# Songs about singing songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 9, 2019, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721 "2019-05-09T13:53:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2019, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/61 "2019-05-12T22:04:53Z")
Weird Al is big on this, because of course he is: “Now I’m mumblin’ and I’m screamin’! And I don’t know what I’m singin’!” “I was singin’: my, my, this here Anakin guy may be Vader someday later…” “I’m singin’: I love Rocky Road, so weren’t you gonna buy half a gallon, baby?” “I never wrote the lyrics! So I’ll just sing any old lyrics that come to mind, child!” ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/62 "2019-05-13T00:28:38Z")
_[Sing Sing Sing](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2S1I_ien6A)_ by Benny Goodman. ---
**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:** [May 13, 2019, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/63 "2019-05-13T01:51:45Z")
Do, a deer, a female deer Re, a drop of golden sun. . . ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/64 "2019-05-28T13:52:26Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > Barry Manilow - “[One Voice](https://youtu.be/s7bv-Vn1_gw)” And “This One’s For You” ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/65 "2019-05-28T14:47:06Z")
\*I love to go a-wandering Along the mountain track And as I go, I love to sing My knapsack on my back Val-deri, val-dera Val-deri, val-dera Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha\* ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/66 "2019-05-28T15:10:22Z")
Hillside Singers - _I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing_ ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/67 "2019-05-28T23:41:16Z")
Dobie Grey, [Drift Away](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIuyDWzctgY) Harry Chapin, [Six-String Orchestra](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgXhLeXof3k) Doctor Hook and the Medicine Show, [Cover of the Rolling Stone](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ux3-a9RE1Q) ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2019, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/68 "2019-05-29T14:38:55Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > I don’t really want to stop the show, but I thought you might like to know that the singer’s going to sing a song and he wants you all to sing along… :smack: Very next post: > [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > “And the singer’s gonna sing the song, and he wants you all to sing along.” - Paul (not to mention the fact that I noticed this, oh, only two and a half weeks later.:smack:) Atomic Rooster’s Pete French yelling out [“Sing!”](https://youtu.be/inLxeuKfdAs?t=85) all throughout “The Devil’s Answer”. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2019, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/69 "2019-05-29T14:45:01Z")
“Join Together” by The Who _It’s the singer not the song That makes the music move along_ ---
**Author:** ![Time\_Like\_Tears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@Time\_Like\_Tears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Time_Like_Tears)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2019, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/70 "2019-05-30T02:32:32Z")
[First Aid Kit - The Lion’s Roar](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gekHV9DIjHc) “Sometimes I wish I could find my Rosemary Hill I’d sit there and look at the deserted lakes and I’d sing And every once in a while I’d sing a song for you That would rise above the mountains and the stars and the sea And if I wanted it to it would lead you back to me” ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2019, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/71 "2019-05-30T17:12:01Z")
Travis - [Sing](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYO1-gGWJyo) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2019, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/72 "2019-05-30T17:38:03Z")
Simon & Garfunkel’s Homeward Bound ---
**Author:** ![ThisSpaceForRent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisspaceforrent/32/345_2.png) [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2019, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/73 "2019-05-30T17:54:20Z")
[Bird Song](https://www.dead.net/song/bird-song) by Grateful Dead ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2019, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/74 "2019-05-30T18:52:06Z")
ABBA’s Thank You For The Music ---
**Author:** ![LLCoolL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llcooll/32/3596_2.png) [@LLCoolL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LLCoolL)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2019, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/75 "2019-06-02T07:54:15Z")
“Sing for the Day” by **Styx**. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/76 "2019-11-01T17:41:18Z")
I want to sing you a love song I want to rock you in my arms all night long… Beautiful! Bonus: It has the almost-yodel.😃 ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/77 "2019-11-01T19:22:01Z")
The Who -[Getting In Tune](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6-3rnD7FSc) ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/78 "2019-11-01T19:45:52Z")
_Singin’ In The Kitchen_ by **Bobby Bare & Family**. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/79 "2019-11-01T20:15:19Z")
[Tennessee Flat Top Box.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdSU-9hOg5U) Although it could be said that’s about the musician. Similarly, [Guitar Man.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iPBJR1r8zI) ---
**Author:** ![Crossbreed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a4c791/32.png) [@Crossbreed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crossbreed)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2019, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721/80 "2019-11-02T09:45:52Z")
[“An Old-Fashioned Love Song” -Three Dog Night](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvDIz9GhhmA) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-singing-songs/833721.md?page=5)