A couple years back, I was trying to think of a New Year song, and I'm sure there's one out there or several, but none quickly came to mind. The best I could come up with for a new year is this song from British songwriter/entertainers Michael Flanders and Donald Swann -- who I've often noted here I dearly love -- in their stage revue (or as they called it, an after-dinner farrago...) At the Drop of a Hat. This is "A Song of the Weather." That's the bearded Michael Flanders who's the lyricist and lead singer, with composer Donald Swann at the piano and singing backup.
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Douglass Abramson
1/1/2022 11:16:21 pm
After the last five years, this might be a better New Year's song...
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Robert Elisberg
1/2/2022 09:43:51 am
Douglass -- it's one of my favorite Mel Brooks' song...with uncredited music adapted by Johannes Brahms, from his "Hungarian Dances #2," (In fact, I've posted it on my site.) But while I do hope for the best, and the worst may happen, I don't expect it. So, I stand by Flanders & Swann.
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