Flanders & Swann

Versions of Lyrics????
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I remember different lyrics from the album "At the Drop of a Hat" and from the touring production I saw in the 60s

Gin- "Besides it's inclined to affect my prowess" for "finesse" in this version

Awoke in morning and "a voice in her ear overtickled and siad..." "and a beard in her ear..."

And

.. slyly inveigled her up to his flat to view his collection of stamps ("all unperforated")

Can anyone elucidate the when and where of these?

This video was a made for a US TV audience and MF presumably felt he had to tone down some of the more suggestive lines.

Leon

Thank you Leon for this clarification. I am an an american and have ben besotted for years with the work of Flanders and Swan and sing these songs to my self all the time. One of my favorites is the "Reluctant Cannibal" I am a poet and the lyrics are brilliant. What is the origianl source of "Madeira" Will there be any revivals in the states or in England. I would plan trip around hearing these songs done well. Are they still performed??? What about Swann's Tolkien Cycle? .

Thanks so much for posting this...it's my favourite of all the Flanders and Swann pieces, (such a difficult choice but it's the really witty triple entendres that really crack it)...

Not to mention the bloody clever quadruples!

Fantastic. Really enjoyed this. I went to see a Flanders and Swann tribute act at the Edinburgh Festival last week and very good they were too. Due to time constraints however, this song lost out to Transport of Delight in a public cheer-off. Glad I got to hear it after all

The CD boxset is a different recording. This one is recorded on Broadway, the CD (and LPs, for that matter) were both recorded in London, although they were from different performances

This film was made for American TV ... so there was a little cleaning up for a family audience ("Mum, what does 'prowess' mean?")

haha, although to be fair they might also ask what was going on in this song which would provoke the same response of 'ummm'

I can certainly think of an explanation that is appropriate for children; can't Americans? Oh the English, the English, the English version is best.