# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-animals-non-kid-songs/715446/61 "2015-03-20T18:46:49Z")
[Snoopy vs. The Red Baron](https://youtu.be/Oxzg_iM-T4E) - Royal Guardsmen [Una Paloma Blanca](https://youtu.be/LPiuJX2i-DE) - Slim Whitman ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-animals-non-kid-songs/715446/62 "2015-03-20T18:53:31Z")
“Mammal” - They Might Be Giants “Praying Mantis” - Don Dixon “Elephant Talk” - King Crimson > [@running\_coach](#): > > Weird Al Yankovic- Carnival Of The Animals which includes a separate part for 12 different animals. This is of course a “sequel” to the original Carnival of the Animals by Saint-Saens. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-animals-non-kid-songs/715446/63 "2015-03-20T18:59:47Z")
[Della and The Dealer](https://youtu.be/EVyzQY8W--g) (and a dog named Jake and a cat named Kalamazoo) - Hoyt Axton ---
**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, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-animals-non-kid-songs/715446/64 "2015-03-20T19:00:47Z")
Although it’s not obvious from the title, the Old 97s song “Murder (Or A Heart Attack)” is about the singer’s attempt to retrieve his girlfriend’s cat who ran away. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-animals-non-kid-songs/715446/65 "2015-03-20T19:03:31Z")
Many of the songs on Jethro Tull’s \*Heavy Horses \*album are about animals: …And the Mouse Police Never Sleeps Moths Rover One Brown Mouse Heavy Horses …and if you stretch a point, “Weathercock.” ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-animals-non-kid-songs/715446/66 "2015-03-20T19:04:59Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > Shouldn’t he have to disavow that song, since he converted? Thought of a few jokes,…then I thought better. You can teach an old dog new tricks. I’ll change the subject and leave the jokes to the wittier, ballsier posters here. The Lonely Bull [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EDW6gEQ2DU) ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-animals-non-kid-songs/715446/67 "2015-03-20T19:10:36Z")
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-animals-non-kid-songs/715446/68 "2015-03-20T19:13:28Z")
Black Dog - Led Zeppelin Wild Horses - Flying Burrito Brothers/Rolling Stones Pale Horse - Smashing Pumpkins Prairie Dog Town - Bruce Hornsby Buffalo Soldier - Bob Marley Deer Dance - System of a Down apologies for any dupes, I was free associating and these are what came up ---
**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-animals-non-kid-songs/715446/69 "2015-03-20T19:22:59Z")
Can’t believe I forgot [Flight of the Bumblebee (Rimsky-Korsakov)](http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aYAJopwEYv8)! ---
**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, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-animals-non-kid-songs/715446/70 "2015-03-20T19:23:44Z")
“All in a Mouse’s Night” and “Squonk” from Genesis’ _A Trick of the Tail_ “I Am Your Pussy” by Gong (arguably… the song is an extended double entendre) And some fishy songs… “The Salmon Song” by Steve Hillage “Neon Meate Dream of a Octafish” by Captain Beefheart (perhaps) “Terrapin” by Syd Barrett “Killer” by Van der Graaf Generator ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-animals-non-kid-songs/715446/71 "2015-03-20T19:58:03Z")
Clams Have Feelings Too - NOFX The Squirrel Song - Shellac Doggy Tom - Lords of Acid Kitty Empire - Big Black ---
**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, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-animals-non-kid-songs/715446/72 "2015-03-20T22:58:49Z")
Me and You and a Dog Named Boo - Lobo ---
**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-animals-non-kid-songs/715446/73 "2015-03-20T23:38:14Z")
> [@Alley\_Dweller](#): > > [Napoleon XIV: ‘They’re coming to take me away’](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnzHtm1jhL4) > [@gigi](#): > > About animals?? Yup, that was the point of the song. As it starts, you think it’s about when his wife/girlfriend (or whatever) “ran away.” Notice “ran away”? That’s an unusual way to speak of someone leaving you or breaking up with you. But the big reveal is later: - Well you just wait, they’ll find you yet and when they do they’ll put you in the ASPCA, you mangy mutt!!! - The song is about descending into madness. Was it his dog or his lover that left him? Can he tell the difference any more? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-animals-non-kid-songs/715446/74 "2015-03-20T23:42:27Z")
> [@Alley\_Dweller](#): > > Yup, that was the point of the song. As it starts, you think it’s about when his wife/girlfriend (or whatever) “ran away.” Notice “ran away”? That’s an unusual way to speak of someone leaving you or breaking up with you. But the big reveal is later: > > - Well you just wait, they’ll find you yet and when they do they’ll put you > in the ASPCA, you mangy mutt!!! > - > > The song is about descending into madness. Was it his dog or his lover that left him? Can he tell the difference any more? You know, I always thought that was just invective, not literal. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Me](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@Mr.Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Me)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-animals-non-kid-songs/715446/75 "2015-03-20T23:52:09Z")
[Several Species Of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together In A Cave And Grooving With A Pict](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nF1eX2TmjY) - Pink Floyd [Riding A Black Unicorn Down The Side Of An Erupting Volcano While Drinking From A Chalice Filled With The Laughter Of Small Children](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjJDBP292rM) - Voltaire ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2015, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-animals-non-kid-songs/715446/76 "2015-03-21T00:11:51Z")
Glow Worm - Paul Licke ---
**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:** [March 21, 2015, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-animals-non-kid-songs/715446/77 "2015-03-21T00:48:28Z")
Timothy - The Buoys Whaddya mean, it’s not about an animal. The band swore up and down that Timothy was a mule! ---
**Author:** ![davethehammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davethehammer/32/7317_2.png) [@davethehammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davethehammer)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2015, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-animals-non-kid-songs/715446/78 "2015-03-21T00:53:36Z")
another lifeless thread without immediate video posts ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2015, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-animals-non-kid-songs/715446/79 "2015-03-21T00:59:21Z")
Run for the Roses, Michael Murphy Tennessee Stud, Eddy Arnold ---
**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:** [March 21, 2015, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-animals-non-kid-songs/715446/80 "2015-03-21T00:59:55Z")
> [@davethehammer](#): > > another lifeless thread without immediate video posts And you knew that before opening the thread, as you discussed elsewhere. This is what we call threadshitting. You deliberately opened a thread to complain about the thread contents. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-animals-non-kid-songs/715446.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-animals-non-kid-songs/715446.md?page=5)