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17. Danny was a donkey? Must have missed that one.

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Fri Feb 3, 2012, 11:42 PM

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Post the first songs you ever remember [View all] OffWithTheirHeads Feb 2012 OP

Old Shep by Elvis Presley...I cried my eyes out... angstlessk Feb 2012 #1

When I was 4, I sang begin_within Feb 2012 #2

My parents had the Mrs. Miller Sings album geardaddy Feb 2012 #96

This is really embarrassing. Curmudgeoness Feb 2012 #3

I remember that song as a 12 year old sucidal kid... angstlessk Feb 2012 #4

It was extremely depressing. Curmudgeoness Feb 2012 #6

Other than lullabies... cyberswede Feb 2012 #5

I had a 45 of Puff the Magic Dragon Art_from_Ark Feb 2012 #87

Puff used to make me cry cyberswede Feb 2012 #94

Puff used to make me cry, too Art_from_Ark Feb 2012 #103

Captain Kangaroo! cyberswede Feb 2012 #104

I think there was also Grandfather Clock on Captain Kangaroo Art_from_Ark Feb 2012 #105

There was! And Dancing Bear. cyberswede Feb 2012 #108

"Que sera sera" - Doris my DAY - too bad she's a wingnut (loves [STRIKEOUT/s] ) n/t UTUSN Feb 2012 #7

You're kidding? Justice wanted Feb 2012 #12

Sorry, I mis-typed. It's LIMBAUGH, not O'REILLY. See my belated correction. n/t UTUSN Feb 2012 #40

But you mean she is a right winger? Justice wanted Feb 2012 #41

Well, the only evidence is her being a fan of LIMBOsevic's UTUSN Feb 2012 #44

hmmmm that is hard to say. I can see what you are saying. It is hard to say. Justice wanted Feb 2012 #45

Did not know she was a wingnut...she and that bald ego maniac were perfect together... angstlessk Feb 2012 #13

Several years ago LIMBOsevic puffed himself up on the air telling us UTUSN Feb 2012 #14

WOW! Mind Zing on that one! alphafemale Feb 2012 #29

Damn...my mother was at least subtle in undermining my confidence...yours was brutal! angstlessk Feb 2012 #61

lol It was good life training! alphafemale Feb 2012 #69

Danny was a Donkey- my Mom or The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze- Pryderi Feb 2012 #8

Danny was a donkey? Must have missed that one. OffWithTheirHeads Feb 2012 #17

I Think I Love You OriginalGeek Feb 2012 #9

I remember hearing that song on the Partridge family TV show Art_from_Ark Feb 2012 #68

"How Much is that Doggy in the Window?" femmocrat Feb 2012 #10

Yes! How much is that doggie in the window, the one Raven Feb 2012 #50

a song from Sesame Street Daddy Dear. Justice wanted Feb 2012 #11

"(Ghost) Riders In The Sky"...Vaughn Monroe Tikki Feb 2012 #15

"Playground in My Mind", "Joy to the World" ScreamingMeemie Feb 2012 #16

Buttons and Bows...don't recall where or when..nt Stuart G Feb 2012 #18

Help by The Beatles. I was six years old and when I heard it the first time nirvana555 Feb 2012 #19

Buttons and Bows was one of Dinah Shore's stock songs Art_from_Ark Feb 2012 #85

Pinwheel sakabatou Feb 2012 #20

from the radio: "Up, Up and Away," "Good Morning Starshine," "Everyone Knows It's Windy" Arugula Latte Feb 2012 #21

The Fifth Dimension had a TV special in 1969 or 1970 Art_from_Ark Feb 2012 #88

Little Brown Jug greendog Feb 2012 #22

I remember a lot of songs from the late 1940's-early 1950's radio Silver Swan Feb 2012 #23

I remember my dad singing us to sleep with "Big Rock Candy Mountain" . . . mid-30s . . . Petrushka Feb 2012 #24

My mom sang a lullabye back in the 1950's..."The Serenade of the Bells" It still haunts me... Rowdyboy Feb 2012 #25

Quarterflash, 'Harden My Heart' RZM Feb 2012 #26

I totally forgot "Wake Up Little Susie" by the Everly Brothers Rowdyboy Feb 2012 #27

"Wake up little Susie. EFerrari Feb 2012 #54

Scotland the Brave Vanje Feb 2012 #28

Marezy Doats grasswire Feb 2012 #30

Yep! That was another early song. Pryderi Feb 2012 #43

Same here. EFerrari Feb 2012 #57

Another vote for Marezy Doats here, musette_sf Feb 2012 #102

My mother often sang a lullaby to us HeiressofBickworth Feb 2012 #31

Joan Baez - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down Tabasco_Dave Feb 2012 #32

Joy to the World- 3 Dog Night JCMach1 Feb 2012 #33

Peter Paul & Mary - Puff the Magic Dragon denbot Feb 2012 #34

That's mine, too. pamela Feb 2012 #62

me three Grantuspeace Feb 2012 #75

Me four! n/t CottonBear Feb 2012 #82

I had Puff the Magic Dragon and I Wanna Hold Your Hand 45's Art_from_Ark Feb 2012 #89

50 Ways to Leave Your Lover - Simon and Garfunkel momto3 Feb 2012 #35

"Tonight You Belong to Me," by Patience and Prudence. Also "March of the Tin Soldiers." nt raccoon Feb 2012 #36

Yellow Submarine and Puff the Magic Dragon. CottonBear Feb 2012 #37

You Are My Sunshine/Secret Agent Man many a good man Feb 2012 #38

Secret Agent Man was the first 45 I ever bought IcyPeas Feb 2012 #49

My mom bought the Beatles' Sargent Pepper UnrepentantLiberal Feb 2012 #39

"Back In The Saddle Again" by Gene Autrey. Arkansas Granny Feb 2012 #42

Who's Got The Ding Dong, Who's Got The Bell solara Feb 2012 #46

26 Miles Across the Sea Still Blue in PDX Feb 2012 #47

animal crackers in my soup (shirley temple) IcyPeas Feb 2012 #48

I thought that said for one minute "post the first songs you never remember" MichaelMcGuire Feb 2012 #51

Mama Look A Boo Boo by Harry Belafonte dana_b Feb 2012 #52

Early 80s ChoralScholar Feb 2012 #53

Unsure but I know the first record I ever bought MichaelMcGuire Feb 2012 #55

Brand New Key and Rain Drops keep falling on my head Kadie Feb 2012 #56

Johnny Mathis - Chances Are AllenVanAllen Feb 2012 #58

LOVE this song... CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2012 #66

My mother used to sing "The Bedbugs and the Roaches" yellowcanine Feb 2012 #59

A song from my childhood. RebelOne Feb 2012 #60

Teddy Bear Picnic madamesilverspurs Feb 2012 #63

Officer Krupke WCGreen Feb 2012 #64

Fun question! IGoToDU Feb 2012 #65

There are three of them Art_from_Ark Feb 2012 #67

I AM A MOUSE. (oops, I'm thinking of book, sorry!) Shoe Horn Feb 2012 #70

"Still lookin' for that blue jean, baby-queen (purtiest girl I ever seen)..." Bucky Feb 2012 #71

"And the cat came back, the very next day, the cat came back, they though he was a gonner". applegrove Feb 2012 #72

Fondest childhood song... high density Feb 2012 #73

Wonderland By Night and I'm Going To Be Strong by ArnoldLayne Feb 2012 #74

Gonna Be Strong... pipi_k Feb 2012 #111

Raindrops keep falling on my head mrs_p Feb 2012 #76

Strawberry Fields Forever - Beatles Motown_Johnny Feb 2012 #77

The Barney song... Odin2005 Feb 2012 #78

The Unicorn meow2u3 Feb 2012 #79

The Animal Fair CrispyQ Feb 2012 #80

As soon as I read your subject line SaintPete Feb 2012 #92

I posted earlier, then I realized "Davy Crockett" would be one of the first songs I remember. nt raccoon Feb 2012 #81

Release Me - by Engelbert Humperdinck LynneSin Feb 2012 #83

Johnny Cash "Burning ring of fire" DiverDave Feb 2012 #84

Roger Miller's - "King of the Road" SaintPete Feb 2012 #86

King of the Road came out in '65, I think Art_from_Ark Feb 2012 #90

That's right! But my memories of the song SaintPete Feb 2012 #91

"Sweet City Woman" by The Stampeders. HughBeaumont Feb 2012 #93

here are a couple..... Burma Jones Feb 2012 #95

Frere Jacques MiddleFingerMom Feb 2012 #97

Raggmopp, by Cecil the seasick sea serpent siligut Feb 2012 #98

OMG... pipi_k Feb 2012 #110

lets' twist again by chubby checkers & roy orbison & motown irisblue Feb 2012 #99

'Show me the way to go home' and 'You are my Sunshine'. Paper Roses Feb 2012 #100

Uncle Remus. Wait Wut Feb 2012 #101

Celebrate by Three Dog Night kaitcat Feb 2012 #106

This message was self-deleted by its author Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2012 #107

Although I don't really remember this pipi_k Feb 2012 #109

"Papa Oom Mow Mow" by the Rivingtons Amerigo Vespucci Feb 2012 #112