Тексты песен «Lehrer Tom»
Lehrer Tom - A Christmas Carol
Christmas time is here, by golly, Disapproval would be folly, Deck the halls with hunks of holly, Fill the cup and don't say "when". Kill the turkeys, ducks and chickens, Mix the punch, drag out the Dickens, Even though...
Lehrer Tom - Alma
The loveliest girl in Vienna Was Alma, the smartest as well. Once you picked her up on your antenna, You'd never be free of her spell. Her lovers were many and varied, >From the day she began her--beguine. There were...
Lehrer Tom - Be Prepared
Be prepared! That's the Boy Scout's marching song, Be prepared! As through life you march along. Be prepared to hold your liquor pretty well, Don't write naughty words on walls if you can't spell. Be prepared! To...
Lehrer Tom - Boston
About a year ago, I talked with a friend up at MIT, and he had on reel-to-reel an interview with Tom Lehrer. Two songs that did not appear on any of his albums included a cover of The 50 Russian Composers (similar in...
Lehrer Tom - Bright College Days
Bright college days, oh, carefree days that fly, To thee we sing with our glasses raised on high. Let's drink a toast as each of us recalls Ivy-covered professors in ivy-covered halls. Turn on the spigot, Pour the beer...
Lehrer Tom - Clementine
Here's a sample of his work - he rewrote part of "Clementine" in the style of Gilbert and Sullivan. It works best if you read it out loud quickly: That I missed her depressed her Young sister named Esther This...
Lehrer Tom - Deltaeps
AMM, 81 (1974) 612: THERE'S A DELTA FOR EVERY EPSILON (Calypso) Words and Music by Tom Lehrer There's a delta for every epsilon, It's a fact that you can always count upon. There's a delta for every epsilon And now...
Lehrer Tom - Derivative
AMM, 81 (1974) 490: THE DERIVATIVE SONG Words by Tom Lehrer -- Tune: "There'll be Some Changes Made" You take a function of x and you call it y, Take any x-nought that you care to try, You make a little change and...
Lehrer Tom - Elements
There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium, And hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium, And nickel, neodymium, neptunium, germanium, And iron, americium, ruthenium, uranium, Europium, zirconium, lutetium,...
Lehrer Tom - Fight Fiercely, Harvard!
Fight fiercely, Harvard, fight, fight, fight! Demonstrate to them our skill. Albeit they possess the might, Nenetheless we have the will. How we shall celebrate our victory, We shall invite the whole team up for tea...
Lehrer Tom - George Murphy
Hollywood's often tried to mix Show business with politics, >From Helen Gahagan To Ronald Reagan, But Mister Murphy is the star That's done the best by far. Oh gee, it's great, At last we have a Senator who can Really...
Lehrer Tom - Hunting Song
THE HUNTING SONG Tom Lehrer with orchestra (Dr. Demento's 25th anniversery tape) Note: This transcription is dedicated to my uncle and Confirmation sponsor, and the best hunter in Cuyahoga County, who passed on last...
Lehrer Tom - I Hold Your Hand In Mine
I hold your hand in mine, dear, I press it to my lips. I take a healthy bite >From your dainty fingertips. My joy would be complete, dear, If you were only here, But still I keep your hand As a precious souvenir. The...
Lehrer Tom - I Wanna Go Back To Dixie
I wanna go back to Dixie, Take me back to dear ol' DIxie, That's the only li'l ol' place for li'l ol' me. Ol' times there are not forgotten, Whuppin' slaves and sellin' cotton, And waitin' for the Robert E. Lee. (It was...
Lehrer Tom - If You Give Me Your Attention
If you give me your attention, I will tell you what I am. I'm a brilliant math'matician -- also something of a ham. I have tried for numerous degrees, in fact I've one of each; Of course that makes me eminently...
Lehrer Tom - In Old Mexico
When it's fiesta time in Guadalajara, Then I long to be back once again In Old Mexico. Where we lived for today, Never giving a thought to tomara. To the strumming of guitars, In a hundred grubby bars I would whisper...
Lehrer Tom - It Makes A Fellow Proud To Be A Soldier
The heart of every man in our platoon must swell with pride, For the nation's youth, the cream of which is marching at his side. For the fascinating rules and regulations that we share, And the quaint and curious...
Lehrer Tom - Lobachevsky
Who made me the genius I am today, The mathematician that others all quote, Who's the professor that made me that way? The greatest that ever got chalk on his coat. One man deserves the credit, One man deserves the...
Lehrer Tom - Mlf Lullaby
Sleep, baby, sleep, in peace may you slumber, No danger lurks, your sleep to encumber, We've got the missiles, peace to determine, And one of the fingers on the button will be German. Why shouldn't they have nuclear...
Lehrer Tom - My Home Town
I really have a yen To go back once again, Back to the place where no one wears a frown, To see once more those super-special just plain folks In my home town. No fellow could ignore The little girl next door, She sure...