to Be a Saint", released on Bengal 112873. Kay Starr did a version of this song on the country pop charts in 1974, hitting number 12. Frank Sinatra included the song in his album Some Nice Things I've Missed (1974) Max Bygraves included the song in his album Singalong with Max (1975). Freddy Fender covered the song in a bilingual version entitled El Roble Viejo in 1975 The song was covered by Lawrence Welk, whose orchestra performed it many times on his television program during the late 1970s; a studio version was released in 1975 on his album Lawrence Welk's Most Requested TV Favorites (Champagne Style). The song was performed on The Muppet Show twice: the first was in the form of the rewritten parody "Tie a Yellow Ribbit Round the Old Oak Tree" in the Steve Martin episode and then as an instrumental during the "Pigs in Space" segment of the Carol Burnett episode. The song was covered by Bobby Goldsboro on a multi-artist compilation album entitled Storytellers released in 1976. Harry Connick Jr. - for his album 30 (2001). In 2003 Dolly Parton recorded a cover on her patriotic album For God and Country. recorded Finnish version "Nosta lippu salkoon" in 1973. The anticomedian Ted Chippington performed a quasi-cover of this song on his debut album Man in a Suitcase, "Rocking Ribbons." Singer Eric D. Johnson covered this song in the film Our Idiot Brother. It was released in 2011 alongside the film in the motion picture soundtrack. In popular culture Later in 1973, Connie Francis had a minor hit in Australia with an answer song, "The Answer (Should I Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree?)". Her version remained in the top 40 for three weeks, peaking at number 31. In 1975, the song was sung by Dean Martin in the TV special Lucy Gets Lucky. In 1977, the song was sung by Andy Kaufman, while playing his character Tony Clifton, on HBO. The song had renewed popularity in 1979, in the wake of the Iranian hostage crisis. The song appeared in the 1982 movie An Officer and a Gentleman, played by a band at the Navy Ball. The song was performed by David Alan Grier, as Don "No Soul" Simmons, over the closing credits of Amazon Women on the Moon (1987). In the 1993 Wallace and Gromit short, The Wrong Trousers, the short's antagonist,