Trust me. We never expected that writing our own kids’ dog book would lead us to write songs about kids’ books. Like much of our journey–beginning with the death a year ago of our dear dog, Lucy–our adventure has followed the passions of 5-year-old Michael.

It all began the other day when Michael was taking a music lesson with “Mr. Hoo” of the Portland children’s band “The Alphabeticians.” Mr. Hoo asked Michael if he wanted to write a song. Michael decided to create a song, to the tune of his favorite Scooby-Doo song, about a Scooby-Doo book he had just finished, “Scooby-Doo! and You: The Case of Dr. Jenkins and Mr. Hyde.” The result was this song:

Here are the lyrics:
Scooby-Dooby Doo went down to the food production place
And met a doctor ghost.
They split up and looked for clues.
Shaggy and Scooby got chased.
Then Shaggy and Scooby were bait.
They dressed up like doctors
And solved the mystery of Mister Hyde’s curse of course.

This effort yielded yet another Scooby-Doo song, this one about “Scooby-Doo! and the Case of the Terrifying Pterodactyl,” which Mr. Hoo sings (with some help from Michael) here:

Here are the lyrics–and yes, they’re very similar to the lyrics above. But heck, Michael is only 5!

Scooby-Dooby Doo went down to the museum
And met a pterodactyl.
Everybody got chased
They split up and looked for clues.
Scooby and Shaggy were bait.
They dressed up like dinosaurs
And solved the mystery of the
Pterodactyl curse of course.

Here at Bash And Lucy, we’re big fans of the arts, especially the healing power of the arts, whether you’re sad about a dog’s death, a bad day, or missing your best friend. We’re excited that our adventure has led us to song. Got a dog book you’d like Michael to sing about or review? Email us at BashAndLucy@gmail.com. And be sure to follow our YouTube channel, Bash and Lucy on YouTube