The Answer

The Answer from Erik Stephens, recording as Apollo Brown, on his 2014 soundtrack in search of a movie, Thirty Eight.

Stephens sampled this exotic novelty from the Carpenters' Crescent Noon (words and lyrics by Richard Carpenter and John Bettis) featured on their second studio album, 1970's Close to You.

Ramsey Lewis must have covered it first, in 1971 on his Back to the Roots album.  Cleveland Eaton is bowing the melody on bass.