Yes! I've heard of this guy.. British dance band leader and clarinet player from the 1920s to the 1960's..Love the clarinet, coming second to my favourite the Tenor Sax..! :).
Won't comment on the title..I'll only get carried away..Yes! Yes! I know.. "The further the better"..!
As my Dad was a clarinet/ tenor sax player, this and others were played all the time in our house. One of my favourites, as a child, was The Wedding of the Painted Doll .... Jack Hylton.1929 !!!! XXXX
Always variable, eh? Except the end.
ReplyDeleteNot too subtle.
DeleteSad there is a double meaning to that song;)
ReplyDeleteIt's your mind, Thelma.
DeleteGreat, love it!
ReplyDeleteYesterday I ordered a CD by Max Rabe - he creates modern texts in the form above https://youtu.be/wgScTyl5Ymg.
Found out the link does not work. Doesn't matter - your video tops it!
DeleteI get 404 NOT FOUND.
DeleteYes! I've heard of this guy..
ReplyDeleteBritish dance band leader and
clarinet player from the 1920s
to the 1960's..Love the clarinet,
coming second to my favourite
the Tenor Sax..! :).
Won't comment on the title..I'll only
get carried away..Yes! Yes! I know..
"The further the better"..!
I used to play the clarinet - badly.
DeleteI suppose innocent in those days?
ReplyDeleteI don't think so Weave! They were naughtier than us!
DeleteHad a compilation tape of his stuff years ago which I used to love... but this one?.. no... never heard this one.......
ReplyDeleteMaybe it was not for general consumption.
DeleteAs my Dad was a clarinet/ tenor sax player, this and others were played all the time in our house. One of my favourites, as a child, was The Wedding of the Painted Doll .... Jack Hylton.1929 !!!! XXXX
ReplyDeleteI'll look it up.
DeleteI forgot that one! My dad played it.
DeleteGood to know that I'm not the only one Joanne. XXXX
DeleteJust right for a rather grey afternoon.
ReplyDeleteThat's one way of looking at it!
DeleteI have heard this before and I can only think it was here.
ReplyDeleteIt may well have been. I was shown (reintroduced to?) it by a friend who is as old as I am. It is a blessing to forget good jokes...
DeleteDid he say "stroking my girl's pussy?"
ReplyDeleteYep.
DeleteIt's called a Hokum song and the 20s and 30s were full of them! We do a fair few of them and are planning a whole show of them. Such fun!!!
ReplyDeleteWe do this sort of thing in childrens' Christmas Pantomimes.
DeleteYOu'd almost think there were double entendres in that.
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