The British duo, properly known as Michael Flanders & Donald Swann, was com… Read Full Bio ↴The British duo, properly known as Michael Flanders & Donald Swann, was composed of the actor and singer Michael Flanders and the composer, pianist and linguist Donald Swann, who collaborated in writing and performing comic songs.

Flanders and Swann's songs are characterised by wit, gentle satire, complex rhyming schemes, and memorable choruses. They wrote over eighty comic songs together.

Between 1956 and 1967 they performed some of their songs in their long-running two-man revues At the Drop of a Hat and At the Drop of Another Hat. Both revues were recorded in concert, as well as several studio-based tracks.

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Flanders and Swann Lyrics

We have lyrics for these tracks by Flanders and Swann:

All Gall This old man, He played one, He played knick-knack at Verdun…
Design for Living Flanders: When we started making money, Swann: When we start…
First and Second Law The first law of thermodynamics Heat is work and work is…
Grandma どんな道だってまっすぐじゃないだろう？そう曲がりくねって凸凹してるはずさつらい事時にはあるよね僕たちはそれでも…
Hippopotamus Mud mud glorious mud nothing like like it to cool…
Ill Wind I once had a whim and I had to obey…
Madeira M'Dear She was young, she was pure, She was new, she was…
Misalliance Flanders: This may seem a rather strange subject for a…
Slow Train Miller′s Dale for Tideswell Kirby Muxloe Mow Cop and Scholar…

Songs for Our Time Flanders: Donald and I have made quite a study of…
Songs for Our Time (Philological Waltz; Satellite Moon; A Happy Song) Seems to be freedom What you gave Nothing and nothing For wh…
The Armadillo I was taking compass bearings for the Ordinance Survey On an…
The Elephant La-La-La Go with the flow Don't stare At The Elephant in the…
The Gas Man Cometh 'Twas on a Monday morning The Gas-Man came to call; The gas…
The Gnu Song A year ago last thursday, I was strolling in the…
The Hippopotamus Song Flanders: The very first of the animal songs. Some people…
The Ostrich Peek-a-Boo, I can′t see you, Everything must be grand. Boo-k…
The War of 14-18 Depuis que l'homme écrit l'Histoire Depuis qu'il bataille à…
The Whale The bottle-nosed whale is a furlong long And likewise wise, …
There& You don't know how much I love you You don't know…
Vanessa It′s called Vanessa, but I don't know anybody called Vanessa…

You Turn my headphones up a little bit Alright T.Swann I will ne…

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