# Your top three novelty songs

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**Created:** [January 11, 2023, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-three-novelty-songs/978014 "2023-01-11T07:05:28Z")\
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1. Allan Sherman (_love_ the pun in the second verse) - [The Ballad of Harry Lewis - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUVYsoreIe8)

2. Flanders and Swann - [The Gnu song - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j53z6RfFb7U)

3. Flanders and Swann - Ill Wind [The Only Flanders & Swann Video - YouTube](https://youtu.be/OYFiL4p4K9Y?t=915)

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