# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2015, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-animals-non-kid-songs/715446/101 "2015-03-22T19:04:43Z")
Michael Jackson - “Rockin’ Robin” “Groovy Grubworm” by whoever that was Genesis - “White Mountain” (about wolves) …and the winner… Talking Heads - “Animals” ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2015, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-animals-non-kid-songs/715446/102 "2015-03-22T19:07:19Z")
Perhaps the Rockin’ Robin ate the Groovy Grubworm. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2015, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-animals-non-kid-songs/715446/103 "2015-03-22T21:04:08Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > 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.” Damn…you beat me to it! I love that album. [Rover,](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI0yw8mFuoA)from _Heavy Horses_. _“I chase your every footstep and I follow every whim. When you call the tune I’m ready to strike up the battle hymn. My lady of the meadows — My comber of the beach — You’ve thrown the stick for your dog’s trick but it’s floating out of reach.”_ [Mouse Police Never Sleeps](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3f9XiQgMDuw) “_From warm milk on a lazy day to dawn patrol of hungry hate_” ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2015, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-animals-non-kid-songs/715446/104 "2015-03-22T21:10:22Z")
Surprised [this one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKxjBsO-Bvk) hasn’t been mentioned yet. ---
**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:** [March 22, 2015, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-animals-non-kid-songs/715446/105 "2015-03-22T22:17:38Z")
“The Very Last Time” - Alan Parsons (written by Ian Bairnson about his dead dog) ---
**Author:** ![eclectic\_wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ac91a4/32.png) [@eclectic\_wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eclectic_wench)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2015, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-animals-non-kid-songs/715446/106 "2015-03-22T22:22:16Z")
‘Silver Palomino’, Bruce Springsteen. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2015, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-animals-non-kid-songs/715446/107 "2015-03-23T03:26:00Z")
> [@eclectic\_wench](#): > > ‘Silver Palomino’, Bruce Springsteen. Heh. I almost chimed in with his “Beautiful Red Horse” before I remember that’s my mondegreen for “Beautiful Reward”. Cowboy Junkies’\*\* A Horse in the Country \*\*is legit though. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2015, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-animals-non-kid-songs/715446/108 "2015-03-23T04:17:23Z")
Bob Dylan’s “Man Gave Names to All the Animals” would qualify, except it totally sounds like a kids’ song. Dylan’s “New Pony” counts though. And how about “If Dogs Run Free”… ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2015, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-animals-non-kid-songs/715446/109 "2015-03-23T09:59:46Z")
_The Unicorn_ by the Irish Rovers ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2015, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-animals-non-kid-songs/715446/110 "2015-03-23T22:29:27Z")
“The Unicorn” is absolutely a kids’ song. The Irish\* Rovers paved the way for Raffi. They went on to make an entire double album (_Tales to Warm Your Mind_) on the subject of childhood. Although it was written from more of an adult perspective, indulging childhood, but including some dark stuff, like I went to gather blaeberries and the fairies abducted my darlin baby-O. Hmm, next we could start a thread on weird supernatural or ultraterrestrial entities in song, e.g. faeries, jinn, Mothmen, and generally the sort of adventures the Winchester brothers keep encountering. \*Don’t let the name fool you; they’re from Canada. Speaking of Dylan songs, there’s “Black Crow Blues,” “All the Tired Horses,” “Day of the Locusts,” “Turkey Chase,” “Cat’s in the Well,” “Froggie Went A-Courtin’.” ---
**Author:** ![Why\_Child](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b782af/32.png) [@Why\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_Child)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-animals-non-kid-songs/715446/111 "2015-03-24T05:43:02Z")
My apologies if I missed it, but has anyone said “Muskrat Love” by The Captain and Tenille? “Fred (You were a good dog.)” by Ray Stevens. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-animals-non-kid-songs/715446/112 "2015-03-24T08:10:45Z")
_What Does the Fox Say?_ by Ylvis _Big Red,_ that country song about a prison escapee _At the Zoo,_ Paul Simon _My Girl’s Pussy_ (For God’s sake, people, it’s about a cat!) R. Crumb/Cheap Suit Serenaders _Lemme Play With Your Poodle_ by Clarence Carter ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-animals-non-kid-songs/715446/113 "2015-03-24T08:48:47Z")
A few by Marcy Playground: “Dog and His Master” “Secret Squirrel” “Pigeon Farm” “Love Bug” “Blackbird” [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JN2i21w-BnY/hqdefault.jpg "Marcy Playground - 'Blackbird' with lyrics") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JN2i21w-BnY) ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-animals-non-kid-songs/715446/114 "2015-03-24T10:34:15Z")
Some by The Pixies: “Caribou” “Manta Ray” “Havalina” “Monkey Gone to Heaven” “Bird Dream of The Olympus Mons” [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2nM-Xx4faZI/hqdefault.jpg ""Bird Dream of the Olympus Mons" - Pixies") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nM-Xx4faZI) “Snakes” “Silver Snail” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/X6QuKGjyYFk/maxresdefault.jpg "PIXIES - Silver Snail (Official Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6QuKGjyYFk) ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-animals-non-kid-songs/715446/115 "2015-03-24T15:13:46Z")
“There Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens” and “Boogie in the Barnyard” by Louis Jordan. Has anyone mentioned “Little Red Rooster” yet? ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-animals-non-kid-songs/715446/116 "2015-03-24T15:22:02Z")
“Wildfire” by Michael Murphy “Boudreau Was a Nutcase” by Austin Lounge Lizards “Yellow Backed Fly” by Steve Martin/Steep Canyon Rangers ---
**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 25, 2015, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-animals-non-kid-songs/715446/117 "2015-03-25T17:36:18Z")
Blue Tail Fly (Jimmy Crack Corn) - Burl Ives ---
**Author:** ![Grestarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grestarian/32/3227_2.png) [@Grestarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grestarian)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-animals-non-kid-songs/715446/118 "2015-03-25T19:45:37Z")
_Delilah_ is Freddy Mercury singing about his cat on Queen’s Innuendo album. _Stewball_ is Peter, Paul, and Mary singing about a horse _Butterfly (She Flies Alone)_ is Steve Augery singing on Journey’s Generations album Did anyone mention the Beatles’ _Hey Bulldog_? Crosby, Stills, and Nash wrote an apologetic song to/about Whales (but I can’t remember the title) They also have a song “After the Dolphin” but it’s about a bar in England. Their song _Guinevere_ mentions “Peacocks wandered aimlessly…” Elton John admires the _Gray Seal_ on his Yellow Brick Road album Heart sings about the tranquility of the \*Dog & Butterfly \*Kenny Loggins sings about _All the Pretty Little Ponies_ (well, okay, that was a lullaby for his kid) RUSH sings about Bytor – oh, and the _Snow-Dog_ The Scorpions sing about _The Zoo_, but it’s about the singles bar scene. Lastly, David Coverdale sings In the still of the night I hear the wolf howl honey, Sniffin’ around at your door… …–_Still of the Night_ …Whitesnake —G! ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Righteous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Dr.Righteous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Righteous)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-animals-non-kid-songs/715446/119 "2015-03-25T20:47:54Z")
Zebra “[Bears](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfd8EcmFAZU)” ---
**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 25, 2015, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-animals-non-kid-songs/715446/120 "2015-03-25T21:02:52Z")
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