The following podcast contains explicit language.

From New York City, this is Lexicon Valley,

a podcast about language.

I'm John McWater, and let's launch this episode with a clip.

You'll see why I'm doing it this way in a bit.

Listen to this beautiful piece of work.

Isn't that nice? That's called Trumpeter's Lullaby.

And it was written by Lee Roy Anderson.

Toy Trumpet, which I played on the last show,

was not written by Lee Roy Anderson.

Degradation of memory is a marvelous thing.

Also, apparently, it's La Roy Anderson.

I have been told by the great many people

who have corrected me on that flub.

So what you just heard was the trumpet piece of work

by Lee Roy Anderson that I've always had in my head.

The toy trumpet, however, is a nice little piece too.

That was by Raymond Scott.

And Raymond Scott was such a joy that I'm actually

going to devote the rest of the clips in this episode

to Raymond Scott, so we can have a little tutorial about him.

But in any case, what is this show about in terms of the subject,

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