# Songs You Didn't Know Had Lyrics **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 7, 2013, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-didnt-know-had-lyrics/670574 "2013-10-07T08:04:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-didnt-know-had-lyrics/670574/21 "2013-10-07T17:26:17Z")
Way back in foreverago (Late 1997 or early 1998 when I was living on campus), Craig Kilbourn was messing around and sang lyrics to the _The Daily Show_ theme song. Lyrics that he of course made up. It was like “Here comes another of The Day-ly Sho-ow/You’re gonna like it, it’s The Day-ly Sho-ow.” I always always hear this when I hear the TDS theme. Haven’t ever been able to find Craig’s clip online, though. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2013, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-didnt-know-had-lyrics/670574/22 "2013-10-07T17:28:19Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > The TV show theme for [Bewitched](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zyroxZ5mE0) actually had lyrics. They were even sung in the movie version with Will Ferrell and Nicole Kidman. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-didnt-know-had-lyrics/670574/23 "2013-10-07T17:39:28Z")
I had always thought “One Mint Julep” was a Ray Charles original. [The Ray Charles instrumental experienced renewed popularity in the 90s when it was used for a series of television commercials for Capio iced coffee.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIPUhB7kRiY) It was only a few years ago that I found out [it was originally a hit for The Clovers . . . and it had lyrics](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rNoR8jnPRU). ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-didnt-know-had-lyrics/670574/24 "2013-10-07T17:40:26Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > Strauss’s Blue Danube Waltz. (It even had lyrics originally.) The Blue Danube Waltz / By Strauss / the louse He lives in a house / with Mick / E mouse… > [@](#): > > The MASH theme. Which anyone who saw the movie would know. Since the movie and series had very different audiences, there’s not 100% overlap. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-didnt-know-had-lyrics/670574/25 "2013-10-07T17:47:33Z")
Merry-Go-'Round Broke Down. It’s the Loony Tunes theme song. The one that Porky Pig goes “Tha. . tha. . tha. . that’s all folks!” over. It’s about finding love on a broken carousel. I’ve got the Russ Morgan version of it on my iPod. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-didnt-know-had-lyrics/670574/26 "2013-10-07T18:17:23Z")
The theme song to “I Love Lucy”. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-didnt-know-had-lyrics/670574/27 "2013-10-07T18:27:22Z")
I think it’s in the movie, _After the Thin Man_–I was surprised to hear someone actually singing the lyrics to “Sing, Sing, Sing.” It’s a song used often in 1930s and '40s period pieces, one of the most evocative of the Swing era, but I’d never heard words to go with the music before. ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-didnt-know-had-lyrics/670574/28 "2013-10-07T19:09:53Z")
You are gonna love this - what English sounds like to non-English speakers Prisecolinensinenciousol https://www.youtube.com/embed/ySyNXHwHTuw?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=PLE622B232751F8C5A OK, so it sort of has words, but they are all nonsense, here are the lyrics [Prisencolinensinainciusol (with lyrics) - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5up86JJD5s&list=PLE622B232751F8C5A) PS. The Blonde girl who appears alongside Celentano is called Raffaella Carrà - she is a very long established star on the European circuit, often known by her nick - The Raff ---
**Author:** ![Musky\_Moon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90db22/32.png) [@Musky\_Moon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musky_Moon)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-didnt-know-had-lyrics/670574/29 "2013-10-07T19:52:47Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > The MASH theme. I watched MASH plenty as a kid, but hadn’t seen the movie until I was probably in my late 20s. I remember being floored that the theme had lyrics. Then, shortly after discovering this, I heard a cover by The Manic Street Preachers. Strange coincidence. ---
**Author:** ![Mixolydian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-didnt-know-had-lyrics/670574/30 "2013-10-07T20:15:10Z")
Herbie Hancock’s [Watermelon Man](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watermelon_Man_%28composition%29), although the lyrics were added later. \* Hey - Watermelon Man Hey - Watermelon Man Bring me one that rattles when you lug it One that’s sweet and juicy when you plug it Do you understand - Watermelon Man\* ---
**Author:** ![Joe\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/fbc32d/32.png) [@Joe\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_King)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-didnt-know-had-lyrics/670574/31 "2013-10-07T20:16:10Z")
The theme song to The Andy Griffith Show has lyrics but I can’t get to youtube right now. ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-didnt-know-had-lyrics/670574/32 "2013-10-07T20:48:14Z")
Won’t you stop and take A little time out with me Just [take five](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQvNDY1LzPQ)! ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-didnt-know-had-lyrics/670574/33 "2013-10-07T20:53:28Z")
Also, NPR’s “Morning Edition” [theme song](http://www.npr.org/2007/08/10/12692633/the-morning-edition-theme): > [@](#): > > Oh I hate to get up in the morning > > Please don’t wake me up this morning > > Let me stay in bed … and … sleep (I don’t like to daydream) ---
**Author:** ![Cartoonacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-didnt-know-had-lyrics/670574/34 "2013-10-07T21:51:31Z")
I remember seeing Patrick Duffy on _The Tonight Show_, shortly after the \*Dallas \*episode in which Bobby Ewing stepped out of the shower and his wife Pam realized that he was still alive and the entire previous season had been a bad dream. One of the other guests asked him if he had a good singing voice, and asked him to sing something. He said, “What can I sing? The only thing I know is the \*Dallas \*theme, and it doesn’t have words. I could make some up. _‘I’m back… I’m wet… It was all just a dream…’_” ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-didnt-know-had-lyrics/670574/35 "2013-10-07T21:56:52Z")
STAR WARS! nothing but STAR WARS! fighting those STAR WARS! all over space ---
**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:** [October 7, 2013, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-didnt-know-had-lyrics/670574/36 "2013-10-07T22:53:43Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > STAR WARS! > > nothing but STAR WARS! > > fighting those STAR WARS! > > all over space Channeling Bill Murray from an old SNL skit? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-didnt-know-had-lyrics/670574/37 "2013-10-07T23:29:06Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Channeling Bill Murray from an old SNL skit? Isn’t everyone? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-didnt-know-had-lyrics/670574/38 "2013-10-08T01:32:25Z")
> [@Joe\_King](#): > > The theme song to The Andy Griffith Show has lyrics but I can’t get to youtube right now. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6PVUit1-0Ck/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AHSBoAC4AOKAgwIABABGGUgZShlMA8=&rs=AOn4CLDccwQjJ_d8eiMlbP5KVLVDhAXoNQ "Andy Griffith sings TV Show Theme Song.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PVUit1-0Ck) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-didnt-know-had-lyrics/670574/39 "2013-10-08T01:34:23Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Channeling Bill Murray from an old SNL skit? Sketches. In the business, they’re called sketches. Skits are what you do in high school German class to show you’ve learned the material for that week. :mad: ---
**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:** [October 8, 2013, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-didnt-know-had-lyrics/670574/40 "2013-10-08T01:47:38Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Sketches. In the business, they’re called sketches. Skits are what you do in high school German class to show you’ve learned the material for that week. :mad: Well, I have only one thing to say about that. Excuuuuuusssee meeeeeeeeee!!! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-didnt-know-had-lyrics/670574.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-didnt-know-had-lyrics/670574.md?page=3)