Nothing Better To Do With My Time

[poliphilo]

There's heavy snow in West Yorkshire and heavy snow in North Wales. We're in the middle of those two areas and are getting off lightly. Most of the snow that fell last night and this morning has melted (though I can see it lying on the hills). The wind is still blowing hard and there's snow in the air- with the odd flake making it down to the ground.

Ailz just sang me a snatch of an old song. "You won't know it," she says. But of course I do. "A little mouse with clogs on?- that's Danny Kaye. No wait a minute, Max Bygraves. I was thinking it came from Hans Christian Anderson but that's Denmark and the mouse is old Amsterdam- so no connection there after all."

Now I'm going to look it up.

Well, blow me it's neither of those guys; it's Ronnie Hilton. And there's a video to go with it- a woman dancing with mice on her head. Warning: it's a bit of an earworm.

Comments

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

This gave me a smile which I very much need at the moment. :o)

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

It's fun, isn't it!

[athenais.livejournal.com]

What a strange little song. The video was hilarious, though.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

It's a children's favourite in Britain- or used to be....

[charliemc.livejournal.com]

You know, I tried to like it. I really did. But it's kind of creepy. And that woman with the mice all over her? That's just wrong...

I guess there was a certain time when a lot of songs like this were being written. (The 50's, maybe?) I guess it's cute in a way. But odd... Hahahahaha.

Thanks for sharing. It did make me smile!

(hugs)

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I was going to say the whole kiddy-song thing was killed by rock'n'roll- and then I remembered Yellow Submarine and the Wombles...

[charliemc.livejournal.com]

This made me laugh so hard. Hahahahahaha. How true!

(hugs)