One error not caught involved the song "June Is Bustin' Out All Over", in which sheep are depicted as seeking to mate in late spring—they actually do so in the winter. Whenever this was brought to Hammerstein's attention, he told his informant that 1873 was a special year, in which sheep mated in the spring
I just think Oscar Hammerstein II would do numbers on tumblr. Real champion of saying words recreationally.
(This is from the Carousel wikipedia article)
















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