Flanagan and Allen - The Umbrella Man

[lebororo]

always pleasant to listen ♥

[PugnaciousT15]

I love this song. Does his voice remind anyone of Ernest Borgnine?

[newt513]

Neil is great. This is my favorite from him.

[Doug5524]

My Dad, many years ago used to sing this to me and my brother and we used to full a sleep to it around 1961 sadly Dad and brother no longer with us but there are here in my heart, lovely memories

D.G.J

[RiceBunie]

I have no idea why I love this song... I just do ^_^

[jonjamg]

@Aspergianstar2OO9 Lugubrious? Especially in this song.

[unclejake2]

Heard this on the Singing Detective in the 80's.

[maxthevid]

My sisters party piece, in the war years, Jaquie, Helen and Peggy Greene Balham London S.W.12 as woz 

[jonjamg]

@maxthevid Dad was from London (Willesden) Grandad was born back of Covent Garden.

[Eddy2730]

@jonjamg And I'm from Lewisham.

[jonjamg]

@Eddy2730 Oh posh - south of the river! lol

[Comictango]

Oh it has been years since I heard this song - thank you, thank you so much ...

[johnnash76]

god bless u dad,, u sang this to me 50 years ago,, lovely memory

[MisterWibbs]

Almost as good as the Briggs and Louis version.

[rheghead]

This reminds me of the singsong nights in the RAOB club in Ulverston. Sid sang this well.

[paul123488]

This is such a beautiful gentle song, thanks for putting it here for us to enjoy!



[Taephit]

I learned this from an old porky pig cartoon where a cat was singing this and keeping him awake.... now its burned into my brain

[jonjamg]

@Taephit

Oh don't know that - will have to look out for it! Tell me did Porky stutter or like a friend of mine - lose his stutter when he sings?

[RRaquello]

@jonjamg Carl Stallings actually used it quite frequently as an incidental cue in many of the WB cartoons. That's how I first heard it. Then when I heard the actual song, I said, "oh, so that's where it's from".

[blazingcold22]

@jonjamg Its a cat singing the song :D I love that video lol.

[lastsonofearth007]

@Taephit haha...thats what lead me to search for this song.........it was - notes to you 1941....love youtube

[yellowmittens]

@Taephit Me too! I've been searching for this song for years, and finally found it.

[Julian9ehp]

@Taephit It's also on the soundtrack of "Baseball Bugs."

[marieluvschris]

my uncle used to sit me on his knee when i was about 4 or 5 and sing this to me i will never forget going in saying sing tudalum to me please

[jonjamg]

@marieluvschris

I used to plague my uncle to put the 78 on whenever we visited!

[clericalegg007]

My parents used to sing this to me when i was a baby to stop me crying, i sing it to my baby daughter now. A piece of music from a different world than today.

[jonjamg]

@clericalegg007 A time when itinerant street vendors had a sort of nostalgic appeal something that Big Issue sellers don't enjoy, or cold callers for new kitchens, conservatories and windows!

[poltallach]

Thank you kindly for playing my Dad's song!

[bobmain1]

@poltallach my mums too