Author Archives: Marco Graziosi

Mairzy Doats

Posted on December 1, 2005 by Marco Graziosi

I’m also resuming the Nonsense Lyrics from the 1940s series after the hiatus due to the site hacking. This week Mairzy Doats ( words and music by Milton Drake, Al Hoffman, Jerry Livingston. Miller Music Corp., NYC, 1943) in Al … Continue reading →

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The Owl and the Pussy-cat

Posted on November 30, 2005 by Marco Graziosi

I am still working on the new nonsenselit.org site, but have decided to take down the “Sounds” section and re-post weekly what was in it here. This week I’m posting a full BBC Radio 4 program of 2 December 2000 … Continue reading →

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Fol-the-rol-lol

Posted on November 23, 2005 by Marco Graziosi

The recently launched Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project at the University of California, Santa Barbara, provides a great collection of early recordings from the Edison era. Among these Edward M. Favor‘s Fol-the-rol-lol is one of my favourites, at least since … Continue reading →

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Meta: nonsenselit.org hacked

Posted on November 17, 2005 by Marco Graziosi

I’m sorry to say that the main page of nonsenselit.org has been hacked. This has already happened a couple of times since last summer, but I’m not going to repair it this time as I no longer trust PostNuke enough: … Continue reading →

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Mr and Mrs Spikky Sparrow

Posted on November 17, 2005 by Marco Graziosi

This week’s song is from a three-record box published by Bluebird Records (made by RCA Victor) in the late 1930s early 1940s. Mr and Mrs Spikky Sparrow, music by Helen E. Myers, sung by Craig McDonnell.

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Nonsense Lyrics: Slim Gaillard

Posted on November 11, 2005 by Marco Graziosi

I am starting a new podcast of songs with nonsense lyrics, to be posted on Fridays. The first is Sam Gaillard, a specialist, with Ra-da-da-da (1942).

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The Courtship of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo

Posted on November 9, 2005 by Marco Graziosi

This week’s podcast is The Courtship of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò, read by David Davis, side 2 of his 1966 45-rpm record, The Nonsense Songs of Edward Lear Read by David Davis, Delysé DEL 158. Side 1 has The Daddy Long-Legs and … Continue reading →

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Uttered Nonsense

Posted on November 2, 2005 by Marco Graziosi

Eight works of Mr Edward Lear, spoken with the utmost gravity by Mr Ivan Smith, and set to music of the most nonsensical nature by John Sangster. These eight word-pieces embedded within fourteen more instrumental excursions which take their titles … Continue reading →

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The Earliest Recordings of The Owl and the Pussy-cat

Posted on October 27, 2005 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear’s most famous Nonsense song, The Owl and the Pussy-cat, was among the first pieces of music to be recorded. I have been able to find three different recordings of the same arrangement for four voices, here they are: … Continue reading →

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Meta: Feed Subscriptions and Podcast

Posted on October 19, 2005 by Marco Graziosi

In an attempt to get some idea of how many people are actually reading this blog I have decided to provide feed syndication through FeedBurner. Although the previous links will continue to work, if you use a feed aggregator to … Continue reading →

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