Aesop's Fables: The Smothers Brothers Way was the seventh comedy

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 album by the Smothers Brothers

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 (released March 15, 1965 on Mercury Records

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). It reached number 57 on the Billboard

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 Pop Albums chart. Seven of Aesop

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's more famous stories

Aesop's Fables

Aesop's Fables or the Aesopica are a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and story-teller believed to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 560 BCE. The fables remain a popular choice for moral education of children today...

 and morals are related in this album

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 (or what are intended to be his fables but are often overshadowed by the bickering of the two brothers). The songs were written by John McCarthy.

Track listing

1. "Overture—Aesop's Fables Our Way" (2:03)
2. "The Greedy Dog" (2:20)
3. "A Fox (Maybe I'd Better Stay Me)" (0:24)—Running gag throughout the record where Tom wishes he could be something else but then something happens to quickly convince him that maybe he had better stay himself.
4. "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" (4:52)
5. "A Fly (Maybe I'd Better Stay Me)" (0:21)
6. "The Dog and the Thief" (3:20)
7. "A Worm (Maybe I'd Better Stay Me)" (0:20)
8. "The Farmer and His Sons" (4:26)
9. "A Jellyfish (Maybe I'd Better Stay Me)" (0:15)
10. "The Bird and the Jar" (6:23)—Explores the saying "Necessity is the mother of invention."
11. "A Mosquito (Maybe I'd Better Stay Me)" (0:21)
12. "The Two Frogs" (4:24)
13. "A Car (Maybe I'd Better Stay Me)" (0:45)
14. "Aesop Knew (Reprise)" (1:49)

Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position
1965	Billboard Pop Albums	57

External links

• Smothers Brothers discography