# 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:** 3
**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, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-didnt-know-had-lyrics/670574/41 "2013-10-08T02:17:10Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Well, I have only one thing to say about that. > Excuuuuuusssee meeeeeeeeee!!! You’re excused. 🙂 If you can find a copy of **this book** , I guarantee you won’t be able to put it down until you reach the end: > **[Saturday Night: Hill, Douglas: 9780394750538: Amazon.com: Books](https://www.amazon.com/Saturday-Night-Douglas-Hill/dp/0394750535)** > > Saturday Night \[Hill, Douglas\] on Amazon.com. \*FREE\* shipping on qualifying offers. Saturday Night ---
**Author:** ![WreckingCrew](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wreckingcrew/32/4080_2.png) [@WreckingCrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WreckingCrew)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-didnt-know-had-lyrics/670574/42 "2013-10-08T02:17:55Z")
Sammy Davis Jr. singing the theme to Hawaii Five O [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DDfobVBpRQI/hqdefault.jpg "Sammy Davis Jr and the Jack Lord Fan Club") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDfobVBpRQI) ---
**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, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-didnt-know-had-lyrics/670574/43 "2013-10-08T02:17:59Z")
> [@Musky\_Moon](#): > > 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. Alan Alda didn’t do many interviews back in the day. I saw him on a rare appearance on the Tonight Show (Johnny Carson) when M_A_S\*H was still running and it was surreal. Everything Alan said was perceived as a joke by the audience. When Johnny asked him about the theme song he said, that name of the song was “Suicide is Painless” and the audience just cracked the hell up. Almost every line by Hawkeye Pierce was a flippant Groucho Marx type line, and so even in a serious interview the audience laughed at his every response. Weird. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-didnt-know-had-lyrics/670574/44 "2013-10-08T03:30:44Z")
**It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World** (1963). During the opening credits animation a little man pops out and actually sings a little bit of it (at 3:15), > **["It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World" lyrics - Yahoo Video Search Results](https://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?p=%22It%27s%2Ba%2BMad%2BMad%2BMad%2BMad%2BWorld%22%2Blyrics)** > > The search engine that helps you find exactly what you're looking for. Find the most relevant information, video, images, and answers from all across the Web. but the entire song has lyerics: [http://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/i/itsamadmadmadmadworld.shtml](http://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/i/itsamadmadmadmadworld.shtml) In fact, the only way I know how many "Mad"s there are in the title is by remembering how the music goes. ---
**Author:** ![Cayuga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Cayuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cayuga)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-didnt-know-had-lyrics/670574/45 "2013-10-08T13:48:42Z")
> [@casdave](#): > > You are gonna love this - what English sounds like to non-English speakers > > Prisecolinensinenciousol > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySyNXHwHTuw&list=PLE622B232751F8C5A](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySyNXHwHTuw&list=PLE622B232751F8C5A) That is wonderful in so many different ways. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-didnt-know-had-lyrics/670574/46 "2013-10-08T14:47:13Z")
I’d only ever heard Gary Glitter’s [Rock and Roll Part 2](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-hB1TzoG7M) (which used to be frequently played at sporting events, until Glitter’s conviction on pedophilia), and it took a long time before I discovered that there’s actually a [Rock and Roll Part 1](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpAYBsWcLuM), with lyrics! ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-didnt-know-had-lyrics/670574/47 "2013-10-08T16:48:00Z")
In the spirit of **NoClueBoy** ’s example: > [@](#): > > It’s-al-ways Sun-ny-in Phil…a-del…phi-a… > It’s-al-ways Sun-ny-in Phil…a-del…phi-a! > In-Phil-a-del…phi-a… > In-Phil-a-del…phi-a! ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-didnt-know-had-lyrics/670574/48 "2013-10-08T17:08:25Z")
I was an adult before I knew [Taps](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taps) had lyrics. ---
**Author:** ![Cartoonacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-didnt-know-had-lyrics/670574/49 "2013-10-08T19:18:07Z")
For those of you who aren’t already fans of [Goldentusk’s YouTube videos](http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF2B4A64544F29846), enjoy. ---
**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:** [October 8, 2013, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-didnt-know-had-lyrics/670574/50 "2013-10-08T19:48:51Z")
[Hogan’s Heroes](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnqJHorpOkk). ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-didnt-know-had-lyrics/670574/51 "2013-10-08T19:54:00Z")
> [@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: Bullshit. This 'sketches" vs “skits” thing is recent and just an attempt to make their work sound more serious. > **[Oxford Languages | The Home of Language Data](https://languages.oup.com/)** > > Explore Oxford Languages, the home of world-renowned language data. _noun a short comedy sketch or piece of humorous writing, especially a parody: a skit on daytime magazine programs_ Thus SNl has ‘skits’. ---
**Author:** ![Gordon\_Urquhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@Gordon\_Urquhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_Urquhart)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-didnt-know-had-lyrics/670574/52 "2013-10-08T22:19:29Z")
[Music to Watch Girls By](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZ_WgrAAsBI), by The Bob Crewe Generation, is a great instrumental that later had words added; [Andy Williams](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5-GD8YeObE) is among the singers who covered it. I’ve been aware of the instrumental version for most of my life; I’d never heard Andy’s version until a year or so ago (and I consider myself a pretty big Andy Williams fan – just somehow fell through the cracks). [Soulful Strut](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yX1XSOzDPik) by Young-Holt Unlimited is, I think, more familiar to a lot of people (including me) than the very nice vocal version released a year or two earlier called [Am I The Same Girl](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJUVwedlsIQ), by Barbara Acklin. ---
**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 9, 2013, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-didnt-know-had-lyrics/670574/53 "2013-10-09T05:06:25Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Bullshit. This 'sketches" vs “skits” thing is recent and just an attempt to make their work sound more serious. > [Oxford Languages | The Home of Language Data](http://oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/skit) > _noun > a short comedy sketch or piece of humorous writing, especially a parody: > a skit on daytime magazine programs_ > > Thus SNl has ‘skits’. Read the book mentioned above. Lorne Michaels hates the word “skit.” He says it’s “something that kids do.” In the five years of _ **The Dick van Dyke Show** _, not once did I hear Rob, Buddy, or Sally use the word “skit.” It was always “sketch.” Your argument would be a bit more persuasive if you could produce a quote from someone **in the business** (assuming you understand the phrase). ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2013, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-didnt-know-had-lyrics/670574/54 "2013-10-09T05:21:16Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > 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. My mom had an amazing memory for lyrics, and I remembering shocked at her singing the lyrics when a Loony Tunes cartoon came on. > [@Joe\_King](#): > > The theme song to The Andy Griffith Show has lyrics but I can’t get to youtube right now. > [@terentii](#): > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PVUit1-0Ck](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PVUit1-0Ck) _Whistling Like a Fool_. I first learned them when I read [a really well-written porn parody of the Andy Griffith show.](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alt.sex.stories/nWNYTBgiOJw/discussion) (Google automatically includes the second click.) ---
**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 9, 2013, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-didnt-know-had-lyrics/670574/55 "2013-10-09T05:24:02Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > _Whistling Like a Fool_. I learned it as _ **The Fishin’ Hole** _. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2013, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-didnt-know-had-lyrics/670574/56 "2013-10-09T06:08:06Z")
Offenbach’s “Can-Can” is actually the Infernal Galop from his operetta “Orpheus in the Underworld” and he wrote lyrics for it. > [@](#): > > Ce bal est original > d’un galop infernal > donnons tous le signal! > Vive le galop infernal! > Donnons le signal > d’un galop infernal! > Amis, vive le bal! > La la la la la! ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2013, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-didnt-know-had-lyrics/670574/57 "2013-10-09T06:34:33Z")
Denis Norden and Frank Muir, British comedy writers, once wrote their own lyrics for the Blue Danube: > [@](#): > > The Danube is blue, not red, not green > Not purple, not beige or tangerine > You don’t come out mauve if you fall in > Or lilac or lime or mandarin > The Danube’s displaaaaayed > In only one shaaaaaade > 'cause that’s how it’s made > It’s not pink, > It’s not puce, > Just blue. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2013, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-didnt-know-had-lyrics/670574/58 "2013-10-09T06:41:01Z")
> [@rowrrbazzle](#): > > Denis Norden and Frank Muir, British comedy writers, once wrote their own lyrics for the Blue Danube: If those count, the whole work of Catalan comedy trio La Trinca consists of putting lyrics to classical works. Warning: do not youtube if you value your classics. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2013, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-didnt-know-had-lyrics/670574/59 "2013-10-09T12:33:22Z")
How about [Leave it to Beaver?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYaDR0WV-vs) ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2013, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-didnt-know-had-lyrics/670574/60 "2013-10-09T15:39:36Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Read the book mentioned above. Lorne Michaels hates the word “skit.” He says it’s “something that kids do.” > > Your argument would be a bit more persuasive if you could produce a quote from someone **in the business** (assuming you understand the phrase). Yeah, that’s nice, \*Lorne Micheals \*doesn’t like the word. Convincing. :rolleyes: I quote the fucking Oxford dictionary which _is_ in “the business’… of what words mean. Not '_show_ business”. :rolleyes: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-didnt-know-had-lyrics/670574.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-didnt-know-had-lyrics/670574.md?page=4)