273:", "A Gay Caballero" (he even recorded a sequel, "The Return of a Gay Caballero"), "The Prune Song", "There's No-one With Endurance Like The Man Who Sells Insurance", "Down In De Canebrake", "I Wish That I'd Been Born in Borneo", "What Kind of a Noise Annoys an Oyster?", and "I Learned About Women From Her". Crumit is credited with composing at least 50 songs in his career, including the Ohio State University
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Besides 'Round on the Ends,' Crumit has written another song for his alma mater, 'OH + lO.' In the accompanying picture he is shown (right) standing beside his portrait with the artist, James
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