I fell down a rabbit hole this morning, spending much too much valuable time going from video to video until I ended up with a song with a goofiness that made me laugh. It’s called I Was Kaiser Bill’s Batman from 1967. It’s from a singer called Whistling Jack Smith whose real name was John O’Neill, who was a British tenor noted for his talent as a whistler.
The song’s original title was Too Much Birdseed.
I don’t know which I like better.
You just don’t hear many whistling songs these days so give it a listen– maybe it will make you smile.
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Good heavens. I remember this. I’m not quite sure how to feel about that! but it did remind me of this whistler one of my readers introduced me to. It really is a talent, and fun to listen to.
This tune itself sounded somewhat familiar to me but I certainly had never heard that title before.
I know some of his work but had no idea that Roger Whittaker was such an accomplished whistler! Thanks for that, Linda. I enjoyed it very much. Here’s another of his performances featuring his whistling.