favorite song from elementary school?

[catilina]

Here's mine it is happy, sad, then funny.

Senor Don Gato

Oh Senor Don Gato was a cat
On a high red roof Don Gato sat
He went there to read a letter,
Meow, meow, meow
Where the reading light was better,
Meow, meow, meow
'Twas a love note for Don Gato

I adore you wrote the lady cat
Who was fluffy, white and nice and fat
There was not a sweeter kitty,
Meow, meow, meow
In the country or the city,
Meow, meow, meow
And she said she'd wed Don Gato

Oh, Don Gato jumped so happily
He fell off the roof and broke his knee
Broke his ribs and all his whiskers,
Meow, meow, meow
And his little solar plexus,
Meow, meow, meow
Ay Caramba cried Don Gato

Then the doctors all came on the run
Just to see if something could be done
And they held a consultation,
Meow, meow, meow
About how to save their patient,
Meow, meow, meow
How to save Senor Don Gato

But in spite of everything they tried
Poor Senor Don Gato up and died
And it wasn't very merry,
Meow, meow, meow
Going to the cemetery,
Meow, meow, meow
For the ending of Don Gato

When the funeral passed the market square
Such a smell of fish was in the air
Though his burial was slated,
Meow, meow, meow
He became reanimated,
Meow, meow, meow
He came back to life, Don Gato

 

[Olivianna]

OMG!!!!! I was totally going to mention the exact same song...and then I opened your thread! I LOVED that song.

Meow, meow, meow!

That is so funny!

 

[Olivianna]

Hey, remember this one:

Have you seen the ghost of John?
Long white bones with the skin all off.....
oooooo....oooohhhh....
Wouldn't it be chilly with no skin on?

 

[catilina]

I don't remember that one but there's a lot of stuff I don't remember It seems like the popular songs where I went were speed songs and lyrically challenged:

John Jacob Jingle Hymer Smith
His name is my name too
Whenever we go out
The people always shout
"John Jacob Jingle Hymer Smith,"
Ra ra ra ra ra ra ra....

or

ha-va nagila, ha-va nagila
ha-va nagila, ve nismecha
ha-va nagila, ha-va nagila
ha-va nagila, ve-e nismecha

hava ve ranena, hava ve ranena
ha-va ve ranena ve nismecha
hava ve ranena, hava ve ranena
ha-va ve ranena ve nismecha

u-ru, u-ru a-him
uruahim lihiot sameah, uruahim lihiot sameah
uruahim lihiot sameah, uruahim lihiot sameah
uruahim, uruahim, uruahim
- lihiot sameah.

uruahim lihiot sameah, uruahim lihiot sameah
uruahim lihiot sameah, uruahim lihiot sameah
uruahim, uruahim, uruahim
- lihiot same-e-e-ah.

 

[Olivianna]

Totally. I don't think I've ever seen ha va negila fully transliterated - perhaps I can actually sing along correctly next time.

 

[Ladyhawke]

Sick song....but my favorite!

I'm being swallowed by a boa-constrictor, a boa-constrictor, a boa-constrictor,

I'm being swallowed by a boa-constrictor,

And I don't like it one little bit.

Oh, no, he's got my toe,

O gee, he's up to my knee,

Oh, my, he's reached my thigh,

O fiddle, he's up to my middle,

Oh heck, he's up to my neck

O dread, He's got my . . . (gulp!)

 

[sunstruck]

Senor Don Gato!!! I forgot all about that song!!! Very cool.

 

[SlipperyKitten]

I totally loved this song:

Have you ever thought as a hearse goes by
you will be the next to die
they'll wrap you up in a big white sheet,
from your head down to your feet
the worms will go in and the worms will go out
in your stomach and out your snout
and your eyes will fall out
and your teeth will decay
and that will be the end to a perfect day.

Totally morbid, yet so cool!

 

[Diablogrl]

this one was my favorite --

"The cat came back"

Old farmer Johnson had troubles of his own,
He had a little cat, that wouldn't leave his home,
He tried and he tried just to give that cat away
He gave it to a man going far, far, away

Chorus:
but the cat came back, the very next day
Oh, the cat came back,
We thought it was a goner but
the cat came back,
It just wouldn't stay away
Du du du du...me-ow...du wa
du du du du...me-ow...du wa

Farmer Johnson's neighbor swore he'd kill that cat on sight
He loaded up his shotgun with nails and dynamite,
He waited and he waited for that cat to come around,
97 pieces of the man was all they found...

(Chorus)

He gave it to a man going up in a baloon,
Told him to give it to the man on the moon,
90 miles away the baloon came down,
What happened to the man, was never ever found..

(Chorus)

 

[Tantanah]

"Five Little Sparrows"

Five little sparrows sitting on the wire
The first one said I could fly much higher
so off she flew
with the sky so blue...

Guess I just wanted to fly away.

 

[lilminx]

I was going to mention "The Cat Came Back"!

I loved that song.

I remember this one from Kindergarten (sung to the tune of "Blue Danube":

Come skate with me,
and you will see,
how nice it can be
on the I C E.

Where ice is thin,
you might fall in
skate carefully
on the I C E.

I loved this song. I knew it first as a poem by Shel Silverstein, then as a song:

The Unicorn

A long time ago, when the Earth was green
There was more kinds of animals than you've ever seen
They'd run around free while the Earth was being born
And the loveliest of all was the unicorn

There was green alligators and long-necked geese
Some humpty backed camels and some chimpanzees
Some cats and rats and elephants, but sure as you're born
The loveliest of all was the unicorn

The Lord seen some sinning and it gave Him pain
And He says, "Stand back, I'm going to make it rain"
He says, "Hey Noah, I'll tell you what to do
Build me a floating zoo,
and take some of those

Green alligators and long-necked geese
Some humpty backed camels and some chimpanzees
Some cats and rats and elephants, but sure as you're born
Don't you forget My unicorns

Old Noah was there to answer the call
He finished up making the ark just as the rain started to fall
He marched the animals two by two
And he called out as they came through
Hey Lord,
I've got green alligators and long-necked geese
Some humpty backed camels and some chimpanzees
Some cats and rats and elephants, but Lord, I'm so forlorn
I just can't find no unicorns"

And Noah looked out through the driving rain
Them unicorns were hiding, playing silly games
Kicking and splashing while the rain was falling
Oh, them silly unicorns

There was green alligators and long-necked geese
Some humpty backed camels and some chimpanzees
Noah cried, "Close the door because the rain is falling
And we just can't wait for no unicorns"

The ark started moving, it drifted with the tide
The unicorns looked up from the rocks and they cried
And the waters came down and sort of floated them away
That's why you never see unicorns to this very day

You'll see green alligators and long-necked geese
Some humpty backed camels and some chimpanzees
Some cats and rats and elephants, but sure as you're born
You're never gonna see no unicorns.