Always loved this song! Taught it many years ago to my then grammar-school aged step-daughter. Went to 1 of her Catholic school functions where 'Battle Hymn of the Republic' was sung. Could not find a hole small enough to hide in when she sang "Glory, glory Harry Lewis" at the top of her lungs! Am STILL reminded of it to this day!

"The Drapes of Roth", one of the greatest puns in history, brings the song to a halt for an ovation.

The guy had a great voice! The piano accompanist was great, too. Wonderful timing between both of them. Thanks to Mark Cohen for sharing this song with us!

A comedic masterpiece. Allen Sherman was the Man. Thanks for sharing this, Mark.

Loved Allan Sherman--my parents had his three hit albums (folk singer, celebrity, nut) and I would play them over and over. At age 6 or 7, I didn't understand the real humor in most of these parodies as this was the first time I was hearing the songs. As so many others have mentioned, it was later in life when I discovered the original songs that I laughed because the parodies then made sense and were hilarious.

I'm singing you the ballad Of a great man of the cloth His name was Harry Lewis And he worked for Irving Roth He died while cutting velvet On a hot July the 4th But his cloth goes shining on Glory, glory Harry Lewis Glory, glory Harry Lewis Glory, glory Harry Lewis His cloth goes shining on Oh Harry Lewis perished In the service of his Lord He was trampling through the warehouse Where the drapes of Roth are stored He had the finest funeral The union could afford And his cloth goes shining on Glory, glory Harry Lewis Glory, glory Harry Lewis Glory, glory Harry Lewis His cloth goes shining on Although a fire was raging Harry stood by his machine And when the firemen broke in They discovered him between A pile of roasted Dacron And some french fried gabardine His cloth goes shining on Glory, glory Harry Lewis Glory, glory Harry Lewis Glory, glory Harry Lewis His cloth goes shining on

Allan Sherman goes shining on

Glory Glory Mark Cohen :>)) I'm a big fan of Allan Sherman and I remember the day my Dad took home "My Son, The Folk Singer". It never left our record player!

The backup choir make the song complete.

My dad... Harry lewis passed today. 91. He loved Allan Sherman. Really. Today. At 0810 hrs. RIP Dad.

This entire album was CLASSIC FUN!

My dad ardently believes that the line "trampling through the warehouse where the Drapes of Roth are stored" is the "worst" (BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!EVA!!!!!!!) pun in the history of comedy.

Just ordered three Allan Sherman CD's from ebay!!! Thanks for the memories!!!

Funny then, funny now. RIP Allan Sherman.

The extreme hard genuine laughter makes this the best. 1:13 that guy trying not to laugh is my favorite

And not to forget the superb background singers.✨

Loved Allan Sherman...my dad had all of his records

Thank you so much I'm really happy you made this for me

Drapes of Roth...best ever!

great stuff - i still laugh and i know the words by heart!

It is a great one!

Waa fortunate to see Alan Sherman live in Frankfort NCO club while in the army. Funny man.

The best! Right along with Bill Dana as the First Man in Space! José Jiménez

..Allan Sherman was an idol of mine (age 11 or so...IIRC)

Mark Cohen, thank you for The Book! Comedy is not easy, nor was Allen Sherman 😊

This great parody, that was taken from the original great song "The Battle Hymn of the Republic". shows that he was a master of parodies. and how great Allen Sherman was for sure. however I could be a little biased because of my namesake.

Even at 10 years old, when I first heard that "Drapes of Roth" pun, it destroyed me. (The stops you hear on the floor, BTW, are Jack Benny falling apart.)

If you listen closely at about 1:38 you can hear someone falling out of their chair

I can't remember the teacher's name but she played this in our class in 5th or 6th grade. I will forever be thankful to that unknown teacher for introducing me to Allan Sherman. I think it was a Mrs. Guerra. Not positive but will find out.

LOVE THIS!

This is so nice

When i was a kid I thought these were the original lyrics

I had allen my son the filk singer album this the opening song

This really is hilarious.

I used to have this record/album 😊😊

For those of us who are younger and/or fashion-unconscious... who or what was Irving Roth? Something in the fabrics line, I gather, but my search engine keeps turning up references to someone who doesn't seem connected to this story.

W2S?

I always thought the first few albums of largely Jewish humor were the funniest. After that, he deliberately tried to get away from Jewish humor. Odd how we never really want to do the things we do best.

He past to soon.

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A time when you could make jokes and laugh at yourself, your people, and all peoples -- a much better, a much healthier time! Watch also the Dean Martin roasts!