The recent death of Ian Wallace brought to mind that marvellous pairing of Flanders and Swann, who were responsible for a whole raft of comic songs of the highest quality. I remember going to see their show "At the drop of a hat" in London in the 60s I think it must have been. Even if these names mean nothing to you, I'm sure you've heard of "The Hippopotamus Song" - you know, "Mud, mud, glorious mud"? And then there is "The Gnu Song" with that priceless line - "I'm a gnu, agnother gnu..." But my particular favourite of theirs is "A Transport of Delight" extolling the virtues of "that big six-wheeler scarlet-painted London transport diesel-engined 97-horsepower omnibus." Hold very tight please.
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