I don't think this is the original with Fred Penner, but it has the animation which was a staple of my childhood that I couldn't pass up. Fred though is an actually really inspiring dude that I was to talk about. He taught himself guitar in elementary school and learned how healing music can be by playing for his sister with downs. He then went to school and got a Bachelors in psychology (and economics) and started working with mentally and physically challenged kids with a type of music therapy to entertain and heal them. He then started a children's theatre company, and was invited to create an album which is how this song came about. Since then he's appeared on a lot of kids shows all over Canada sharing his music with them, and he still does it at the age of 71. He's an inspiring Canadian and his music definitely touched me as a kid. Fond memories all around.
Today's songs are about pets. And horses totally count as pets, so my grandma chose Wild Horses by Garth Brooks. My mom went with a song about a dog, choosing Feed Jake by Pirates of the Mississippi. My sister followed me in a cat song with What's New Pussycat by Tom Jones, and Anna picked Plea From A Cat Named Virtute by The Weakerthans. Will chose last and went with Surfin' Bird by The Trashmen.
Peace.
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