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134 Favorite Funny Songs

Song Title                                                                              Singers                                                                                  Kind   Time   Year    BB#

Who’s Next?                                                                         Tom Lehrer                                                                           F1        3:02     1965

So Long, Mom (A Song for World War III)                     Tom Lehrer                                                                           F1        2:24     1965

Wernher von Braun                                                             Tom Lehrer                                                                           F1        1:47     1965

National Brotherhood Week                                              Tom Lehrer                                                                           F1        2:36     1965

King Herod’s Song                                                              Jesus Christ Superstar (Mike d’Abo)                                   F1        3:03     1970

Draft Dodger Rag                                                                Phil Ochs                                                                               F1        2:11     1965

Little Boxes                                                                           Pete Seeger                                                                           F1        1:53     1963

How Can I Be So Right?                                                     Msia Music (Michael Sun)                                                  F1        3:47     2001

It Ain’t Necessarily So                                                         Porgy and Bess (Todd Duncan)                                           F1        2:50     1940   

Pretty Far Out                                                                       The Limeliters                                                                      F1        2:25     1962   

My Good Man                                                                      Pete Seeger                                                                           F1        2:41     2006

Eddystone Light                                                                  The Brothers Four                                                                F1        2:12     1959

Ballad of Sigmund Freud, The                                           The Chad Mitchell Trio                                                      F1        2:45     1960

Pill, The                                                                                 Loretta Lynn                                                                         F1        2:37     1975

I Like a Guy What Takes His Time                                   Mae West                                                                              F1        2:47     1933   

Brand New Key                                                                    Melanie                                                                                 F1        2:25     1971    1

To Morrow                                                                            Kingston Trio                                                                       F1        2:44     1962

Ricochet (Rick-O-Shay)                                                       Teresa Brewer                                                                      F1        2:42     1954

I’m Always True to You in My Fashion                           Ella Fitzgerald                                                                      F1        2:53     1956

Jehosephat                                                                             The Limeliters                                                                      F1        2:05     1962

Paulette’s Song (Take Me As You Find Me)                    Charlie King                                                                         F1        4:08     1982

I’m Sure That We’ll Find It Somewhere                           Charlie King                                                                         F1        4:32     1982   

Ballad of a Thin Man                                                           Bob Dylan                                                                             F1        6:01     1965

Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries                                            Judy Garland                                                                        F1        1:58     1956

Big Yellow Taxi                                                                    Joni Mitchell                                                                         F1        2:15     1975    24

Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?                 Lovin’ Spoonful                                                                   F1        2:01     1966    2

When I’m Sixty-four                                                            Beatles                                                                                   F1        2:38     1967

It Ain’t Necessarily So                                                         Lena Horne                                                                           F1        3:04     1959

It Ain’t Necessarily So                                                         Aretha Franklin                                                                   F1        3:09     2011

Big Yellow Taxi                                                                    Amy Grant                                                                            F1        3:01     1994

 

That’s Mathematics                                                             Tom Lehrer                                                                           F2        1:33     1965

Vatican Rag                                                                           Tom Lehrer                                                                           F2        2:21     1965

Pollution                                                                               Tom Lehrer                                                                           F2        2:14     1965

Outside a Small Circle of Friends                                      Phil Ochs                                                                               F2        3:42     1967

Vaguely Reminiscent of the 60’s                                       Charlie King                                                                         F2        4:38     1982

Gee, Officer Krupke                                                            West Side Story (Eddie Roll)                                               F2        4:06     1957

America                                                                                 West Side Story (Marilyn Cooper)                                     F2        4:35     1957

You’re the Top                                                                      Ella Fitzgerald                                                                      F2        3:37     1956

Anything Goes                                                                     Ella Fitzgerald                                                                      F2        3:26     1956

Anything Goes                                                                     Dionne Warwick                                                                  F2        2:38     1990

Mrs. Robinson                                                                      Simon & Garfunkel                                                             F2        4:04     1968    1

You’re the Top                                                                      Dionne Warwick                                                                  F2        3:26     1990

Second Hand Rose                                                              Barbra Streisand                                                                  F2        2:09     1966    32

Splish Splash                                                                        Bobby Darin                                                                         F2        2:14     1958    3

Anything You Can Do                                                        Annie Get Your Gun (Mary Martin, John Raitt)               F2        3:06     1957

Hymn to Him, A                                                                  My Fair Lady (Rex Harrison)                                              F2        3:16     1956

I’m an Ordinary Man                                                          My Fair Lady (Rex Harrison)                                              F2        4:34     1956   

Show Me                                                                               My Fair Lady (Julie Andrews)                                             F2        2:09     1956

Guys and Dolls                                                                    Guys and Dolls (Stubby Kaye, John Silver)                       F2        2:51     1950

Guys and Dolls                                                                    Bobby Darin                                                                         F2        2:13     1959   

I Cain’t Say No                                                                     Oklahoma (Celeste Holm)                                                   F2        3:03     1943   

Kansas City                                                                           Oklahoma (Lee Dickson)                                                      F2        2:49     1943   

Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Back Again                                 New Lost City Ramblers                                                    F2        2:22     1991

Game, The                                                                             Damn Yankees (Jimmie Komack, Frey)                             F2        4:33     1958

Little Brains, A—A Little Talent                                        Damn Yankees (Gwen Verdon)                                           F2        3:39     1958

Sixteen Going on Seventeen                                               Sound of Music, The                                                              F2        3:51     1965

If I Were a Rich Man                                                           Fiddler on the Roof (Zero Mostel)                                        F2        4:57     1964

Back in the U.S.S.R.                                                             Beatles                                                                                   F2        2:44     1968

 

Selling Out                                                                            Tom Lehrer                                                                           F3        2:25     2000

Smut                                                                                       Tom Lehrer                                                                           F3        3:15     1965

I Feel Like I’m Fixin’ to Die Rag                                        Country Joe and the Fish                                                    F3        2:54     1965

Army Life                                                                              Pete Seeger                                                                           F3        2:09     2009

Piggies                                                                                   Beatles                                                                                   F3        2:04     1968

M.T.A.                                                                                    Kingston Trio                                                                       F3        3:17     1959

Merry Minuet, The                                                              Kingston Trio                                                                       F3        2:10     1959

Harper Valley P.T.A.                                                           Jeannie C. Riley                                                                   F3        3:14     1968    1

Harper Valley PTA                                                              Denise LaSalle                                                                      F3        2:40     1973

Harper Valley PTA                                                              Dolly Parton                                                                         F3        3:11     1969

When I First Came to This Land                                       The Limeliters                                                                      F3        3:21     1960

When I First Came to This Land                                       Pete Seeger                                                                           F3        2:43     2009

Food Stamp Stomp                                                              Charlie King                                                                         F3        6:23     1979

Big Long Slidin’ Thing                                                        Dinah Washington                                                              F3        2:58     1954

Taxed Enough Already?!                                                    Emma’s Revolution                                                            F3        2:52     2011

Why Can’t the English?                                                      My Fair Lady (Rex Harrison)                                              F3        2:47     1956

With a Little Bit of Luck                                                      My Fair Lady (Stanley Holloway)                                     F3        4:05     1956

Without You                                                                         My Fair Lady (Julie Andrews)                                             F3        2:05     1956

Doin’ What Comes Natur’lly                                             Annie Get Your Gun (Mary Martin)                                   F3        2:26     1957

Kids                                                                                        Bye Bye Birdie (Paul Lynde, Marijane Maricle)                F3        1:33     1963   

Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend                                   Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Marilyn Monroe)                     F3        3:30     1953

Seven Deadly Virtues, The                                                 Camelot (Roddy McDowall)                                               F3        1:26     1960   

Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive                                          Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters                                F3        2:44     1944

Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive                                          Aretha Franklin                                                                   F3        2:18     1962

Moonshadow                                                                        Cat Stevens                                                                           F3        2:52     1971

Positively 4th Street                                                             Bob Dylan                                                                             F3        3:56     1965    7

Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead                                         Barbra Streisand, Harold Arlen                                         F3        1:54     1966

Old                                                                                         Paul Simon                                                                           F3        2:20     2000

Charmin’ Betsy                                                                    The Limeliters                                                                      F3        2:25     1962

Fortunate Son                                                                       Creedence Clearwater Revival                                         F3        2:20     1969    14

Sell-Out Agitation Waltz                                                    Mimi & Richard Fariña                                                       F3        2:53     2001

Sue Me                                                                                   Guys and Dolls (Vivian Blaine, Sam Levene)                   F3        2:28     1950

Bill Morgan and His Gal                                                     New Lost City Ramblers                                                    F3        2:58     1963

If You Wanna Be Happy                                                     Jimmy Soul                                                                           F3        2:23     1963    1

So Long (It’s Been Good to Know Yuh)                           Weavers                                                                                F3        3:22     1955

Baby, It’s Cold Outside                                                       Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Jordan                                             F3        2:42     1949    9

They All Laughed                                                                Ella Fitzgerald                                                                      F3        3:02     1959

Boy! What Love Has Done to Me!                                     Ella Fitzgerald                                                                      F3        3:45     1959

 

We Will All Go Together When We Go                           Tom Lehrer                                                                           F4        3:27     1959

Elements, The                                                                       Tom Lehrer                                                                           F4        2:10     1959

Fine Romance, A                                                                  Marilyn Monroe                                                                  F4        2:19     1953

Fine Romance, A                                                                  Billie Holiday                                                                       F4        3:35     1936

Santa Baby                                                                            Eartha Kitt                                                                            F4        3:31     1953   

Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off                                          Ella Fitzgerald                                                                      F4        4:30     1959

Sing Song Swing                                                                  Ella Fitzgerald                                                                      F4        3:03     1940    23

Treat Me Rough                                                                   Ella Fitzgerald                                                                      F4        2:53     1959

Straighten Up and Fly Right                                              Nat King Cole                                                                      F4        2:37     1943

Straighten Up and Fly Right                                              Linda Ronstadt                                                                     F4        2:16     1986

Biggest Thing That Man Has Ever Done, The                 Woody Guthrie                                                                    F4        2:19     1944

Boy Named Sue, A                                                              Johnny Cash                                                                         F4        3:46     1969    2

Marvin                                                                                   The Limeliters                                                                      F4        2:31     1961

Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat                                    Guys and Dolls (Stubby Kaye)                                            F4        2:15     1950

Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat                                    James Taylor                                                                         F4        4:11     2020

I’m Changing My Name to Chrysler                                Arlo Guthrie, Pete Seeger                                                   F4        4:21     1982

Old Time Religion                                                               Arlo Guthrie, Pete Seeger                                                   F4        2:46     1982

Man Piaba                                                                             Harry Belafonte                                                                   F4        3:32     1954

Mama Look a Boo-Boo                                                        Harry Belafonte                                                                   F4        3:01     1957    11

Plastic Dome                                                                         Country Joe McDonald                                                       F4        3:23     1972

Get Me to the Church on Time                                          My Fair Lady (Stanley Holloway)                                     F4        2:42     1956

Simple Joys of Maidenhood, The                                      Camelot (Julie Andrews)                                                      F4        3:01     1960

Money                                                                                    Cabaret (Joel Grey, Liza Minelli)                                       F4        3:02     1972

I’m an Indian Too                                                                Annie Get Your Gun (Mary Martin)                                   F4        2:41     1957

Don’t Sleep in the Subway                                                 Petula Clark                                                                         F4        2:55     1967    5

Blue Eyed Gal                                                                       Kingston Trio                                                                       F4        2:17     1961

Oh, Yes, Oh!                                                                          Kingston Trio                                                                       F4        2:42     1961

So Serious                                                                              Electric Light Orchestra                                                      F4        2:44     1986

No. 1                                                                                      The Highwaymen                                                               F4        2:15     2000

Call Me Mr. In-Between                                                      Burl Ives                                                                                F4        2:42     1962    19

My Home Town                                                                   Tom Lehrer                                                                           F4        2:58     1960

Cuanto Le Gusta                                                                  Carmen Miranda                                                                 F4        2:09     1942

 

Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini          Brian Hyland                                                                        F5        2:24     1960    1

That’s All                                                                               Tennessee Ernie Ford                                                          F5        2:47     1956    17

In the Middle of an Island                                                  Tennessee Ernie Ford                                                          F5        2:21     1957    23

Love Potion Number Nine                                                 The Searchers                                                                       F5        2:04     1964    3

Glad to Be Unhappy                                                            The Mamas and the Papas                                                  F5        1:45     1967    26

Russian Girls                                                                        Arlo Guthrie                                                                         F5        3:48     1986

 

Favorite Songs
Favorite Songs Alphabetical
Favorite Peace Songs
Favorite Spiritual Songs
Favorite Love Songs
Favorite Funny Songs
Favorite Story Songs
Favorite Singers
Favorite Singers Alphabetical
Favorite Songs by Year
Favorite Songs by Length
Introduction to My Favorite Songs

Favorite Instrumental Music organized by composers, genre, year, and length

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