The Fairly Incomplete & Rather Badly Illustrated Monty Python Song Book

Monty Python's Flying Circus

ISBN 10: 0060951168 / ISBN 13: 9780060951160

Published by HarperPerennial, 1994

About this Item

First American edition. 8 1/4" x 10 1/2" trade paperback bound in pictorial wrappers. Near fine condition. Name and date inked in small letters at the title page's upper edge. Tiny rubs to the book's corners. Seller Inventory # 83926

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Fairly Incomplete & Rather Badly ...

Publisher: HarperPerennial

Publication Date: 1994

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

About this title

Synopsis:

A complete collection of the irreverent songs performed by the Monty Python gang includes the lyrics and music for such masterpieces as "The Spam Song," "I'm a Lumberjack and I'm OK," and "Every Sperm Is Sacred." Original. 50,000 first printing.

Synopsis:

From 'The Lumberjack Song' to 'Always Look on the Bright Side of Life', the Fairly Incomplete & Rather Badly Illustrated Monty Python Songbook does pretty much what it says on the cover, collecting up the cream of the Python team's musical output, from the four TV series and the various feature films. Included are such gems as 'Eric the Half-a - Bee', 'Sit on My Face and Tell Me That You Love Me', 'Bruces' Philosophers Song', 'Oliver Cromwell', 'The Knights of the Round Table', 'Christmas in Heaven', 'All Things Dull & Ugly', 'Every Sperm is Sacred', and 'Isn't it Awfully Nice to Have a Penis', amongst many others, all arranged with music for the piano and accompanied by Terry Gilliam's incomparable cartoons; Reissue of a classic Monty Python humour title; Original edition sold 10,000 copies; Arranged for Piano; Ilustrated by Terry Gilliam; With a foreword by 'Elvis Presley', and complete instructions on how to play the piano