Song Lyric of the Day (Allan Sherman, on Summer Camp Danger)

“All the counselors hate the waiters
And the lake has alligators
And the head coach wants no sissies
So he reads to us from something called Ulysses.”—Allan Sherman, “Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh (A Letter From Camp),” 1963

Comedian Allan Sherman’s hilarious novelty song, performed to the tune of Ponchielli’s “Dance of the Hours,” reached #2 on the Billboard charts in late summer 1963. I still can’t listen to the whole thing without collapsing in laughter.

And now, for your listening (and viewing) pleasure, here is a YouTube clip of the routine on “Camp Grenada” that had America in stitches, in the golden summer before the murder of JFK…