Musical Theatre Songs About Animals – By Vocal Type
The following list includes a curated selection of musical theatre songs about animals, drawn from a wide range of stage musicals and organized by vocal type. Additional song lists are available in the musical theatre song library.
Altos
“Amayzing Mayzie” – Seussical
“Be a Lion” – The Wiz
“Feed the Birds” – Mary Poppins
“Gus: The Theatre Cat” – Cats
Baritones
“Don’t Be the Bunny” – Urinetown
“I’m Allergic to Cats” – The Theory of Relativity
“Like Animals” – Doctor Dolittle
“Where Did That Little Dog Go?” – Snoopy!!!
Basses
“Big Fish, Little Fish” – Purlie
“Daisy Hill” – Snoopy!!!
“Does the Moment Ever Come?” – Just So
“Reindeers Are Better Than People” – Frozen
Contras
“Circle of Life” – The Lion King
“Every Tear a Mother Cries” – Honk!
“Shadowland” – The Lion King
“Unlikely Animals” – How to Dance in Ohio
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Mezzo-Sopranos
“It Roars” – Mean Girls
“Little Lamb” – Gypsy
“Morning Person” – Shrek
“What’s New At the Zoo” – Do Re Mi
Sopranos
“Green Finch and Linnet Bird” – Sweeney Todd
“He Lives in You (Reprise)” – The Lion King
“The Tale of the Oyster” – Fifty Million Frenchmen
“Turkey Lurkey Time” – Promises, Promises
Tenors
“A Bit Misunderstood” – The Three Little Pigs
“And They’re Off” – A New Brain
“Play With Your Food” – Honk!
“The Eagle and Me” – Bloomer Girl
Trebles (Kids)
“Big Mole” – Lost in the Stars
“I Just Can’t Wait to Be King” – The Lion King
“In the Big Blue World” – Finding Nemo
“It’s Possible” – Seussical