'I asked the waiter for iodine ... but I dined all alone'

A treat for those whose eyes are glazing over from all the campaign coverage on TV: Guy Marks' almost unbearably catchy "Loving You Has Made Me Bananas" —



Here are the lyrics, in their entirety (sans repeats):

Oh, your red scarf matches your eyes,
You closed your cover before striking,
Father had the shipfitter blues,
Loving you has made me bananas,

Oh, you burnt your finger that evening,
While my back was turned,
I asked the waiter for iodine,
But I dined all alone

Thanks to Kevin Walsh for the tip. I had never heard the tune, although it charted in the United States in 1968 and in Britain ten years later.

And a special Guy Marks bonus, from "The Dean Martin Show" — his Gary Cooper is truly uncanny: