Martyn Green sings “My Name Is John Wellington Wells,” a patter song from Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Sorcerer. This performance was originally telecast as part of an episode of Omnibus, which aired on CBS on January 16, 1955. The host is Alistair Cooke:
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