It's one of the best performances of the song I've heard, very different from how it's usually done by the guy who originated the role. With the verse, for once. One of the comments compares the melody to the last piece in Aaron Copland's Billy the Kid suite, I can see what they mean, though I never made that connection, myself. Frank Loesser might have done some creative stealing, though it might be a coincidence. It's not like some other far more obvious and extensive similarities we've been considering here this week.
Apparently Seth Macfarlane crooned the song and a lot of young people think of that when they think of this song, which is really too bad because Seth Macfarlane is a complete phony. Better to hear the real thing.
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