A few years back, I was trying to think of a New Year song for the year ahead — as opposed to one for New Year’s Eve, like “Auld Lang Syne” and many others — and while I was sure there was one out there or several, none quickly came to mind. The best I could come up with on the spur of the moment for a new year (others popped in later) was 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.
#Happy #Year
