What was the most random song you were taught as a child?

Question

When I was in the brownies we were taught a song called Zombie, for those of you who don't know it it goes:

Have you ever seen a zombie come to tea? Take a look at me, a zombie you will see? Zombie's attention! Zombie's begin!

Never really made much sense but it's stayed in my head all these years!

Answer 1

Neither did this one, but I still remember singing this and everybody laughing. (Probaby at me, but I thought it was funny!)

Old Hogan's Goat

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Sing-A-Long
There was a man. (There was a man.)
Now, please take note. (Now, please take note.)
There was a man (There was a man)
Who had a goat. (Who had a goat.)
He loved that goat. (He loved that goat.)
Indeed he did. (Indeed he did.)
He loved that goat (He loved that goat)
Just like a kid. (Just like a kid.)
One day that goat (One day that goat)
Was feeling fine, (Was feeling fine,)
Ate three red shirts (Ate three red shirts)
Right off the line. (Right off the line.)
His master came (His master came)
And beat his back (And beat his back)
And tied him to (And tied him to)
A railroad track. (A railroad track.)

The whistle blew. (The whistle blew.)
The train grew nigh. (The train grew nigh.)
The poor goat knew (The poor goat knew)
That he must die. (That he must die.)
He gave three shrieks (He gave three shrieks)
Of mortal pain, (Of mortal pain,)
Coughed up the shirts (Coughed up the shirts)
And flagged the train. (And flagged the train.)

Answer 2

We learnt an Irish song in 1st Class called Báidín Fheilimí. It went

Báidín Fheilimí d'imigh go Tórai
Báidín Fheilimí is Fheilimí ann
Báidín Fheilimí d'imigh go Tórai
Báidín Fheilimí is Fheilimí ann


which means:

Phelim's boat - go to Tory
Phelim's boat with Phelim in it
(repeated)

Tory is an island off Co Donegal.

I still have no idea what the point of the song was. The tune is one of those high-pitched ones so that when a group of schoolkids sing it dogs run away howling.

I'm gonna be singing it the rest of the day.

Answer 3

I learned these 2 similar songs at the same time in pre-school:

Ooey-Gooey was a worm
A mighty worm was he.
He sat upon the railroad track
The train he did not see.
Ooey-Gooeyyyyyyyyy (for this part we had to wiggle our upheld hands)

and:

Peanut sat on a railroad track
His heart was all a-flutter
Alonnnnng caaaaame the 6:15
Chugga chugga chugga TOOT TOOT
Peanut Butterrrrrrrrr

Answer 4

I went to the animal fair
The birds and the beasts were there
The big baboon by the light of the moon
Was combing his auburn hair
You ought to have seen the monkey
He sat on the elephant's trunk
The elephant sneezed and fell on his knees
What became of the monkey?

Answer 5

I had a little doggy and his name was Mr Jiggs

I sent him to the grocery store to fetch a pound of figs

A half an hour later he came running back and said

The figs were rather green my dear I bought a bone instead.

Answer 6

My dad used to sing us a song in spanish about a fly on the wall:
Una mosca parada en la pared, en la pared, en la pared,
Una mosca parada en la pared, en la pared, en la pared. An then you go on substituting every vowel first with all a´s, then all e´s and so on till you get to all u´s. Then you begin all over again! lol! I have no idea where he got it from, but I´ve heard it elsewhere so it´s not made up!

Answer 7

After friday night dinners as a child, my sister and I would join my dad in singing the Birkat Hamazon. It's a hebrew song that is traditionally sang post meal.

Answer 8

the woodpecker song it was sung by a man heavily under the influence of drink outside our caravan whilst we were on holiday very rude verses

Answer 9

If I had the wings of a sparrow
and a dirty big a** of a crow
id fly over (name here) tomorrow
and sh*te on the b*stard below

Answer 10

my mum and dad had a lot of different kinds of friends that used to think it was fun teach me rugby songs!!! have u heard of the song.... the cow hit nelly in the belly on the farm??? it can go on 4 hours