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Thread #12936   Message #3748838
Posted By: keberoxu
05-Nov-15 - 08:52 PM
Thread Name: Songs of Flanders and Swann
Subject: RE: Songs of Flanders and Swann
"The Reluctant Cannibal!" Tricky thing about that song is that it is largely spoken monologue, and monologues change from show to show; thus, on recordings of different evenings of "Drop of a Hat" there were striking changes in recorded versions.

I grew up listening to the recording of The Reluctant Cannibal in which, after said cannibal a/k/a "Junior" hollers (Donald Swann in his very high voice),
"I Won't Let Another Man Cross My Lips!" ,

Michael Flanders (Chief Assistant of the Assistant Chief!) rants about what a coward Junior is, afraid of ending up in a pot himself: and,
"You're going the right way about it, too, son. They'll eat you even if they can't digest your opinions!"