Are you a fan of Flanders and Swann? Well, if you aren't, you're about to become one. Michael Flanders and Donald Swann were an English duo who wrote and sometimes performed very silly songs between around 1943 and 1967. Their performing was in a couple of revues with names like At the Drop of a Hat and At the Drop of Another Hat, and these appeared on Broadway here as well as in England. They also released some very successful (and still in print) records, most of which were produced by George Martin. Mr. Martin turned a nice profit with Flanders and Swann but probably did a wee bit better with those four Beatles guys.
Often, others sang and recorded Flanders and Swann ditties…but I like their tunes best when Swann is at the piano and Flanders in his wheelchair (he had polio) and is vocalizing. Sometimes, they vocalized together, as well. Here they are with a number that was part of a taped-for-TV version of their last show on Broadway…