Rum Tale

Indeed, this sounds like it's from the 1910's or so.   A "rum tale" is what Arsenio Hall might call, a story that makes you go Hmmm....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGT62dm9Dxg

It's Procul Harum, who also brought us this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW2KN7Tz89s

and in fact, they debuted with this eternal earworm:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb3iPP-tHdA

Strong.

This article was updated on May 9, 2023

David F