The Arrogant Worms: Carrot Juice is Murder [ purchase ] I can’t imagine getting through a Silly Songs Week without including one of the “bo...

Rasputina: The Donner Party [ Purchase ] What could possibly be funny about the horrendous situation that befell the Donner Party in the w...

Roger Miller - You Can't Roller Skate In A Buffalo Herd [ purchase box set ] According to the absurdist laureate of country music, you c...

Relient K: The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything [ purchase ] This song is a coverlover's dream: a cycle of genre parodies flailing thr...

Amy Rigby: Cynically Yours [ purchase ] I recall buying Amy Rigby ’s Diary of a Mod Housewife when it came out in 1996, totally loving it bu...

They Might Be Giants: Shoehorn With Teeth [ purchase ] Geekrockers and modern TV theme song geniuses They Might Be Giants have a reputation ...

Allan Sherman: Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah [ purchase ] I actually am quite surprised that Allan Sherman's classic hasn't made an ap...

The Beatles : Yellow Submarine [ purchase ] In comments, someone requested this and it's not a bad choice at all. When it came to sillin...

Tom Waits : The Piano Has Been Drinking [ purchase ] Because of our rule about only one song per album, I could not do a double post with “S...

Flotation Walls: I'm a Bear I'm Amelia Earhart! Just kidding...I'm a bear. This song is so hilarious to me, but then again, I l...

Drive-By Truckers - The President's Penis Is Missing [ purchase ] May as well make today's post topical. This song appeared on the ...

Clarence "Frogman" Henry : Ain't Got No Home [ purchase ] In Ain't Got No Home, longtime New Orleans resident, Clarence ...

Four Bitchin‘ Babes : Viagra in the Water [ purchase ] Four Bitchin’ Babes are a folk-comedy-revue, whose members have included Christine La...

Silly Songs: Zippy [ purchase ] As I commented earlier, I had planned to offer up another song for this week’s theme, but Darius’ Steve Goo...

John Prine: In Spite of Ourselves [ purchase ] The only self-written track from John Prine ’s 1999 Duet/Covers album by the same name, In S...

Dan Bern - Tiger Woods [ purchase ] I could probably spend this entire week posting nothing but Dan Bern songs. Hell, I might end up doing i...

Steve Goodman : Lincoln Park Pirates [ purchase ] There are probably many people who know the song, “City of New Orleans” because of Arlo Gu...

Billy Bragg and Wilco: Hoodoo Voodoo [ purchase ] When one thinks of Woody Guthrie, one usually things of music with a message. Guthrie sang...

Tom Lehrer: Masochism Tango [ purchase ] Mathematician Tom Lehrer made a name for himself in the heady comedy days of the fifties and sixt...

Flight Of The Conchords - Bret, You Got It Going On [ purchase ] OK, so I've never actually seen Flight Of The Conchords , despite the f...