Chances are, you’ve been humming the theme songs for the "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Bewitched" for years.
Turns out these songs weren't just tunes, but actually had lyrics that went along with them.
Our friends at mental_floss have uncovered the lyrics to 11 popular TV show songs.
Now you can get their lyrics stuck in your head, too.
'The Andy Griffith Show' theme song
Andy Griffith recorded a version of “The Fishing Hole” – AKA the theme song to "The Andy Griffith Show" – that was replaced by the all-whistling version.
The 'Star Trek' theme song
Controversially, "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry penned lyrics to Alexander Courage’s theme song even though he never intended to use them for the show. Why? Because under their contract, writing lyrics – even unused ones – meant Roddenberry would get half of the royalties for the song.
The lyrics:
Beyond
The rim of the star-light
My love
Is wand’ring in star-flight
I know
He’ll find in star-clustered reaches
Love,
Strange love a star woman teaches.
I know
His journey ends never
His star trek
Will go on forever.
But tell him
While he wanders his starry sea
Remember, remember me
Can’t quite put the words with the tune? Listen to Tenacious D putting their spin on the sci-fi classic here.
The 'Bonanza' theme song
The pilot episode of "Bonanza" featured the Cartwrights singing a little ditty. “We nearly fell off our horses from laughing so hard,” Michael Landon later recalled. Apparently producers realized that it was a little silly as well since they ended up scrapping the lyrics for music only. Here’s Ben Cartwright himself – AKA actor Lorne Greene – doing his version.
Here’s a different version by Johnny Cash, who changed the lyrics a bit.
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