Song Producer, Composer of the Hunting of the Snark....Mr. Mike Batt.Mr. Batt said he liked shocking the audience, so he lined up a 72-piece symphony orchestra which has a propensity to burst into Glenn Miller like episodes and the occasional assault of h

Song Producer, Composer of the Hunting of the Snark....Mr. Mike Batt.Mr. Batt said he liked shocking the audience, so he lined up a 72-piece symphony orchestra which has a propensity to burst into Glenn Miller like episodes and the occasional assault of heavy rock.Carroll wrote the poem backwards, starting with the line "The snark was a boojum, you see". October 21, 1990. (Photo by Elizabeth Dobbie/Fairfax Media via Getty Images).