FLANDERS & SWANN

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SONGBOOKS

THE MICHAEL FLANDERS & DONALD SWANN SONG BOOK

Ten of the most popular HAT songs. Published by Chappell/IMP 1974. Withdrawn from sale.

1. The Elephant
2. The Gas-man Cometh
3. The Gnu
4. Madeira M'dear
5. The Hippopotamus
6. The Rhinoceros
7. A Song of the Weather
8. A Transport of Delight
9. The Warthog
10. The Whale

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RECORDING: CD

THE SONGS OF MICHAEL FLANDERS & DONALD SWANN

41 songs (and a poem) spanning early revue and the HAT years with a foreword by Donald Swann. Illustrated with throughout with cartoons. Originally published by Elm Tree Books and St. George's Press, London 1977. Revised edition (edited by Leon Berger) IMP-Warner/Chappell 1996.

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1. In the Bath
2. Design for Living
3. Misalliance
4. The Gas-man Cometh
5. A Song of the Weather
6. Pillar to Post
7. Rain on the Plage
8. Motor Perpetuo
9. Slow Train
10. A Transport of Delight
11. Last of the Line
12. Twenty Tons of TNT
13. The Reluctant Cannibal
14. P** P* B**** B** D*******
15. Budget Song
16. Ballad for the Rich
17. All Gall
18. Tonga
19. Song of Patriotic Prejudice
20. The Lord Chamberlain's Regulations
21. The Album
22. Ill Wind
23. Guide to Britten
24. Song of Reproduction
25. Bedstead Men
26. Excelsior
27. Vanessa
28. Twice Shy
29. Madeira, M'dear
30. The Armadillo
31. The Hippopotamus
32. The Ostrich
33. The Elephant
34. The Gnu
35. The Rhinoceros
36. The Sloth
37. The Spider
38. The Wild Boar
39. The Whale
40. The Warthog
41. The Wompom
42. Afterword

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SINGLE SONGS

The Hippopotamus Song

Flanders & Swann
2 Part Chorus arr.Carl Miller
Publisher: Chappell NY 1970

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The Hippopotamus Song

Flanders & Swann
Male chorus TTBB arr. William Stickles
Publisher: Chappell 1956

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Animal Songs – 1950s

Flanders & Swann
A number of animal songs were published by Chappell in single editions in the 1950s.

 

 

 

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Flanders & Swann
Baritone & piano
Chappell 1955

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A Word on My Ear

Flanders & Swann.
Soprano or high mezzo & piano
Included in SARAH'S ENCORES
Publisher: Novello Cat. No 17 0342 (1989)

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RECORDINGS: CD

Twenty Tons of TNT

Flanders & Swann
Publisher: Edwin H.Morris, New York 1967

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'N GLAASJE MADERA

Madeira M'Dear in Dutch
Schweitzer Music 1966

KI-KI-RI-KI-KI

(Josef Korinthos & Filippo Petri)
Ko Ko Ra Ki in English
Publisher: Arcadia Music 1954

LA GUERRE DE 14-18

Anthologie George Brassens
'Lovely War' (also known as 'War of 14-18') in the original French
Publisher: Editions Musicales 57, Paris, 1981