Answer to Captain Kangaroo Song

Cafe Society
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Happened to see the question on a previous thread. Here are the lyrics to The Ill Assorted Guard :

The ill assorted guard goes marching twice a day. They march with a rattle and a tootle and a boom in an ill assorted way. A sword, and a hammer and a hoe. A rake and a raggedy mop. A broom and a bat and a paper hat and a helmet with a feather on top. Now one is fat and one is thin. One goes out where the other goes in. One has rhythm. And one has none. And one is eating a cinnamon bun. They march on the avenue. They march on the boulevard. They march with a rattle and tootle and a boom, the ill assorted guard. The very fancy guard. The most unusual guard. The noble, fearless, resolute, remarkable, miscellaneous, utterly ill assorted guard!
LOL. I memorized this song when I used to babysit my nephews back in the 60’s! Now I’m 62. Not a bad memory, right???

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truetolife, welcome to the Straight Dope. Since this is about a TV show, it’s better suited to Cafe Society than About This Message Board. I’ll move it there.

Colibri
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Link to Youtube. I’m also 62, but I barely remember it.

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I’m even older, and I remember watching the musical on television. As far as I know, it appeared only one time, and I did not remember the name of the musical, only that it was some fairy tale.