Lol funny! I sing songs to Maddie a lot. When trying to get her to settle down, I'll hold her and pet her and sing "go to sleep, little creep" in the tune of rock-a-bye-baby sort of. I start the same, with "go to sleep, little creep," and change the other lyrics as the pertain to that day. Silly, I know.

 

My husband and I make up silly little songs all the time. He started it and now I do it too. Each dog has their own theme song and some have more depending on what they did to warrant the song... such as the naughty times.

 

Oh thank goodness! I seriously was beginning to think I had lost my mind with all the songs I sing to Annie!!

So, as it stands, either we have all lost our minds courtesy of the Basset...or this is normal and those without a hound have something seriously wrong with them.

 

So, as it stands, either we have all lost our minds courtesy of the Basset...or this is normal and those without a hound have something seriously wrong with them.

Haha my vote is for the latter. I sometimes throw out parts of Edgar Allen Poe's "Annabel Lee" when I talk to Anabelle

 

My fiance started with, "My little Squishy butt....", for which I called him crazy at the time.
Now, when it's just me and her at home I'll sing whatever pops into my head (even if it's opera. That's a very big ouch).
Thank goodness everyone else does this......I was beginning to fear for my sanity!

On a side note - I'll have to fit Fat Bottom Squish now into my rotation

 

When Princess Buttercup finally comes downstairs I sing, "Here she comes Miss America... Dog!" Must be genetic because my mom used to sing, "I'm so pretty, Oh so pretty..." when she would groom our Westies. The funny part is years later I heard the song on TV & called my mom so excited because I thought she made up the song & it was on TV!!

 

My husband sings Elvis' "Hound Dog" to Charlotte all the time I think he even put it on the ipod road trip playlist for our rides together.

 

LMAO, I had to check this post as soon as I got home and we are all cracking up at my house.

Our newest song is "I want a Hippopotamas for Christmas, if not then a basset hound will do. They've a mouth like a crocodile, tough as rinocheruses, they're almost like hippopotamuses. . ." Cannoli takes this all in stride very graciously.

 

For Lucy we sang:

"You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille"

"Here we go Lu-cee-lu, Here we go Lu-cee-li, Here we go Lu-cee-lu, all on a Saturday night"

"Lucy in the sky with Diamonds"

"Whinny the Poo, silly willie nillie old girl" (to address nickname of Poo Dog)

and of course everyone's favorite:

"Ain't nothin but a hound dog"

 

Rosco has his own theme song (sung to the tune of Macho Man).

'Rosco Rosco man'

Pretty much the whole song sung to the tune of Macho Man, except substitute Rosco for Macho.

And yes we have all lost our minds.

 

Our current song is the good old "Do your ears hang low..." with ear action. Boomer is usually not very amused by this.

Other one is the the theme to the old show Flipper: "His name is Boomer, Boomer, Boomer..."

ROFL @ "Rosco Man"

 

Our current song is the good old "Do your ears hang low..." with ear action. Boomer is usually not very amused by this.

LOL - I used to sing that song to Flash when he was younger. It was so much fun playing with his big ol floppy ears. I may just have to sing it to him tonight. I'm sure he's been missing it!

 

oh yes, this is a daily, almost hourly occurance in our house. Each dog has a specific song, and then there's just the general song and dance *LOL*

 

Sailor Man, Sailor Man
Friendly neighborhood Sailor Man
Happy boy, not too wise
Silky ears, droopy eyes
Watch out!
Here comes the Sailor Man.....

and (see who recognizes this one...)

Evil Rose is a lark
Her light is always shines
Evil Rose she
Always knows
How to have a good time
Evil Roo, she's crazy too
And now it's plain to see that
Ever time I
Look at her
Rosie grows on me.

 

Bicycle built for two is a natural choice for Daisy. At Christmas, Feliz Navidad became "please take this barkey dog" (all of the wonderful cooking smells were too much for her and she was driving us nuts).

When she cries for no apparent reason, she gets "It's tough to be a Basset" ala Tough to be a Bug.

She also gets various versions of "Crazy Days" and anything else we happen to make up.

 

Bicycle built for two is a natural choice

My grandma taught us Daisys answer-

"Henry, Henry here is my answer true, I'm not crazy all for the love of you. There won't be any marriage, you can't afford a carriage. And I'll be switched if I'll be hitched on a bicycle built for two."

 

Here's a new one tonight, while watching old 80's music videos. The hubby busted out laughing when I started singing this, it just popped out. Guess the song and artist:

She bark, he bark, a-we bark,
I bark, you bark, a-they bark,
Be-bop be-bop a-lu she-bark.

 

A little Cindi Lauper eh? My boyfriend was serenading Cannoli with "so you had a basset" to the tune of "so you had a bad day"

How bout this one? "there's a basset in your closet, let her out so she can eat, barooo, theres a basset in you closet, let her out so she can eat."

 

That sounds like a really cute mix.

 

And of course Layla gets Eric Clapton's 'Layla' sung to her all the time.

 

"Josie" by Steely Dan

 

Do a search on YouTube for "A Basset is an Asset", a song written specifically about and for them. Lots of great pics and video too! I don't know how to post a link...check it out, it's worth it. I sing this to Blissy and Sally all time. "a low kinda slow kinda easy goin' pal, a Basset is an asset!"

 

Here is the "A Basset is an Asset" video/song:

And version 2 of the same song:

Y'all have got me inserting basset in songs on the radio that I never would've thought of before!

 

Thank you for the link, that is too cute!!

 

Roxie gets Roxanne by the police since that's her full name. I was actually considering calling my kennel name "Red Light Bassets" in honor of the song but thought that may look bad. We rearrange the lyrics to songs all the time but often it is just silly songs that we make up for the dogs that dont' go with anything that are their theme songs.

 

Boomer and I were driving home from errands today, and the song, "Jungle Love", came on with whistling at the beginning, and Boomer was looking around wondering who was whistling at him.

So, when I got home I looked up the lyrics and rewrote the song for bassets. Believe me, I'm not giving up my day job, and Weird Al has nothing to worry about.

"Basset Love" - a parody of "Jungle Love" by the Steve Miller Band.

From the moment I saw you
You instantly stole away my heart
I brought you a box of dog treats
They didn't last long from the start
You probably don't remember
I sure know I can never forget
Basset love in those eyes and ears
That tongue and drool sure were wet


Basset love, it's drivin' me mad
It's makin' me crazy
Basset love, it's drivin' me mad
It's makin' me crazy...


We brought you home as a young pup
We never left you alone
You cried and you cried the first night
While I tossed and I turned and I moaned
I questioned if I was crazy
For getting a basset pup
But the answer was right there
I couldn't deny I did care
So much for this bundle of love


Basset love, it's drivin' me mad
It's makin' me crazy
Basset love, it's drivin' me mad
It's makin' me crazy...


You wormed your way into my heart
You captured my mind and my soul
From you, I could never part
You have helped to make me whole
Oh no, what have you done?
Peed on the floor yet AGAIN?
I can't stay mad, you are so fun
My sweet furbaby, my friend.


Basset love, it's drivin' me mad
It's makin' me crazy
Basset love, it's drivin' me mad
It's makin' me crazy...


Basset love, it's drivin' me mad,
It's makin' me crazy
Basset love, it's drivin' me mad
It's makin' me crazy...