The stand-up comedian Guy Marks (1923-1987) had one hit record — this lilting tune in the style of an old radio dance band remote. Long after anyone knew of dance band remotes, Marks was still singing this in his act and occasionally on TV shows. Here he is in a 1978 appearance on the British series, Top of the Pops. The word nobody can make out in the lyric is "shipfitter" although some of the back-up singers in this rendition seem to think it's "shoplifter"…
