Episode 179, “1940s Animal Songs,”

Episode 179, “1940s Animal Songs,” includes nine songs about birds plus others about mules, dogs, cats, rabbits and more. Performers include Tex Ritter, Boxcar Willie, The Ink Spots, Evelyn Knight, Roy Rogers, The Andrews Sisters, Gene Autry and Doris Day.

45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s
Episode 179 1940s Songs About Animals
Playlist
1 Old Shep Red Foley
2 Peter Cottontail Roy Rogers, Dale Evans and The Sandpipers
3 Cow Cow Boogie Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots
4 The Pussy Cat Song Patty Andrews & Bob Crosby
5 Skylark Billy Eckstein
6 A Nightinale Sang in Berkley Square Anne Shelton
7 Froggie Went a Courtin’ Tex Ritter
8 Alexander the Swoose Doris Day & Les Brown
9 A Little Bird Told Me Evelyn Knight
10 The Wise Old Owl Kay Thompson
11 The Woody Woodpecker Song The Andrews Sisters
12 Rudoph the Red Nose Reindeer Gene Autry
13 The Dicky-Bird Song Freddy Martin
14 The Cry of the Wild Goose Frankie Laine
15 When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano The Ink Spots
16 Mule Train Boxcar Willie
17 Mule Skinner Blues Bill Monroe