Songs Of The Pogo

Go Go Pogo

Songs Of The Pogo

Words by Walt Kelly

Music by Norman Monath (with a few exceptions as noted below)

Orchestra and chorus direction by Jimmy Carroll

Arrangements by Jimmy Carroll
Simon And Schuster 1956

From the back cover: About the Pogo - Just as the understanding of Nibelung lore enriches the listener's comprehension of Wagner's great operas, so a familiarity with the history of Pogo will furnish a Weltanschauung which cannot but enhance the enjoyment of this record (you'll like it better).

From the beginning, Pogo, a possum by trade, has had strong musical tendencies. His first appearance was in 1943, was a spear carrier in a comic book. By 1951 Pogo already had a sizable following, for a possum. They followed his adventures daily in 196 newspapers with a fever displayed by early discoverers of A. Rimbaud or P. Rabbit. 

In the ensuing years Pogo has experienced almost every possumble triumph. Ten books about him have sold more than a million and a half copies. He now appears in 450 newspapers with a combined circulation of more than 50 million readers, according to reliable Pogo-maticians.

Now at last the growing Pogo culture has found musical expression. These 18 songs are the first songs of the Pogo to be written, sung, played, and recorded. We have only two more words to say about these songs: Play them.

Go Go Pogo - Sung by Walt Kelly (Music by Kelly)

Whence That Wince - Sung by Mike Stewart, Fia Karin and chorus (Music by Kelly)

Northern Lights - Sung by Fia Karin (Music by Kelly)

Slopposition - Sung by Bob Miller

A Song Not For Now - Sung by Fia Karin and chorus

Twirl, Twirl - Chorus

Parsnips - Chorus

The King And The Queen Quing - Sung by Fia Karin and chorus

Man's Best Friend - Chorus with recitative (Music by Kelly)

Don't Sugar Me - Sung by Fia Karin

Whither The Starling - Mike Stewart and chorus

Willow The Wasp - Sung by Fia Karin

Truly Truly - Chorus

Many Harry Returns - Sung by Fia Karin and chorus

Potluck - Chours

The Hazy Yon - Chorus

Evidence - Sung by Mike Stewart (Words by Lewis Carroll)

Lines Upon A Tranquil Brow - Sung by Walt Kelly