Nonsense Songs: Now Disc. Charlie Chaplin & "The Nonsense Song" (from "Modern Times")

The Thing

With lyrics, yet.

Haven't heard this sucker in years (my grandparental unit used to sing it) but it was on Sirius Radio today.

Phil Harris voiced Baloo the Bear in "The Jungle Book" and sang "The Bear Necessities"

 

The best part of this song are the internal rhymes: Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport

Rolf Harris at Albert Hall (of all places)

 

Tan me hide when I'm dead, Fred.

And I love the wobble board!

 

"So we tanned 'is hide when he died, Clyde, and that's it hanging on the shed"...

 

All together now ...

We sang this song as kids in school - it's great.

 

Steve Martin singing "King Tut"

 

Gotta love the "Funky Tut." Buried with a donkey, he's my favourite honky...

 

Shirley Temple singing "Polly Wolly Doodle

This dates back to 1880; possibly of slave origin.

 

This song sounds dirty these days.

 

Here's Charlie Chaplin doing it in a silent movie, yet