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So on July tenth, we’ll celebrate Jerry Herman’s eighty-second birthday. And what do we immediately think of when we think of Jerry Herman? Title songs, of course. Herman’s first four…

…You Fool!). I’ve heard plenty of people sing Fats Waller’s “Ain’t Misbehavin’” before, in fact, the big string arrangement (credited to RCA conductor Joe Reisman) is reminiscent of the one…

…a little folk song of lost love, singing it to Aldonza as they vie for her favors – Little Bird, Little Bird. Enter the Padre and Dr. Carrasco, in search…

…And that brings us to mondegreens. Do you know the term? An essayist named Sylvia Wright coined it in 1954, when she told about an incident from her childhood. Her…

…subtitle: GOLD DIGGERS AFLOAT. A gold digger, in case you’ve missed the term, is a person who wants to be romantically involved with a person who has heaps of money….