[Growster...]

Hamsters, 'Sparky's magic piano' was on both sides of several 78s, and we had the whole set for several years!

I just loved it all, and am now going to go on Youtube to see if it's there...;0)

[JayG]

Allan Sherman's 'Skin' (released in 1964 so strictly speaking could be mis-remembering slightly.)

First verse reminder (if needed):

You gotta have skin
All you really need is skin
Skin's the thing that if you got it outside,
It helps keep your insides in.

Fondly remember nearly all the others already mentioned too. 

[Growster...]

Seeing Alan Sherman's name reminded me - oddly - of one chap whose songs would never have been played!

Tom Lehrer...

[Goosegirl]

How about "There's hole in my bucket" by Harry Belafonte.

[Growster...]

Marvellous, Goosey!

He had a beautiful voice!

I'd love to put a song by Nat King Cole up here too, would 'Ramblin' Rose' have been played?. They both had fabulous tone and somehow children always listened properly to their songs, I know we did!

[mrs bouquet]

This is really old, (but so am I   )

There was an old woman as I've heard say
Fa La Diddle Diddle Da
She went to market upon a fine day
F la diddle diddle da
She went to market her eggs to sell      etc etc

I bet you don't remember that !!! Mrs Bouquet

[Kleftiwallah]

I've been wracking my brains all night and I thought I had come up with a couple:-
 This morning Kenneth Horn(e) in his 1950's programme "Beyond our Ken"came up with a couple

Alma Cogan, "The railroad runs through the middle of the house"

but this had already been grabbed,

So the only one left was
Jimmie Rodgers - The Fox And The Goose, (Oh the fox he went out on acold dark night).

Cheers (for the memories)  Tony.

[mrs bouquet]

Alma Cogan, "The railroad runs through the middle of the ho



Cheers (for the memories)  Tony.

Thanks for the Alma Cogan memory.  I always wanted to be her, she had lovely big twinkle dresses and was gorgeous.  Mrs Bouquet

[Goosegirl]

As a child I always thought her name was Al McCogan!

[Veg Plot 1B]

"There's a hole in my bucket" not sure if it was Burl Ives

[Kleftiwallah]

Does this one comply?

Grandpa's Grave by Peter Sellers.

    They're moving father's grave to build a sewer
    They're moving it regardless of expense
    They're moving his remains to lay down
    nine-inch drains
    To irrigate some rich bloke's residence
    Now what's the use of having a religion?
    If when you're dead you cannot get some peace
    'Cause some society chap wants a pipeline to his
    tank and there's more...

Cheers,  Tony.

[wighty]

A couple of years ago we were driving down to Eastbourne at about 5.30 am (my daughter had gone into labour and we were needed to look after the eldest) and Radio 2 were playing songs from the past and I remember a lovely one about a Teddy Bear but can't remember much else (I did have other things on my mind).

[Goosegirl]

"There's a hole in my bucket" not sure if it was Burl Ives

Sorry but it was definitely by Harry Belafonte.

[8doubles]

"There's a hole in my bucket" not sure if it was Burl Ives

Sorry but it was definitely by Harry Belafonte.

Lots of people have recorded it including Burl Ives .

[hamstergbert]

"There's a hole in my bucket" not sure if it was Burl Ives

Sorry but it was definitely by Harry Belafonte.

Lots of people have recorded it including Burl Ives .

....and probably cast members of just about every single pantomime-producing village at least once in the last twenty years.   With varying degrees of pitch consistency...