Song

It Must Be Swell to Be Laying Out Dead

by Alex Bartha and His Hotel Traymore Orchestra

It Must Be Swell to Be Laying Out Dead is a song by Alex Bartha and His Hotel Traymore Orchestra. It fits the Halloween song themes.

Also known as It Must Be Swell; It Must Be Swell to Be Laying Dead

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Darkly comic Depression-era dance-band record by Alex Bartha and His Hotel Traymore Orchestra for Victor (matrix BVE-72690); the full title is It Must Be Swell to Be Laying (Out) Dead.

Performance tips

• Croon it sweetly in a 1930s dance-band style for maximum irony.
• The gallows humor lands best played completely straight.

In these themes

• 🎃Halloween

Karaoke versions

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