Pigs on the Wing,” “Dogs,” “Pigs (Three Different Ones),” “Sheep” and “Pigs on the Wing 2,” all on Pink Floyd’s **Animals** album Flanders and Swann also had an entire album of animals, “The Bestiary.” I’m particularly partial to “The Warthog (The Hog Beneath the Skin),” “The Whale (Mopy Dick),” “The Elephant (with amnesia),” “The Armadillo’s love song,” and “The Spider (in the bath.)” Also worth mentioning from that album: [ul] [li]The Sea Horse’s lullaby[/li][li]The Song of the Sloth[/li][li]The Poor old Rhino[/li][li]The (Boring) Boar[/li][li]Duet with an Ostrich[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-animals-non-kid-songs/715446/28 "2015-03-20T13:48:21Z")
Eagle - ABBA Albatross - Fleetwood Mac ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-animals-non-kid-songs/715446/29 "2015-03-20T13:53:02Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Lesbian Seagull - Engelbert Humperdnick Bwhaaaaaaaa??? :eek: " Oh, the cow in the meadow goes moo, Oh, the cow in the meadow goes moo. Then the farmer hits him on the head and grinds him up, And that’s how we get hamburgers." \*Animals \*by Maroon 5 _Bron- Y- Aur Stomp_ by Led Zeppelin \*The Lion Sleeps Tonight \*by The Tokens ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-animals-non-kid-songs/715446/30 "2015-03-20T13:56:26Z")
> [@Uhib\_D\_Jaj](#): > > Bummer. I was going to post Fish Heads and Mississippi Squirrel Revival but **Running Coach** beat me to it. > > Probably because s/he runs and I sort of saunter. (I’m too old to swagger) > > Other than that, I got nuthin’. Just take a deep breath, clear your mind and [have a gander](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/fc/f3/ff/fcf3ff292ef21b97cdcca4d6f179c190.jpg). Walk the Dinosaur - Was (Not Was) ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-animals-non-kid-songs/715446/31 "2015-03-20T13:57:33Z")
**running coach** took At the Zoo, so… Run for the Roses - Dan Fogelberg ---
**Author:** ![alted315](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cc9497/32.png) [@alted315](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alted315)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-animals-non-kid-songs/715446/32 "2015-03-20T14:11:31Z")
The rooster, Alice in chains ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-animals-non-kid-songs/715446/33 "2015-03-20T14:17:00Z")
[The Cat came Back.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bETCusT5kNM) ---
**Author:** ![TCMF-2L](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tcmf-2l/32/16553_2.png) [@TCMF-2L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TCMF-2L)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-animals-non-kid-songs/715446/34 "2015-03-20T14:21:39Z")
_ **Nellie the Elephant** _ was a kids song but punk band _ **Toy Dolls** _ did a cover version. Is that an adult song? \*\*\*The Jam \*\*\*and _ **Butterfly Collector** _ _ **Joe Jackson** _ and _ **Is She Really Going Out With Him?** _ (_Pretty women out walking with gorillas down my street_) _ **Kate Bush** _ and _ **Hounds of Love** _ _ **R.E.M.** _ and _ **Animal** _ \*\*\*Rainbow \*\*\*and _ **Run With The Wolf** _ _ **Waysted** _ and _ **Night of the Wolf** _ _ **Crowded House** _ and _ **Black and White Boy** _ was possibly inspired by Neil Finn’s dalmation Lester. The minor outtake track _ **Lester** _ certainly was. TCMF-2L ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-animals-non-kid-songs/715446/35 "2015-03-20T14:39:06Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > Rocky Raccoon - The Beatles Is Rocky an actual raccoon? Or is it just the guy’s name? I’d like to think he’s an actual raccoon. ---
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“Bat out of Hell” - _Meatloaf_ ---
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> [@alted315](#): > > The rooster, Alice in chains Not about an animal. ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-animals-non-kid-songs/715446/38 "2015-03-20T15:01:02Z")
White Bird by It’s a Beautiful Day Then there’s plenty of folk & country songs about animals, such as: [Old Blue](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Blue_(song)) [Ole Slew Foot](http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=ole+slew+foot+youtube&FORM=VIRE5#view=detail&mid=75CCE59C41522420E4F275CCE59C41522420E4F2) [Old Brown Dog](http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=old+brown+dog+ralph+mctell+youtube&FORM=VIRE3#view=detail&mid=E0E821A1B44ADEF5EBF7E0E821A1B44ADEF5EBF7)(do not listen without a Kleenex handy) [Skewball](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skewball) ---
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Snowbird-Anne Murray Down To Darby-New Christy Minstrels Billy’s Mule-New Christy Minstrels ---
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