Songs about singing songs

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!”

Sing Sing Sing by Benny Goodman.

Do, a deer, a female deer
Re, a drop of golden sun. . .

And “This One’s For You”

*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*

Hillside Singers - I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing

Dobie Grey, Drift Away

Harry Chapin, Six-String Orchestra

Doctor Hook and the Medicine Show, Cover of the Rolling Stone

:smack: Very next post:

(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!” all throughout “The Devil’s Answer”.

“Join Together” by The Who

It’s the singer not the song
That makes the music move along

First Aid Kit - The Lion’s Roar

“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”

Travis - Sing

Simon & Garfunkel’s Homeward Bound

Bird Song by Grateful Dead

ABBA’s Thank You For The Music

“Sing for the Day” by Styx.

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.:smiley:

The Who -Getting In Tune

Singin’ In The Kitchen by Bobby Bare & Family.

Tennessee Flat Top Box. Although it could be said that’s about the musician.

Similarly, Guitar Man.

“An Old-Fashioned Love Song” -Three Dog Night