Because I thought my stories would be good for telly, you know, and you need a good theme song for telly! But I knew nothing about music, and so I was just testing lyrics to classic melodies, figuring out the notes and pecking them out on her upright piano—“Baa Baa Black Sheep,” “Frère Jacques,” “London Bridge Is Falling Down,” stuff like that. [Singing to the tune of “London Bridge”] “Thomas Chapman writhes and shakes / Pulls up stakes, goodness sakes! / Thomas Chapman, trips he takes / Come home, Thomas.” Not exactly “When I’m Sixty-Four,” is it? [Laughs]
