Younger Than Springtime it was sung by John Kerr miming to a vocal by Bill Lee. Hammerstein used repetition as a key aspect of the song repeating the words "am I" and "are you" when describing Cable and Liat: "softer than starlight", "gayer than laughter" and "younger than springtime". The song is written in F Major. Younger Than Springtime "Younger Than Springtime" is a show tune from the 1949 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "South Pacific". It has been widely recorded as a jazz standard. The song is performed in the first act by Lieutenant Cable when he makes love to his adored Liat,
Springtime! total running time of over 69 minutes on a single 12" disc – considerably longer than the customary 40 minutes per album. The label was dormant for several years and then in the early 1990s released a series of albums distributed in the UK by Castle Communications which included reissues of previous successes such as "The Comic Strip Album" and the first-ever releases of extended two-volume editions of two of Amnesty's comedy galas 1976's "A Poke in the Eye" and 1981's "The Secret Policeman's Other Ball". In the USA, Springtime produced and distributed with Rhino Records a British comedy compilation