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Artist: Leslie Sarony
Author: L. Wright
Label: HMV
Year: 1929
With Jack Hylton's orchestra. He was an English music hall personality and radio performer. Answer song to Misery Farm (Jay Willis), cut by Sarony earlier that year. See also: All By Yourself In The Moonlight.
Covers:
Hal Swain & his Band [on Regal]
Jack Payne & his BBC Dance Orch. [on Columbia]
Comedian Harmonists [as Heut' fahr' Ich mit dir in die Natur]
Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band [on Gorilla]
Dizzy Man's Band [as De Boerderij]
As mentioned in the first lyric line, there's also a Misery Farm, again first cut by Leslie Sarony (with Jay Wilbur's band), covered by Kees Pruis (as De Slaapkop) and by Current 93 in the 80s. Sarony's Jollity and Misery Farm were both reissued on cd Songs The Bonzo Dog Band Taught Us (Lightning Tree).
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)