The Songs of Michael Flanders and Donald Swann

New York: St Martin's Press, 1977. Hard Back. Very Good/Very Good. 8 1/2" X 11. Searle, Ronald - Jacket Design. 223 Pages. Donald Swann not only co-composed the songs in this book , he also authored the Foreword. Blue cloth with gold spine lettering. Bottom front corner is very lightly bumped. No other defects noted to this otherwise As New book with flawless interior text pages. Dust Jacket flap price $15 is unclipped. Never before published in volume form, this collection of 41 songs represents a definitive publication of the songs of Michael Flanders and Donald Swann. The lyrics are set out in full and are followed by newly notated arrangements of the songs. In a characteristic introduction Donald Swann tells of his lengthy collaboration with Michael Flanders and what led to the making of this most brilliant team of British song writers and performers. The lyrics and songs in this book range from their early contributions to Laurier Lister's intimate revues of the late forties and early fifties (Airs on a Shoestring, Fresh Airs, etc.) containing such numbers as Design for Living, Guide to Britten, The Hippo, Madeira M'Dear, to their own performances in the unforgettable At the Drop of a Hat. There are numerous illustrations by distinguished artists and cartoonists, including Heath-Robinson, Osbert Lancaster, Scarfe, Hewison and Lowry, to accompany some of the numbers, including a specially commissioned set of twelve by ffolkes for the animal songs from The Armadillo to the Wild Boar. Contents in 41 Chapters: In the Bath, Design for Living, Misalliance, The Gasman Cometh, Song of the Weather, Pilar to Post, Rain on the Plage, Motor Perpetuo, The Slow Train, Last of the Line, A Transport of Delight Omnibus, Twenty Tons of TNT, The Reluctant Cannibal, P**P*B****B**D******, Budget Song, Ballad for the Rich, All Gall, Song of Patriotic Prejudice, Tonga, The Lord Chamberlain's Regulations, The Album, Song of the Reproduction, Ill Wind, Guide to Britten, Excelsior, The Bedstead Men, Vanessa, Twice Shy, Have Some Madeira M'dear, The Armadillo, The Elephant, The Gnu, The Hippopatamus, The Ostrich, The Rhinoceros, The Sloth. The Spider, The Warthog, The Whale Mopy Dick, The Wild Boar, and The Wompom. Plus Afterword.