Anderson and Weill wrote the song in a couple of hours for Huston's gruff voice and limited vocal range.
It is a political allegory criticizing the policies of the New Deal through the portrayal of a semi–fascist government of New Amsterdam, with a corrupt governor and councilmen.
[1] In "September Song", a man now recognizes the "plentiful waste of time" of earlier days, and in the "long, long while from May to December", having reached September, he is looking forward to spending the precious days of autumn with his loved one.
[11] Milton Berle sang "September Song" when he hosted an infamously bad 1979 episode of Saturday Night Live; producer Lorne Michaels claimed that Berle loaded the audience with friends and family, who gave him a standing ovation.
[12] In "Previews", the Season 1/Episode 14 of the TV series Smash, the character of producer Eileen Rand sings a version of "September Song".