Whispering Grass Whispering Grass "Whispering Grass (Don't Tell The Trees)" is a popular song written by Fred Fisher and his daughter Doris Fisher. The song was first recorded by Erskine Hawkins & His Orchestra in 1940. The Ink Spots featuring Bill Kenny also recorded it the same year. A live instrumental version was played and recorded by Johnny Hodges with Duke Ellington and his orchestra in the Cristal Ballroom, Fargo, North Dakota, also in 1940. "Whispering Grass" was a 1975 UK number-one single by Windsor Davies and Don Estelle. Davies and Estelle were actors in the successful sitcom "It Ain't Half Hot
Don Estelle of "Paper Doll" which reached number 41, and a top ten LP, "Sing Lofty" (1976), all three were recorded with "It Ain't Half Hot Mum" co-star Windsor Davies. Estelle also acted in the films "Not Now, Comrade" (1976) and "A Private Function" (1984) as well as "" (1984) alongside Melvyn Hayes, who also appeared in 'It Ain't Half Hot Mum". In the first series of "The League of Gentlemen", he made brief appearances in two episodes as Little Don, the keeper of the Roundabout Zoo (a zoo on the island of a roundabout). In 2001, he appeared in an episode