Weird Songs

Weird Songs

Most everyone loves music.  I have heard it said that there are 3 universal languages

1. Music
2. Love
3. Money

And most every song that has ever been written or sung or played has a title.  I know of songs that even carry the name "Untitled."

Today's blog is remembering songs that we love, or songs that we love to hate, or songs that we wish we'd never hear again.

And some of them are just Weird Songs!

This blog might also bring to light some obscure song titles that you never knew or that you have forgotten about.

When I was a kid there were some great songs on the radio, but they had strange or funny titles. This first one I remember my sister and Mom singing to me when I was 3-5 years old!

3 Little Fishies
Sung by Kay Kyser (#1 in 1939)  Words and music by Saxie Dowell

Down in the meadow in a little bitty pool
Swam three little fishies and a mama fishie too
"Swim" said the mama fishie, "Swim if you can"
And they swam and they swam all over the dam
Boop boop dit-tem dat-tem what-tem Chu!
Boop boop dit-tem dat-tem what-tem Chu!
Boop boop dit-tem dat-tem what-tem Chu!
And they swam and they swam all over the dam

"Mairzy Doats" is a novelty song composed in 1943 by Milton Drake, Al Hoffman and Jerry Livingston

I know a ditty nutty as a fruitcake
Goofy as a goon and silly as a loon
Some call it pretty,
others call it crazy
But they all sing this tune:
Mairzy doats and dozy doats
And liddle lamzy divey
A kiddley divey too, wouldn't you?
Yes! Mairzy doats and dozy doats
and liddle lamzy divey
A kiddley divey too, wouldn't you?

The Purple People Eater

Recorded by: Sheb Wooley   Written by: (Sheb Wooley)
Single: Released - June, 1958

 Well I saw the thing comin' out of the sky
It had the one long horn, one big eye
I commenced to shakin' and I said "ooh-eee"
It looks like a purple eater to me
It was a one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater
(One-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater)
A one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater
Sure looks strange to me (One eye?)

"Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" is a novelty song telling the story of a shy girl wearing a revealing polka dot bikini at the beach. It was written by Paul Vance and Lee Pockriss and first released in June 1960 by Brian Hyland with orchestra conducted by John Dixon.

She was afraid to come out of the locker
She was as nervous as she could be
She was afraid to come out of the locker
She was afraid that somebody would see
Two, three, four, tell the people what she wore
It was an itsy, bitsy, teenie, weenie, yellow polka-dot bikini
That she wore for the first time today
An itsy, bitsy, teentie, weenie, yellow polka-dot bikini
So in the locker she wanted to stay
Two, three, four, stick around we'll tell you more

Other Weird Songs you can Google or find on Youtube.

• The Last Word In Lonesome Is “Me”
• She Got The Gold Mine and I Got The Shaft
• Drop Kick Me, Jesus, Through The Goalposts Of Life
• Thank God And Greyhound She’s Gone
• I’ve Got The Hungries For Your Love And I’m Waiting In Your Welfare Line

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And these are just some of the Weird Songs I've heard.  Name some of your favorite in the comment box. Thanks.

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