A Few Words About the Chinese New Year

ALLAN SHERMAN

Now this next song was a big hit comedy song before I was born, and I took this song and modernized it, I hope. The hero of the song was originally Jewish, and I made him Chinese - which is no small achievement, actually. Uh, and the reason I did that was that a couple months ago, in January, I was appearing in San Francisco, and it happened to be during the Chinese New Year. And I learned that to the Chinese people, this is the year 4664. And of course to the Jewish people, this is the year 5726. Which means that for 1062 years, Jewish people have had to do their own laundry.

Now this is a very tender, poignant song, actually. It's beautiful if you want to know. I figure I better tell you it's beautiful before I start singing it, because once I start you'll have no way of knowing that it's beautiful.

This is a song about a man who walks into a tailor, and tells him a very sad story. And it goes like this:

Trivia about the song A Few Words About the Chinese New Year by Allan Sherman

On which albums was the song “A Few Words About the Chinese New Year” released by Allan Sherman?
Allan Sherman released the song on the albums “Allan Sherman Live!” in 1966 and “My Son, The Box” in 2005.
Who composed the song “A Few Words About the Chinese New Year” by Allan Sherman?
The song “A Few Words About the Chinese New Year” by Allan Sherman was composed by ALLAN SHERMAN.

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