The Cat In The Hat Songbook

December 28, 2017 8:02 PM

Perhaps you'd like to hear the 1967 album Dr Seuss Presents The Cat In The Hat Songbook: Seuss-Songs For Beginning Singers [YT playlist, ~30m] -- Side A: Let Us All Sing, The Super-Supper March, My Uncle Terwilliger Waltzes With Bears, In My Bureau Drawer, The No Laugh Race, Plinker Plunker, Hurry Hurry Hurry!, Cry A Pint

Side B: I Can Figure Figures, Somebody Stole My Hoo-Too-Foo-To-Boo-To-Bah, Rainy Day In Utica, N.Y., Lullaby For Mr. Benjamin B. Bicklebaum, Happy Birthday To Little Sally Springel Spungel Sporn, My Uncle Terwilliger Likes To Pat, Yawn Song, The Left-Sock Thievers, Drummers Drumming, Party Parting

posted by hippybear (6 comments total)

I have literally owned this album since before I was born, as my parents bought it for me when they knew I was on the way. I think this is full of gems. Seussblog writes about the actual book (yes, it's a full piano score), which I also own.

I've always wished enough people knew the birthday song well enough to be able to surprise someone by singing THAT instead of HBTY.
posted by hippybear at 8:04 PM on December 28, 2017 [2 favorites]

Correct Super-Supper March link.
posted by BiggerJ at 10:58 PM on December 28, 2017 [1 favorite]

looks like the songbook is still in print, even.....
posted by thelonius at 11:34 PM on December 28, 2017 [1 favorite]

You do realize that my sister and I can sing the entire album from memory, and that I still have my copy 50 years later, right?
posted by Melismata at 6:46 AM on December 29, 2017 [3 favorites]

We still sing the Super-Supper March in my family! According to ancient lore I broke this record when I was at DEFCON Destructive Toddler. It belonged to my sister. Forty-odd years later she still claims she hasn't forgiven me.
posted by Orange Dinosaur Slide at 10:59 AM on December 29, 2017 [2 favorites]

I had no idea Dr. Terwilliger was so busy. Aside from his 2500 student keyboard he also took time to pat and waltz. Quite the renaissance man.
posted by 1f2frfbf at 2:07 PM on December 29, 2017 [1 favorite]