Flanagan and Allen - The Umbrella Man

Flanagan and Allen - The Umbrella Man

The Umbrella Man
Kay Kyser

Toodle - luma luma
Toodle - luma luma
Toodle - oh lay
Any umbrellas, any umbrellas
To mend today?
Bring your parasol, it may be small. It may be big
He will fix them all on what you call a thing-a-ma-jig
Pitter patter patter! Pitter patter patter!
It looks like rain.
Let it pitter patter. Let it pitter patter.
Who cares for rain?
He'll mend your umbrellas, then go on his way
Singing toodle luma luma. Toodle luma luma.
Any umbrellas to mend today.
When there's a lull
And things are dull
He'll sharpen knives for all the wives
In the neighborhood
And he's very good.
He'll darn a sock
Or fix a clock
An apple cart
A broken heart --
He'll mend anything but he'd much rather sing -
Toodle - luma luma
Toodle - luma luma
Toodle-oh-lay
Any umbrellas - any umbrellas
To mend today?
He'll mend your umbrella
Then go on his way singing
Toodle luma luma
Toodle luma luma
Any umbrellas to mend today.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• flanagan
• allen
• umbrella
• man
• british
• singers
• 1930s
• 1940s
• variety
• music
• hall

[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

[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?

[lastsonofearth007]

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

[PugnaciousT15]

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

[newt513]

Neil is great. This is my favorite from him.

[Julian9ehp]

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

[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.

[yellowmittens]

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

[unclejake2]

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