"Think back, Pilgrim . . ." to the long ago "Larry King Live" radio broadcasts

[Naphtali]

Okay, I appreciate the way the screenplay of "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" transformed a short story with no flesh to a magnificent motion picture allegory. My query, of course, has nothing to do with story, screenplay, or movie. Rather, it's all about a song that has stuck in my mind for a generation.

Think back to the Larry King show. There was a recurring lead-in to it that was a song?? from some stage or screen version of Alice in Wonderland that began something like . . .

I'm late. I'm late. For a very important date. No time to say hello goodby. I'm late, I'm late, I'm late.

- Please identify the song and what play, musical comedy, or movie in which it occurs.

- Can anyone furnish an mp3 of the complete song, or a link to it on youtube?

[Old No7]

No need to rely on our aging/failing memories...

Just do a Google Search with those lyrics pasted in after you type "song lyrics"...

That's how I identify songs I may hear on the radio that I want to check out more -- it usually works very well.

Now I gotta go 'cause...

"I'm late, I'm late, I'm late for... -- for nuthin'!!!!!!!"

Old No7

[COSteve]

Done

[jeepnik]

Re: The man who shot Liberty Valance. The song makes no comment to the fact that Liberty was shot by a man hiding in the shadows behind the corner of a building.

[Grizz]

true, but it did accentuate the habit of politicians shooting people in the back by proxy

[Naphtali]

Old No. 7 and Steve: Many thanks for your help.

[COSteve]

Done

[hfcable]

If I remember correctly, it was the White Rabbit who sang it in Disney's Alice in Wonderland.

exactly ! my kids would get it right because I often quote it