Captain & Tennille
Captain & Tennille
Captain & Tennille
Captain & Tennille
Captain & Tennille
Captain & Tennille
Captain & Tennille
Captain & Tennille
Captain & Tennille
Captain & Tennille
Captain & Tennille
“Muskrat Love” is the third and final single from Captain & Tennille’s sophomore album Song Of Joy. It is heavily based on “Muskrat Candlelight” by Willis Alan Ramsey. It peaked at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped Billboard’s Adult Contemporary chart in 1976. It also reached #1 in Canada.
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Muskrat, muskrat
Candlelight
Doin' the town
And doin' it right in the evening
It's pretty pleasing
Muskrat Suzie
Muskrat Sam
Do the jitterbug at a Muskrat Land
And they shimmy
Sam is so skinny
And they whirl
And they twirl and they tango
Singing and jingling a jangle
Float like the heavens above
Looks like Muskrat Love
Nibbling on bacon
Chewing on cheese
Sam says to Suzie
Honey, would you please be my Mrs
Suzie says yes with her kisses
Now, he's tickling her fancy
Rubbing her toes
Muzzle to muzzle
Now anything goes as they wriggle
Sue starts to giggle
And they whirled
And they twirled and they tango
Singing and jingling a jangle
Floating like the heavens above
Looks like muskrat love
Muskrat Love was written by Willis Alan Ramsey.
Muskrat Love was produced by Captain & Tennille.
Toni Tennille once shared:
We were driving around one night when we heard (the group) America’s version of the song on the radio. I said to Daryl, ‘Did you hear that? I swear they’re singing about muskrats.’ I had to know what the lyrics were, so the next day we went out and found the sheet music....