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An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer
version 1.1, June 9, 1993transcribed by Birgit Klug & Eike Krömer, May 1993 in TeX
converted to text by Jeff Morris, March 27, 1995
thanks to Holger Wahlen and Francesca Nudo for helping with the Italian lyricsin 'Clementine'
converted to HTML by Jeff Morris, Novmeber 19, 2006
- Tom Lehrer Revisited lyrics
- That Was The Year That Was lyrics
- miscellaneous Tom Lehrer lyrics
- lyric variations in different releases of Tom Lehrer Songs
Poisoning Pigeons in the Park
I'd like to take you now on wings of song as it were, and try and helpyou forget, perhaps, for a while, your drab wretched lives.Here is a song all about springtime in general, and in particular aboutone of the many delightful pastimes that the coming of spring affords usall.
Spring is here, a-suh-puh-ring is here.
Life is skittles and life is beer.
I think the loveliest time of the year is the spring.
I do, don't you? 'Course you do.
But there's one thing that makes spring complete for me,
And makes every Sunday a treat for me.
All the world seems in tune
On a spring afternoon,
When we're poisoning pigeons in the park.
Every Sunday you'll see
My sweetheart and me,
As we poison the pigeons in the park.
When they see us coming, the birdies all try an' hide,
But they still go for peanuts when coated with cyanide.
The sun's shining bright,
Everything seems all right,
When we're poisoning pigeons in the park.
We've gained notoriety,
And caused much anxiety
In the Audubon Society
With our games.
They call it impiety
And lack of propriety,
And quite a variety
Of unpleasant names.
But it's not against any religion
To want to dispose of a pigeon.
So if Sunday you're free,
Why don't you come with me,
And we'll poison the pigeons in the park.
And maybe we'll do
In a squirrel or two,
While we're poisoning pigeons in the park.
We'll murder them all amid laughter and merriment,
Except for the few we take home to experiment.
My pulse will be quickenin'
With each drop of strych'nine
We feed to a pigeon.
(It just takes a smidgin!)
To poison a pigeon in the park.
Bright College Days
Thank you!For my first encore, I'd like to turn to a type of song. to a typeof song that people like myself find ourselves subjected to with increasing frequency as time goes on, and that is the college almamater. You find yourself at a reunion of old grads and old undergrads.and somebody will start croaking out one of these things and everyonewill gradually join in, each in his own key of course, until the place is just soggy with nostalgia.
Well, a typical such song might be called 'Bright College Days', and mightgo like this:
Bright college days, oh, carefree days that fly,
To thee we sing with our glasses raised on high. [holds up eyeglasses]
Let's drink a toast as each of us recalls
Ivy-covered professors in ivy-covered halls.
Turn on the spigot,
Pour the beer and swig it,
And gaudeamus igit--ur.
Here's to parties we tossed,
To the games that we lost
(We shall claim that we won them someday).
To the girls, young and sweet,
To the spacious back seat
Of our roommate's beat up Chevrolet.
To the beer and benzedrine,
To the way that the dean
Tried so hard to be pals with us all.
To excuses we fibbed,
To the papers we cribbed
From the genius who lived down the hall.
To the tables down at Maury's
(Wherever that may be),
Let us drink a toast to all we love the best.
We will sleep through all the lectures,
And cheat on the exams,
And we'll pass, and be forgotten with the rest.
Oh, soon we'll be out amid the cold world's strife.
Soon we'll be sliding down the razor blade of life.
. Ready? .
But as we go our sordid separate ways,
We shall ne'er forget thee, thou golden college days.
Hearts full of youth,
Hearts full of truth,
Six parts gin to one part vermouth.
A Christmas Carol
One very familiar type of song is the Christmas carol, although it isperhaps a bit out of season at this time. However, I am informed by my disk jockey friends, of whom I have none, that in order to get a songpopular by Christmas time you have to start plugging it well in advance, so here it goes.It's always seemed to me, after all, that Christmas, with its spirit ofgiving, offers us all a wonderful opportunity each year to reflect onwhat we all most sincerely and deeply believe in -- I refer, of course,to money. And yet, none of the Christmas carols that you hear on the radio,or in the street, even attempts to capture the true spirit of Christmasas we celebrate it in the United States, that is to say the commercial spirit. So I should like to offer the following Christmas carol for nextyear as being perhaps a bit more appropriate.
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 the prospect sickens,
Brother, here we go again.
On Christmas Day you can't get sore,
Your fellow man you must adore.
There's time to rob him all the more
The other three hundred and sixty-four.
Relations, sparing no expense, 'll
Send some useless old utensil,
Or a matching pen and pencil.
('Just the thing I need, how nice!')
It doesn't matter how sincere it is,
Nor how heart felt the spirit,
Sentiment will not endear it,
What's important is the price.
Hark, the Herald Tribune sings,
Advertising wondrous things.
God rest ye merry merchants,
May ye make the Yuletide pay.
Angels we have heard on high,
Tell us to go out and buy!
So let the raucous sleighbells jingle,
Hail our dear old friend Kriss Kringle,
Driving his reindeer across the sky.
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The Elements
Actually, I did rather well myself this past Christmas. The nicest presentI received was a gift certificate good at any hospital for a lobotomy.rather thoughtful.Now, if I may digress momentarily from the mainstream of this evening's symposium, I'd like to sing a song which is completely pointless, but issomething which I picked up during my career as a scientist. This may proveuseful to some of you some day, perhaps, in a somewhat bizarre set ofcircumstances. It's simply the names of the chemical elements set to apossibly recognizable tune.
[The tune is that of 'The Major-General's Song' from Gilbert & Sullivan's'The Pirates Of Penzance'.]
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, vanadium,
And lanthanum and osmium and astatine and radium,
And gold, protactinium and indium and gallium,
And iodine and thorium and thulium and thallium.
There's yttrium, ytterbium, actinium, rubidium,
And boron, gadolinium, niobium, iridium,
There's strontium and silicon and silver and samarium,
And bismuth, bromine, lithium, beryllium, and barium.
Isn't that interesting?
I knew you would.
I hope you're all taking notes, because there's going to be a shortquiz next period.
There's holmium and helium and hafnium and erbium,
And phosphorus and francium and fluorine and terbium,
And manganese and mercury, molybdenum, magnesium,
Dysprosium and scandium and cerium and cesium.
And lead, praseodymium and platinum, plutonium,
Palladium, promethium, potassium, polonium,
And tantalum, technetium, titanium, tellurium,
And cadmium and calcium and chromium and curium.
There's sulfur, californium and fermium, berkelium,
And also mendelevium, einsteinium, nobelium,
And argon, krypton, neon, radon, xenon, zinc and rhodium,
And chlorine, carbon, cobalt, copper, tungsten, tin and sodium.
These are the only ones of which the news has come to Harvard,
And there may be many others but they haven't been discovered.
Oedipus Rex
And now, may I have the next slide please?.carried away there.
It seems that most of the songs that you hear these days on the radioplayed by the disk jockeys, apart from rock and roll and other children'srecords, tend to be motion picture title songs. Apparently producers feelthat we will not attend their movies unless we have the titles welldrilled into our heads in advance. Of course, we don't go anyway, but atleast this way they make back on the song some of what they've lost onthe picture. But, with the rise of the motion picture title song we havesuch hits of the past few years as 'The Ten Commandments Mambo', 'BrothersKaramazov Cha-Cha', 'Incredible Shrinking Man I Love You'.I'm sure you'reall familiar with these.
But, a few years ago, a motion picture version appeared of Sophocles'immortal tragedy 'Oedipus Rex'. This picture played only in the so-calledart theaters, and it was not a financial success. And I maintain thatthe reason it was not a financial success. you're way ahead of me.was that it did not have a title tune which the people could hum, and whichwould make them actually eager to attend this particular flick. So, I'veattempted to supply this, and here then is the prospective title song from'Oedipus Rex'.
From the Bible to the popular song,
There's one theme that we find right along;
Of all ideals they hail as good,
The most sublime is motherhood.
There was a man though, who it seems,
Once carried this ideal to extremes.
He loved his mother and she loved him,
And yet his story is rather grim.
There once lived a man named Oedipus Rex,
You may have heard about his odd complex.
His name appears in Freud's index
'Cause he loved his mother.
His rivals used to say quite a bit
That as a monarch he was most unfit.
But still in all they had to admit
That he loved his mother.
Yes, he loved his mother like no other,
His daughter was his sister and his son was his brother.
One thing on which you can depend is,
He sure knew who a boy's best friend is.
When he found what he had done,
He tore his eyes out, one by one.
A tragic end to a loyal son
Who loved his mother.
So be sweet and kind to mother,
Now and then have a chat.
Buy her candy or some flowers,
Or a brand new hat.
But maybe you had better let it go at that.
Or you may find yourself with a quite complex complex
And you may end up like Oedipus.
I'd rather marry a duck-billed platypus
Than end up like old Oedipus Rex.
In Old Mexico
The outpatients are out in force tonight, I see, good! Now.I'm sure you're all aware that this week is National Gall Bladder Week, andso as sort of an educational feature at this point I thought I would acquaintyou with some of the results of my recent researches into the career of thelate Doctor Samuel Gall, inventor of the gall bladder, which certainly ranks as one of the more important technological advances since the invention of the joy buzzer and the dribble glass.
Dr. Gall's faith in his invention was so dramatically vindicated last year,as you no doubt recall, when, for the first time in history in a nationwidepoll, the gall bladder was voted among the top ten organs.
His educational career began, interestingly enough, in agricultural school,where he majored in animal husbandry, until they.caught him at it oneday. whereupon he switched to the field of medicine, in which field healso won renown as the inventor of gargling, which prior to that time hadbeen practiced only furtively by a remote tribe in the Andes who passedthe secret down from father to son as part of their oral tradition.
He soon became a specialist, specializing in diseases of the rich. He wastherefore able to retire at an early age.
To the land we all dream about: sunny Mexico, of course, the last part ofwhich is completely irrelevant, as was the whole thing, I guess, exceptit's a rather sneaky way of getting into this next type of popular song,which is one of those things about that magic and romantic land south of theborder.
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 'Te amo.'
The mariachis would serenade,
And they would not shut up till they were paid.
We ate, we drank, and we were merry,
And we got typhoid and dysentery.
But best of all, we went to the Plaza de Toros.
Now whenever I start feeling morose,
I revive by recalling that scene.
And names like Belmonte, Dominguín, and Manolete,
If I live to a hundred and eighty,
I shall never forget what they mean.
For there is surely nothing more beautiful in this world
than the sight of a lone man facing single-handedly
a half a ton of angry pot roast!
Out came the matador,
Who must have been potted or
Slightly insane, but who looked rather bored.
Then the picadors of course,
Each one on his horse,
I shouted 'Olé!' ev'ry time one was gored.
I cheered at the banderilleros' display,
As they stuck the bull in their own clever way,
For I hadn't had so much fun since the day
My brother's dog Rover
Got run over.
Rover was killed by a Pontiac.
And it was done with such grace and artistry
that the witnesses awarded the driver
both ears and the tail --
but I digress.
The moment had come,
I swallowed my gum,
We knew there'd be blood on the sand pretty soon.
The crowd held its breath,
Hoping that death
Would brighten an otherwise dull afternoon.
At last, the matador did what we wanted him to,
He raised his sword and his aim was true.
In that moment of truth, I suddenly knew
That someone had stolen my wallet.
Now it's fiesta time in Akron, Ohio,
But it's back to old Guadalajara I'm longing to go.
Far away from the strikes of the A.F. of L. and C.I.O.
How I wish I could get back
To the land of the wetback,
And forget the Alamo,
In Old Mexico. Olé!
Clementine
In a cavern, in a canyon
Excavating for a mine,
Dwelt a miner '49er,
And his daughter, Clementine.
(Chorus)
Oh, my darling,
Oh, my darling,
Oh, my darling, Clementine.
You are gone and lost forever,
Dreadful sorry, Clementine.
Light she was and like a fairy,
And her shoes were number nine,
Herring boxes without topses,
Sandals were for Clementine.
(Chorus)
Drove she ducklings to the water
Ev'ry morning just at 9,
Struck her foot against a splinter,
Fell into the foaming brine.
(Chorus)
Ruby lips above the water,
Blowing bubbles soft and fine.
As for me, I was no swimmer,
So I lost my Clementine.
(Chorus)
And now, Mr. Lehrer's version.
I should like to consider the folk song, and expound briefly on a theoryI have held for some time, to the effect that the reason most folk songsare so atrocious is that they were written by the people.If professional songwriters had written them instead, things might have turned out considerably differently. For example, consider the old favorite,with which, I'm sure, you're all familiar, 'Clementine', you know:
In a cavern, in a canyon,
dadada dadadada.
.a song with no recognizable merit whatsoever -- and imagine what might have happened if, for example, Cole Porter had tried writing this song. Thefirst verse might have come out like this:
In a cavern, in a canyon,
Excava-ha-ha-hating for a mine,
Far away from the boom-boom-boom of the city
She was so pretty -- what a pity, Clementine.
Oh Clementine, can't you tell from the howls of me
This love of mine calls to you from the bowels of me.
Are you discerning the returning
Of this churning, burning, yearning for you.oo oo.ah ah.
. well, supposing at this point that Mozart (or one of that crowd)had tried writing a verse, the next one might have come out as abaritone aria from an Italian opera, somewhat along these lines:
Era leggera e come un fairy
E sue shoes, numero nine,
Herring bo-ho-ho-hoxes senza to-ho-ho-hopses,
Sandale per Clementina si, per Clementina si,
Per Clementina sandalae, per Clementina sandalae, per Clementina.
Clementina, Clementina, Clementina.
Herring boxes senza topses sandale per Clementina,
Herring boxes senza topses sandale per Clementina,
Che sciagura, Clementina, che sciagura, Clementina, cara Clementina, cara
Clementina-na-na-na-na-na-na-na!
Supposing at this rather dramatic juncture in the narrative, one of ourmodern 'cool school' of composers had tried writing a verse, the next onemight have come out like this:
A one, a two, a three.
Drove those ducklings to the water. yeah brach! doddley doo doo uh ah!
Ev'ry morning like 9am.ooh pah! de do de do do do, biddley da!
Got hung up on a splinter, got a-hung up on a splinter. cloo ge mop! Huh huh!
do de do de do do do
Fell into the foamy brine, dig that crazy Clementine, man!
To end on a happy note, one can always count on Gilbert and Sullivan fora rousing finale, full of words and music and signifying -- nothing.
That I missed her depressed her young sister named Esther,
This mister to pester she tried.
Now her pestering sister's a festering blister,
You're best to resist her, say I.
The mister resisted, the sister persisted,
I kissed her, all loyalty slipped.
When she said I could have her, her sister's cadaver
Must surely have turned in its crypt.
Yes, yes, yes, yes!
But I love she and she loves me.
Enraptured are the both of we.
Yes I love she and she loves I
And will through all eternity!
-- see what I mean?
It Makes A Fellow Proud To Be A Soldier
I have only comparatively recently emerged from the United States Army, sothat I am now, of course, in the radioactive reserve. And, the usualjokes about the Army aside, one of the many fine things one has to admit isthe way that the Army has carried the American democratic ideal to itslogical conclusion, in the sense that not only do they prohibitdiscrimination on the grounds of race, creed, and color, but also on thegrounds of ability.Be that as it may, some of you may recall the publicity a few years agoattendant upon the Army's search for an official Army song to bethe counterpart of the Navy's 'Anchors Aweigh' and the Air Force's 'Up InThe Air, Junior Birdman' and so on. I was in basic training at the time,and I recall our platoon sergeant, who was an unfrocked Marine. (Actually,the change of service had come as quite a blow to him because it meantthat he had to memorize a new serial number which took up most of his time.)
At any rate, I recall this sergeant's informing me and my 'roommates' ofthis rather deplorable fact that the Army didn't have any official.excuseme, didn't have no official song and suggested that we work on this inour copious free time. Well, I submitted the following song, which iscalled 'It Makes A Fellow Proud To Be A Soldier' which, I think,demonstrates the proper spirit, you'll agree. However, the fact that itdid not win the contest I can ascribe only to blatant favoritism on part ofthe judges.
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 costumes that we're called upon to wear.
Now Al joined up to do his part defending you and me.
He wants to fight and bleed and kill and die for liberty.
With the hell of war he's come to grips,
Policing up the filter tips,
It makes a fellow proud to be a soldier!
When Pete was only in the seventh grade, he stabbed a cop.
He's real R.A. material, and he was glad to swap
His switchblade and his old zip gun
For a bayonet and a new M-1.
It makes a fellow proud to be a soldier!
After Johnny got through basic training, he
Was a soldier through and through when he was done.
Its effects were so well rooted,
That the next day he saluted
A Good Humor man, an usher, and a nun.
Now, Fred's an intellectual, brings a book to every meal.
He likes the deep philosophers, like Norman Vincent Peale.
He thinks the army's just the thing,
Because he finds it broadening.
It makes a fellow proud to be a soldier!
Now, Ed flunked out of second grade, and never finished school.
He doesn't know a shelter half from an entrenching tool.
But, he's going to be a big success,
He heads his class at OCS.
It makes a fellow proud to be a soldier!
Our old mess sergeant's taste buds had been shot off in the war.
But his savory collations add to our esprit de corps.
To think of all the marvelous ways
They're using plastics nowadays.
It makes a fellow proud to be a soldier!
Our lieutenant is the up-and-coming type,
Played with soldiers as a boy, you just can bet.
It is written in the stars
He will get his captain's bars,
But he hasn't got enough box tops yet.
Our captain has a handicap to cope with, sad to tell.
He's from Georgia, and he doesn't speak the language very well.
He used to be, so rumor has,
The Dean of Men.at Alcatraz.
It makes a fellow proud to be,
What as a kid I vowed to be,
What luck to be allowed to be a soldier. (At ease!)
She's My Girl
And now to the love song.I'm sure you're familiar with love songs on the order of 'He's justmy Bill', '. my man', '. my Joe', '. my Max', and so on, where thegirl who sings them tells you that, although the man she loves isantisocial, alcoholic, physically repulsive, or just plain unsanitary,that, nevertheless, she is his because he is hers, and like that.
If u smell what the rock is cooking ringtone download. But, as far as I know, there has never been a popular song from the analogousmale point of view, that is to say, of a man who finds himself in love with,or, in this case, married to, a girl, who has nothing whatsoever to recommendher. I have attempted to fill this need. The song is called 'She's MyGirl'.
Sharks gotta swim, and bats gotta fly,
I gotta love one woman till I die.
To Ed or Dick or Bob,
She may be just a slob,
But to me, well,
She's my girl.
In winter, the bedroom is one large ice cube,
And she squeezes the toothpaste from the middle of the tube!
Her hairs in the sink
Have driven me to drink,
But she's my girl, she's my girl, she's my girl,
And I love her.
The girl that I lament for,
The girl my money's spent for,
The girl my back is bent for,
The girl I owe the rent for,
The girl I gave up Lent for
Is the girl that heaven meant for me.
So though for breakfast she makes coffee that tastes like sham--poo,
I come home for dinner and get peanut butter stew,
Or, if I'm in luck,
It's broiled hockey puck,
But, oh well, what the hell,
She's my girl,
And I love her.
The Masochism Tango
Another familiar type of love song is the passionate or fiery variety,usually in tango tempo, in which the singer exhorts his partner to haunthim and taunt him and, if at all possible, to consume him with a kiss offire. This particular illustration of this genre is called 'TheMasochism Tango'.I ache for the touch of your lips, dear,
But much more for the touch of your whips, dear.
You can raise welts
Like nobody else,
As we dance to the Masochism Tango.
Let our love be a flame, not an ember,
Say it's me that you want to dismember.
Blacken my eye,
Set fire to my tie,
As we dance to the Masochism Tango.
At your command
Before you here I stand,
My heart is in my hand.
Yeech!
It's here that I must be.
My heart entreats,
Just hear those savage beats,
And go put on your cleats
And come and trample me.
Your heart is hard as stone or mahogany,
That's why I'm in such exquisite agony.
My soul is on fire,
It's aflame with desire,
Which is why I perspire when we tango.
You caught my nose
In your left castanet, love,
I can feel the pain yet, love,
Ev'ry time I hear drums.
And I envy the rose
That you held in your teeth, love,
With the thorns underneath, love,
Sticking into your gums.
Your eyes cast a spell that bewitches.
The last time I needed twenty stitches
To sew up the gash
That you made with your lash,
As we danced to the Masochism Tango.
Bash in my brain,
And make me scream with pain,
Then kick me once again,
And say we'll never part.
I know too well
I'm underneath your spell,
So, darling, if you smell
Something burning, it's my heart. [hiccup]
'Scuse me!
Take your cigarette from its holder,
And burn your initials in my shoulder.
Fracture my spine,
And swear that you're mine,
As we dance to the Masochism Tango.
We Will All Go Together When We Go
I am reminded at this point of a fellow I used to know whose name was Henry,only to give you an idea of what a individualist he was, he spelled itH-E-N-3-R-Y -- the three was silent, you see.Henry was financially independent, having inherited his father'star-and-feather business, and was therefore able to devote his full timeto such intellectual pursuits as writing. I particularly remember aheartwarming novel of his about a young necrophiliac who finally achievedhis boyhood ambition by becoming coroner. . (The rest of you can look itup when you get home.)
In addition to writing, he indulged in a good deal of philosophizing.Like so many contemporary philosophers, he especially enjoyed givinghelpful advice to people who were happier than he was. And one particularbit of advice which I recall -- which is the reason I bring up this wholedreary story -- is something he said once, before they took him away tothe 'Massachusetts State Home for the Bewildered'.
He said: 'Life is like a sewer -- what you get out of it depends on whatyou put into it.' It's always seemed to me that this is precisely the sortof dynamic, positive thinking that we so desperately need today in thesetrying times of crisis and universal brouhaha. And so with this in mind, Ihave here a modern, positive, dynamic, uplifting song, in the tradition ofthe great old revival hymns. This one might more accurately be termed asurvival hymn. It goes like this:
When you attend a funeral,
It is sad to think that sooner o'
Later those you love will do the same for you.
And you may have thought it tragic,
Not to mention other adjec-
Tives, to think of all the weeping they will do.
(But don't you worry.)
No more ashes, no more sackcloth,
And an arm band made of black cloth
Will some day nevermore adorn a sleeve.
For if the bomb that drops on you
Gets your friends and neighbors too,
There'll be nobody left behind to grieve.
And we will all go together when we go.
What a comforting fact that is to know.
Universal bereavement,
An inspiring achievement,
Yes, we will all go together when we go.
We will all go together when we go.
All suffused with an incandescent glow.
No one will have the endurance
To collect on his insurance,
Lloyd's of London will be loaded when they go.
Oh we will all fry together when we fry.
We'll be french fried potatoes by and by.
There will be no more misery
When the world is our rotisserie,
Yes, we will all fry together when we fry.
Down by the old maelstrom,
There'll be a storm before the calm.
And we will all bake together when we bake.
There'll be nobody present at the wake.
With complete participation
In that grand incineration,
Nearly three billion hunks of well-done steak.
Oh we will all char together when we char.
And let there be no moaning of the bar.
Just sing out a Te Deum
When you see that I.C.B.M.,
And the party will be 'come-as-you-are.'
Oh, we will all burn together when we burn.
There'll be no need to stand and wait your turn.
When it's time for the fallout
And Saint Peter calls us all out,
We'll just drop our agendas and adjourn.
You will all go directly to your respective Valhallas.
Go directly, do not pass Go, do not collect two hundred dollars.
And we will all go together when we go.
Every Hottentot and every Eskimo.
When the air becomes uranious,
We will all go simultaneous.
Yes, we all will go together
When we all go together,
Yes we all will go together when we go.
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Universität Hannover
'.but plagiarize, plagiarize, plagiarize,
only be sure to always call it please -- research'
(Tom Lehrer: Lobachevsky)
Tom Lehrer Discography
A list of records and other media by or relating to Thomas Andrew Lehrer
May 1993, August 1994, April 1995, August 1995, December 1995, January 1996, July 1998, January 2000, June 2001, February/March 2005, October 2005, April 2010, etc.
by Jeff Morris; thanks to Brian Leibowitz, Warren Debenham, Brian Korn, Adam Rubin, Kevin,Aaron, Russ Josephson, andJeff Ehrlich for some additional information, and special thanks to Tom Lehrer for numerous additions, updates, comments, miscellaneous information, and pictures of record covers.
All records are 12' LP's issued in the U.S. unless otherwise specified.If two catalog numbers are listed for a record, the first is mono and thesecond is stereo.- Tom Lehrer Revisited lyrics
- An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer lyrics
- That Was The Year That Was lyrics
- miscellaneous Tom Lehrer lyrics
- lyric variations in different releases of Tom Lehrer Songs
(Most pictures may be clicked on for a larger version.)
Songs by Tom Lehrer
Trans Radio 10' LP TR 740, March 1953 [mono only];reissued as Lehrer Records 10' LP TLP-1, 1953 [mono only]
Tom's first LP, recorded on his own on January 22, 1953, at Trans Radio studios in Boston. He paid $15 to get it cut and $700 to get it pressed up on 400 10' LP's. There were eventually a few hundred thousand copies made. The original pressings had his street address on the back cover. It was repressed many times and subsequent pressings show his post office box instead. Original andsome subsequent pressings were on the Trans Radio label, but most wereon the Lehrer Records label. The liner notes of earlier pressingsmention that he has attended Harvard for many years, but later pressingssay he attended there until June 1953.- First version (400 copies; Trans Radio): Additional copies of this record, at $3.50 each (add 25 cents for mail orders), may be obtained from Tom Lehrer, 6 Kirkland Road, Cambridge 38, Massachusetts.
- Second version (1300 copies; Trans Radio; text is a sticker covering first version): Copies of this record, at $3.95 each, plus 25 cents for mailing, may be obtained from Tom Lehrer, Box 121, Cambridge 38, Massachusetts.
- Third version (Trans Radio): Additional copies of this record, at $3.95 each, plus 30 cents for mailing, may be obtained from Tom Lehrer, Box 121, Cambridge 38, Massachusetts.
- Fourth version (most common by far; Lehrer Records): Copies of this record are available at many record stores, or, at $3.95 each, plus 30 cents for mailing, from Tom Lehrer, Box 121, Cambridge 38, Massachusetts.
- Fight Fiercely, Harvard
- The Old Dope Peddler
- Be Prepared
- The Wild West Is Where I Want To Be
- I Wanna Go Back to Dixie
- Lobachevsky
- The Irish Ballad
- The Hunting Song
- My Home Town
- When You Are Old and Gray
- I Hold Your Hand in Mine
- The Wiener Schnitzel Waltz
The Tom Lehrer Songbook
Introduction by Al Capp, Illustrated by Grisha Dotzenko - Crown Publishers, Inc., 1954
The original hardback songbook, containing all songs from the first LP(above) except 'Lobachevsky', and also containing 'A Christmas Carol', whichdid not appear on record until five years later.Songs By Tom Lehrer
Lehrer Records double 7' 45rpm EP set TLEP-1, 1955
This set contains the same songs as the Songs By Tom Lehrer LP, with the first three songs from side 1 of the LP on side 1 of the first EP, the second three songs from side 1 of the LP on side 2 of the first EP, etc. It was issued because back in those days there was debate over which was the better format, the EP or the LP, so Tom wanted to cover both markets. Approximately 11,000 copies of the EP version were sold.Songs By Tom Lehrer
Decca Records 10' LP (U.K.) LF/LFT 1311, 1958 [mono only]
The British release of Tom's first LP, with a different cover.- The Old Dope Peddler
- Be Prepared
- The Wild West
- I Wanna Go Back To Dixie
- Fight Fiercely, Harvard
- Lobachevsky
- The Irish Ballad
- The Hunting Song
- My Home Town
- When You Are Old And Grey
- I Hold Your Hand In Mine
- The Wiener Schnitzel Waltz
Songs by Tom Lehrer
Lehrer Records TL 101, 1959 [mono only]
Same tracks as previous release of this title, but 12' in diameter, to coincide with the release of two new albums (see below) in 12' format. Although no pressings of this title are stereo (or fake stereo), some copies of the 12' jacket contain a small version of the Lehrer Records stereo symbol at the top (but not the word 'stereo'). The copies with this symbol were pressed in 1960 or later as they also advertise the availability of Tom Lehrer Revisited. Over 100,000 copies of this version were sold.More of Tom Lehrer
Lehrer Records TL-102/102S, October 1959
also: Decca Records 10' LP (U.K.) LF/LFT 1323, 1959 [mono only]
After making a live recording in March, Tom decided that some peoplemight prefer a studio recording similar to his first album. So, herecorded this album on July 8, 1959, and decided to issue both thelive and studio versions at the same time. The studio version didn'thave the spoken intros or applause, so it was significantly shorter,and priced less. However, over the years, the live version (below) becamethe definitive version of these songs.- Poisoning Pigeons in the Park
- Bright College Days
- A Christmas Carol
- The Elements
- Oedipus Rex
- In Old Mexico
- Clementine
- It Makes a Fellow Proud To Be a Soldier
- She's My Girl
- The Masochism Tango
- We Will All Go Together When We Go
An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer
Lehrer Records TL-202/202S, October 1959
also: Decca Records (U.K.) LK 4332/SKL 4097, 1960
Same track listing as previous record, but a live recording including spoken introductions not found on the studio version. It was recorded in Sanders Theater at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, on March 20 & 21, 1959. The cover photograph was taken at The Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, OH, on April 4, 1959. (The reason for this was that Tom hadn't thought about the cover at the time of the recording, so once he realized he needed a picture, the next concert was the Cleveland one.)Songs By Tom Lehrer (Australian EP)
Decca Records DFEA 7507, 1960 [mono only]
The Victoria and Queensland states in Australia objected to three of the songs on the Songs By LP and refused to sell it, so this EP was made of songs that weren't objectionable.- The Wild West
- Lobachevsky
- The Irish Ballad
- My Home Town
Tom Lehrer Revisited
Lehrer Records TL-201, November 1960 [mono only]
A live recording of the songs on Songs By Tom Lehrer. Side 1 was recorded live on November 23 & 24, 1959, in Kresge Auditorium at MIT in Cambridge, MA. Side 2 was recorded live at two concerts during Tom's tour of Australia in spring, 1960 - March 21 in Melbourne and May 4 in Sydney. The cover photograph was taken at Royal Festival Hall in London, England, after his performance there on June 29, 1960. The people in the audience are Jack Phipps, who worked for Ian Hunter (Tom's booking agent in England, not the actor), and a friend of his.- Introduction
- I Wanna Go Back to Dixie
- The Irish Ballad
- The Wiener Schnitzel Waltz
- I Hold Your Hand in Mine
- My Home Town
- Lobachevsky
- The Hunting Song
- The Wild West Is Where I Want To Be
- Fight Fiercely, Harvard
- The Old Dope Peddler
- When You Are Old and Gray
- Be Prepared
Tom Lehrer Revisited
Decca Records (U.K.) LK 4375, 1960 [mono only]
The recordings Tom had made in Australia were of a lower technical quality than those made at MIT for this album, due in part to a possibly drunk engineer. Decca Records declined releasing the Australian recordings, so this album was assembled completely from the November, 1959, MIT concert. The songs and intros on this album that are also on side 1 of the American issue are the same recordings.- Introduction
- I Wanna Go Back to Dixie
- The Wild West Is Where I Want To Be
- The Old Dope Peddler
- Fight Fiercely, Harvard
- Lobachevsky
- The Irish Ballad
- The Hunting Song
- My Home Town
- When You Are Old and Grey
- The Wiener Schnitzel Waltz
- I Hold Your Hand in Mine
- Be Prepared
Tom Lehrer Discovers Australia (And Vice Versa)
Decca Records LKA 7505, 1960 [mono only?]
This album was released only in Australia, as far as I know. It is the equivalent of Tom Lehrer Revisited except that all of the performances were recorded in Australia. Half of these peformances were included on side 2 of the American issue of Revisited (on Lehrer Records).- Introduction
- I Wanna Go Back To Dixie
- The Wild West Is Where I Want To Be
- Fight Fiercely, Harvard
- The Hunting Song
- Lobachevsky
- The Irish Ballad
- When You Are Old And Grey
- My Home Town
- The Old Dope Peddler
- The Wiener Schnitzel Waltz
- I Hold Your Hand In Mine
- Be Prepared
'Poisoning Pigeons in the Park'/'The Masochism Tango'
45 single, 1960 [mono only; new recordings with orchestra conducted by Richard Hayman]
U.S.: Capricorn Records C-451
U.K.: Decca Records 45F-11243
'The Hunting Song'
'We Will All Go Together When We Go'
Orchestral versions of these songs, from the same sessions as the above single (January 21, 1960). Tom gave Dr. Demento copies of these during an interview in fall, 1991, and Dr. Demento has played them on his show several times. Both are in mono.'The Hunting Song' was eventually released on Dr. Demento's 25th Anniversary Collection, and both tracks were included, along with the previous two orchestral tracks, on Songs & More Songs By Tom Lehrer.
That Was the Year That Was
Reprise Records R/RS 6179, 1965; also released on 8-track 8RM 6179
also: Pye/Reprise Records (U.K.) R 6179, 1965 [mono only?]
Recorded live at the hungry i nightclub in San Francisco, CA, over five nights in July, 1965. Nine of these songs were written for the NBC television series 'That Was The Week That Was' a/k/a 'TW3', and were used in the series at one time or another (as were some of his older songs). Songs which were NOT part of 'TW3' are indicated below by an asterisk following the title.- National Brotherhood Week
- MLF Lullaby
- George Murphy
- The Folk Song Army*
- Smut*
- Send the Marines
- Pollution
- So Long, Mom (A Song for World War III)
- Whatever Became of Hubert?
- New Math
- Alma*
- Who's Next?
- Wernher Von Braun*
- The Vatican Rag*
That Was The Year That Was
Reprise Records PRO 218 promo 7' EP, 1965 [mono only]
- New Math
- The Folk Song Army
- Pollution
- National Brotherhood Week
Interview on WTBS, the MIT radio station (now known as WMBR)
October 20, 1965, promoting the That Was The Year That Was album.
The interview was aired but has not been released on record. Some of the songs played during the interview were:- 'The Fifty Russian Composers' (live in studio; a song made famous by Danny Kaye in the film 'Lady In The Dark'. The song is simply a list of Russian composers, and inspired Tom's song 'The Elements'.)
- 'The Folk Song Army' (played from LP)
- 'I Hold Your Hand In Mine' (live in studio)
- 'The Subway Song' (live in studio - a song he wrote in 1944 when he first came to Boston)
Voices Of Vista
Vista No. 33 GXTV 220039, 220040, c1965
This record was made to promote VISTA (Volunteers In Service To America), an organization of people who would dedicate one year of their life to working in areas of America that could use their help.Side one of this record has an interview with Tom done by Willis Connover. It also contains some songs from his That Was The Year That Was LP: 'Pollution', 'New Math', and 'MLF Lullaby'.
Side two of the record has a similar show with The Brandywines, Clark Terry, and The Lovin' Spoonful as the guests.
That Was The Year That Was words and music by Tom Lehrer
piano transcriptions by Frank Metis - Maelstrom Inc.; Cimino Publications Inc.
A folio of songs from the That Was The Year That Was album.Note that this contains 'Whatever Became Of Hubert?', which does not appearin the Too Many Songs By Tom Lehrer book (see below).- National Brotherhood Week
- M L F Lullaby
- The Folk Song Army
- Smut
- Pollution
- So Long, Mom (A Song For World War III)
- Whatever Became Of Hubert?
- Who's Next?
- Wernher von Braun
- Send The Marines
- The Vatican Rag
An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer
Reprise Records PRO 224 promo 7' EP, 1966 [mono only]
- Poisoning Pigeons In The Park
- In Old Mexico
- Clementine
- We Will All Go Together When We Go
An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer
Reprise Records R/RS 6199, 1966; also possibly released on 8-track 8RM 6199
Same recording as previous release of this title. Apparently it was originally only issued in mono, but stereo copies were later pressed in fake stereo created by adding echo to the mono mix. The reason for all of that is that Tom did some minor editing to the master (mainly reducing the amount of applause) before its re-release. He must've edited the mono master, and Warner Bros. were too lazy to also edit the stereo master, so they just made the mono master into a stereo one. Fake stereo was sort of big at that time, and wasn't looked upon with as much disdain as it is today.Songs By Tom Lehrer
Reprise Records PRO 241 promo 7' EP, 1966 [mono only]
- I Wanna Go Back to Dixie
- The Old Dope Peddler
- Be Prepared
- Fight Fiercely Harvard
Songs by Tom Lehrer
Reprise Records R/RS 6216, 1966; also released on 8-track 8RM 6216 and reel-to-reel RS 6216
Due to the success of the That Was The Year That Was album (a top 20 album on Billboard), Warner/Reprise decided to reissue Tom's older works. First they reissued the Evening Wasted album (see above). They wanted to release the original classic Songs By Tom Lehrer album, but were not satisfied with the technical quality of it, so Tom came into the studio to re-record it in stereo. In the process, he also noticeably changed some of the lyrics. He later regretted changing them, and changed them back for subsequent projects. (See the lyric variations page for details on this.)- I Wanna Go Back to Dixie
- The Old Dope Peddler
- When You Are Old and Gray
- The Wild West Is Where I Want To Be
- Fight Fiercely Harvard
- Lobachevsky
- The Irish Ballad
- The Hunting Song
- My Home Town
- The Wiener Schnitzel Waltz
- I Hold Your Hand in Mine
- Be Prepared
- Back To Dixie
- When You Are Old And Grey
- Wild West
- The Old Dope Peddler
- Lobachevsky
- I Hold Your Hand In Mine
- Fight Fiercely, Harvard
- My Home Town
- The Wiener Schnitzel Song
- Irish Ballad
- The Hunting Song
- Be Prepared
The Frost Report
TV show in England featuring David Frost, 1966
Tom sang several songs on this show. He flew over one weeked and recordedall of his performances at once, but they were dropped in at various pointsover the dozen or so episodes of the show. (He was teaching at threeuniversities at the time, so couldn't devote much more time than that to thisproject.) He did songs from his records, changing some of the words (see thelyric variations page for a differentversion of 'It Makes A Fellow Proud To Be A Soldier'), and also some othersongs which aren't available anywhere. One of these, which he wrote on hisway over, was a variation on 'New Math' that was about England's recentconversion to decimal coinage. Another was an update to a JohnnyMercer/Robert Emmett Dolan song called 'Politics' from the Broadway show'Texas Li'l Darlin'. The latter was written with Herbert Kretzmer, laterthe translator for 'Les Miserables'.Tom Lehrer's Second Song Book
1966?
Similar to the That Was The Year That Was folio (seeabove), but with a few songs from An Evening Wastedadded in. Once again, this contains 'Whatever Became OfHubert?' which is not in the currently-available songbookToo Many Songs (see below).- Poisoning Pigeons in the Park
- National Brotherhood Week
- M L F Lullaby
- The Folk Song Army
- Smut
- Pollution
- So Long, Mom
- Whatever Became of Hubert
- Who's Next
- Wernher von Braun
- Send the Marines
- We Will All Go Together When We Go
- The Masochism Tango
- The Elements
- The Vatican Rag
boxed set of 3 LP's issued in Denmark(?)
SEPL 1-3 - year unknown
contains the following LP's:- Tom Lehrer Revisited - Decca Records LK 4375
- An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer - Decca Records SKL 4097
- That Was The Year That Was - Pye 6179
Tom Lehrer Sings Pollution
A film of 'Pollution', featuring a cartoon of a bird playing a piano at a dump, combined with real scenes of industrial excess from across America, was made in 1966 & 1967 by Astrafilms for the U.S. Communicable Disease Center (not the Environmental Protection Agency as previously reported). The first cut in 1966 featured the live recording of 'Pollution' from the LP, but this version of the film was not used. It was then redone in 1967, using more drastic scenes to really drive home the message. Tom and the producers agreed that it would be better to use a studio recording of the song without the audience, so he re-recorded it for the second version. It was then distributed by the National Medical Audio-Visual Center.Pollution
another animated film of 'Pollution' was produced around 1969 by James Conrad and some other students at the University of Southern California for the School Of Performing Arts, Division Of Cinema, Animation Workshop Project. This film was later shown on Carol Burnett's show.'Pollution'/'Who's Next?'
Reprise Records 45 single 0862, circa October, 1969 [mono only]
The Electric Company
Warner Brothers BS 2636, 1972
Tom wrote ten songs used for the PBS children's program 'The Electric Company' in the early 70's. Four of them ('Silent E', 'L-Y', 'The Hound Song', and 'Snore, Sniff, and Sneeze') were recorded with Tom singing, and the rest were sung by others. The others that Tom wrote were 'Why Not Fight?' (a/k/a 'The Fight Song'), 'N'T', 'The Menu Song', 'Without An S', 'Finch and Dench', and 'The Mumble Song'. He also wrote an eleventh, 'Why Must You Whine?', which was not used on the show. This record contains his recording of 'Silent E'.This was issued in a deluxe package including a magazine, elaborate artwork, and a dial that turns.
Electric Company 7' EP
Warner Brothers PRO 549, 1972
Contains 'Silent E' by Tom, and also 'Fight Song' by Entire Cast, which was written by Tom. (Contains 12 tracks total.)The Electric Company
Sesame Street CTW 22052, 1970's
Budget re-release of Warner Brothers BS 2636 without special packaging.Warner Bros. Records Twentieth Anniversary Album in Sound and Picture
Warner Bros. promo, PRO-A-775
Six-LP box set containing 'Pollution'. Three thousand copies made.Tomfoolery Original London Cast Revue
(Robin Ray, Jonathan Adams, Martin Connor, Tricia George) - MMT LP001, 1980 [stereo only]
The original cast recording of the Tomfoolery Revue, which started in London in 1980, the brainchild of British producer Cameron Mackintosh. The revue includes one song of Tom's that he never released, 'I Got It From Agnes'. He used to perform it in nightclubs in the 50's, at which time it was called 'I Got It From Sally'. He didn't perform it in concert or release it because he felt it was too naughty at the time and didn't want to be associated with that type of song. He revised it for this revue, making it even naughtier, but now says that its innocence borders on naivete.- Be Prepared - Company
- Poisoning Pigeons in the Park - Martin and Tricia
- I Wanna Go Back to Dixie - Jonathan with Martin and Tricia
- The Elements - Robin
- Silent 'E' - Tricia with Company
- When You Are Old and Grey - Jonathan and Robin
- She's My Girl - Martin
- Wernher Von Braun - Jonathan
- Who's Next - Company
- I Got It from Agnes - Robin
- National Brotherhood Week - Company
- So Long Mom - Martin with Robin
- Irish Ballad - Tricia and Company. Solo violin: Robin
- I Hold Your Hand in Mine - Martin with Jonathan and Robin
- The Masochism Tango - Jonathan
- The Old Dope Pedlar - Robin
- The Vatican Rag - Company
- We Will All Go Together When We Go - Company
Alberta Theatre Projects and Arts Club Theatre, Vancouver present Tomfoolery
(Deirdre Van Winkle, Grant Cowan, Vince Metcalfe, Jack Northmore) -Alberta Theatre Projects ATP 261258, 1981 [stereo]
The original Canadian cast recording.- Be Prepared - Company
- Poisoning Pigeons In The Park - Grant and Deirdre
- I Wanna Go Back To Dixie - Jack with Grant and Vince
- In Old Mexico - Deirdre
- Who's Next - Company
- She's My Girl - Vince
- I Got It From Agnes - Grant
- National Brotherhood Week - Company
- So Long Mom - Vince with Grant
- Pollution - Vince, Jack and Deirdre
- Silent 'E' - Deirdre and Company
- The Masochism Tango - Jack
- The Old Dope Pedlar - Grant
- The Vatican Rag - Company
- We Will All Go Together When We Go - Company
That Was 'That Was the Week That Was'
Radiola Records, LMR-1123, 1981 [mono only]
This is a compilation of highlights of the 'TW3' show for which Tom wrote several songs, but on which he did NOT perform. The show ran on NBC from January 10, 1964 to May 4, 1965. Five of his songs are included here. The record lists 'with (among others) David Frost, Nancy Ames, Henry Morgan, Woody Allen, Steve Allen, Alan [sic] Sherman, Buck Henry, Dick Noel, Elliot Reid, the songs of Tom Lehrer, Pat Englund, Phyllis Newman, Bob Dishy, Mort Sahl, Jerry Damon announcing.'The record does not give a track listing, but here is approximately what is on it.
- Intro - Pat Englund? & Andrew Duncan
- theme song - Nancy Ames/Jerry Damon announcing
- News about Liz Taylor and Republicans - David Frost
- Grand Old Flag - Nancy Ames
- The Sexual Revolution - Elliot Reid, Buck Henry, Alan Alda
- News about Elections - David Frost
- Showdown at the Cow Palace - ?
- Civil Defense - ?, ? & Woody Allen
- News about Integration - ?
- Ku Klux Klan Play - ?
- Presidential Non-Preference Poll - Elliot Reid? & Pat Englund?
- Red, Green, Blue, White - entire cast
- Nikita's Spy Satellite - Tom Bosley
- Byrd Watching - Alan Alda, others
- Letter about Schools - Phyllis Newman
- Viet-Nam Summary - David Frost & Buck Henry
- Ethics - ?
- Closing - Nancy Ames/Jerry Damon announcing
- That Wonderful War - Buck Henry (includes 'We're At War Again' - Nancy Ames, 'So Long, Mom' - Steve Allen, and 'The Fallout's Fallin' - Nancy Ames)
- News about Cigarette Warnings - Buck Henry
- The Drop-Outs March - Allan Sherman
- Weekly Round-Up of Delightful News from Everywhere - Henry Morgan, others
- TV Land - Nancy Ames & ?
- Political Casting Agency - Phyllis Newman & Steve Allen
- American Embassies - David Frost/Nancy Ames (song)
- Bernie the Bookie - Buck Henry & Bob Dishy
- Who's Next? - Nancy Ames
- Domestic Travel Ad - David Frost, Buck Henry & Pat Englund?
- Pollution - Nancy Ames
- The Old Dope Peddler - Nancy Ames, introduced by Mort Sahl
- News about Last Episode - David Frost, Buck Henry, & Phyllis Newman
- We Will All Go Together When We Go - Nancy Ames
- Song about End of Show - Phyllis Newman
- John Cancellor - ?
- Closing - David Frost/Nancy Ames/Jerry Damon announcing
Too Many Songs By Tom Lehrer with not enough drawings by Ronald Searle
Pantheon Books hardcover and softcover, 1981
Songbook containing piano arrangements for all but six of the songs from Tom's three main LP's, plus a few extras. It was issued to accompany the Tomfoolery stage revue, and contains all of the songs originally in that. Tom says the reason it didn't include every single song was simply space concerns. 'We put in everything from Tomfoolery, and anything after that was a bonus.'Part One: From Songs by Tom Lehrer
- The Irish Ballad
- Be Prepared
- Fight Fiercely, Harvard
- The Old Dope Peddler
- The Wild West Is Where I Want To Be
- I Wanna Go Back to Dixie
- Lobachevsky
- The Hunting Song
- I Hold Your Hand in Mine
- My Home Town
- When You Are Old and Gray
- The Wiener Schnitzel Waltz
- Poisoning Pigeons in the Park
- The Masochism Tango
- A Christmas Carol
- The Elements
- Bright College Days
- She's My Girl
- In Old Mexico
- We Will All Go Together When We Go
- National Brotherhood Week
- MLF Lullaby
- The Folk Song Army
- Smut
- Send the Marines
- New Math
- Pollution
- So Long, Mom
- Who's Next?
- Wernher von Braun
- I Got It from Agnes
- Silent E
- L-Y
- The Vatican Rag
Dr. Demento's Demented Christmas Picks
Westwood One promo disc, 1982
contains 'A Christmas Carol' [from Lehrer TL-202S, w/o intro]Dr. Demento Presents the Greatest Novelty Records of All Time, Volume II: The 1950's
Rhino LP/cassette 821, 1985
contains 'The Masochism Tango' [from Capricorn C-451]Dr. Demento Presents the Greatest Novelty Records of All Time, Volume III: The 1960's
Rhino LP/cassette 822, 1985
contains 'So Long, Mom (A Song for World War III)' [from Reprise RS-6179, w/o intro]Dr. Demento Presents the Greatest Novelty Records of All Time, Volume VI: Christmas
Rhino LP/cassette 825, 1985
contains 'A Christmas Carol' [from TL-202S, w/o intro]Dr. Demento Presents the Greatest Novelty CD of All Time
Rhino Records CD, 75768, 1988
contains 'Poisoning Pigeons in the Park' [from Capricorn C-451]Dr. Demento Presents the Greatest Christmas Novelty CD of All Time
Rhino Records CD, 75755, 1989
contains 'A Christmas Carol' [from Lehrer TL-202, w/o intro]That Was the Year that Was
Reprise CD 6179, April 12, 1990
CD release of Reprise LP RS-6179An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer
Reprise CD 6199, April 12, 1990
CD release of Reprise LP RS-6199The original issue of this CD used the same fake stereo mix as the 1966 issue of the LP. Tom was wholly unaware that a fake stereo mix ever existed until Dr. Demento pointed it out to him around 1991. After several complaints to Warner Bros. from Tom, they remastered the CD into true mono. This is better than the fake stereo mix, but it's too bad they didn't use the true stereo mix.
The two versions of the CD look the same from the outside, but the remastered mono one says 'RE-1' on the inner ring of the CD itself.
Tom Lehrer Revisited
Reprise CD 26203, May 2, 1990
CD release of Decca LP LK 4375; includes bonus tracks 'Silent E' and 'L-Y' (recorded May 28, 1971, and December 14, 1972) from 'The Electric Company' TV show, with orchestra conducted by Joe Raposo. Both of these are mono (as is the entire CD), even though 'Silent E' had previously been released in stereo on the Electric Company album. 'L-Y' was unreleased before this CD.Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection
Rhino Records, 70743, May 21, 1991
Disc Two of this 2-CD set contains 'Masochism Tango' and 'Poisoning Pigeons in the Park' [both from Capricorn C-451]Interview on The Dr. Demento Show
Westwood One Radio Networks, recorded fall, 1991.
It was aired over three weeks. The first two weeks, it took up 2 segments(approx. 15 minutes each), and the final week it took up one segment. Hereare the songs played during the interview:The Dr. Demento Show #91-46, for broadcast the week of Nov. 11-17, 1991
Tom Lehrer interview (Part 1A) including:- Poisoning Pigeons In The Park - Tom Lehrer
- I Hold Your Hand In Mine - Tom Lehrer
- Mad Dogs & Englishmen - Noel Coward
- It Makes A Fellow Proud To Be A Soldier - Tom Lehrer
- The Merry Minuet - Katharine Hepburn
The Dr. Demento Show #91-47, for broadcast the week of Nov. 18-24, 1991
Tom Lehrer interview (Part 2A) including:- Be Prepared - Tom Lehrer
- Teeny Tiny - Kaye Ballard
- The Hunting Song (w/ orchestra) - Tom Lehrer
- Pollution - Tom Lehrer
- Gunslinger - The Limeliters
The Dr. Demento Show #91-48, for broadcast the week of Nov. 25-Dec. 1, 1991
Tom Lehrer interview (Part 3) including:- The Masochism Tango - Tom Lehrer
- Silent 'E' - Tom Lehrer
- I'm Walking Backwards For Christmas - The Goons
- The Elements - Tom Lehrer
That Was 'That Was the Week That Was'
Radiola Records, CDMR-1123, 1993
CD release of LMR-1123Christmas Comedy Classics - Vol. 2
Priority 53682, 1993
CD containing 'A Christmas Carol'.'That's Mathematics'
recorded November 2, 1993, to be played over the credits of a videotape by the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute.
The videotape was about the Fermat Fest, which was held in San Francisco on July 28, 1993, and is available from MSRI.This song was first aired on The Dr. Demento Show on the June 25, 1995 syndicated show (#95-26, syndicated by On The Radio Productions).
It appeared at the end of 1995 on Dr. Demento's Basement Tapes Vol. 4(see below). The version used by Dr. Demento is a different take from that used over the credits of the videotape.
Tom Lehrer In Concert
Eclipse 844 241-2 (Decca U.K. subsidiary), October 10, 1994
This European CD features the complete versions of Decca LP's SKL 4097 and LK 4375, minus the introduction track from the latter. This means that it has the unedited and true stereo version of An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer, which was previously unavailable on CD, and which has not been available at all in the U.S. since around 1965. The version of Tom Lehrer Revisited included here is the same as that on Reprise CD 26203.As far as I know, this is the only Tom Lehrer release to feature an actual photograph of him on the cover which shows his face. This fact would lead one to assume that Tom was not involved with its release. In fact, this is true: Tom didn't know about the CD until he started getting royalty checks for it.
The American Comedy Box
Rhino Records promo, PRCD 7131, 1995
Promo for the set below. Contains 'Pollution' from Reprise RS 6179.The American Comedy Box 1915-1994: But Seriously.
Rhino Records, 71617, 1995
The first disc of this 4-CD set contains 'Pollution' from Reprise RS 6179under the 'Musical Comedy' section.Dr. Demento's 25th Anniversary Collection
Rhino Records, 72124, August 22, 1995
Disc Two of this 2-CD set contains the previously unreleased orchestral version of 'The Hunting Song'.Dr. Demento's Basement Tapes No. 4
The Demento Society, 1995
Contains 'That's Mathematics'. Different take from that used on the MSRI videotape (see above). The version on this disc is the same as the version used on the show prior to this, except that this version is stereo.Songs & More Songs By Tom Lehrer
Rhino Records, 72776, May 6, 1997
This release contains his two original studio albums, Songs By Tom Lehrer and More Of Tom Lehrer. These are the original Lehrer Records versions. Unfortunately, More Of is the mono version instead of the stereo, but there is no explanation for why this is. (When Icontacted Rhino in 1997, they told me no true stereo mix existed, whichis false. When I visited Tom in Cambridge in 2011, and then discussed thisrelease with Bill Inglot, I found out what happened was Tom simply sent themthe mono tapes by happenstance, and they worked with what they got ratherthan asking if stereo tapes existed. I also found that they worked with a1959 dub of the first album rather than the 1953 original tape, again becausethat's what Tom happened to send them.) Also included are the following bonus tracks: - Poisoning Pigeons In The Park
- The Masochism Tango
- The Hunting Song
- We Will All Go Together When We Go
- I Got It From Agnes
The Remains Of Tom Lehrer
Rhino Records, 79831, May 23, 2000
Three-CD box set containing the majority of Tom's recorded output,including studio and live recordings. The main omissions that keepthis from being complete are the absense of the Tom LehrerDiscovers Australia (And Vice Versa) album and the Reprisere-recording of Songs By Tom Lehrer. (These were nodoubt omitted at Tom's request, since he hasstated that he isn't happy with either of these.) Also missing is'Trees', a song recorded in 1999 for this box set, andissued on advance promo cassettes, but later pulled from the releasedset.Only the last five tracks on the third disc are previously unreleased.Everything else is not only previously released, but already releasedon CD (i.e. the British version of Revisited isused). However, this is the U.S. CD debut of thetrue stereo version of An Evening Wasted With TomLehrer (though More Of is still in mono), as well as the CD debut of the stereo version of'Silent E'. 'That's Mathematics' had previouslyappeared on Dr. Demento's Basement Tapes No. 4, butthis version has the verse about Andrew Wiles edited out, and a newnote recorded to bridge the gap where the edit is.
Disc 1: Studio Recordings With Piano
- Songs By Tom Lehrer (1953)
- More of Tom Lehrer (1959)
- Recent Recordings
- I Got It From Agnes (1997)
- That's Mathematics (1993)
Disc 2: Live Performances
- Tom Lehrer Revisited (1960)
- An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer (1959)
Disc 3: More Live Performances + Studio Recordings With Orchestra
- That Was The Year That Was (1965)
- The Richard Hayman Sessions (1960)
- Poisoning Pigeons In The Park
- The Masochism Tango
- The Hunting Song
- We Will All Go Together When We Go
- The Joe Raposo Sessions (for The Electric Company) (1971-72)
- L-Y
- Silent E
- O-U (The Hound Song)
- S-N (Snore, Sniff, And Sneeze)
- The Rob Fisher Sessions (New Recordings, 1999)
- N Apostrophe T
- Selling Out
- (I'm Spending) Hanukkah In Santa Monica
Tom Lehrer's The Elements
Retiarius Laboratories DVD, August 15, 2004
an animated version of 'The Elements' by James A. Woods, which gradually fills in the Periodic Table as each one is mentioned; was in development since circa 1996The Tom Lehrer Collection
Shout Factory, 826663-11823, April 13, 2010
CD compilation of some of his best-known work, all previously on The Remains Of Tom Lehrer. The first 15 tracks are live versions, the next 9 are 1971-1999 recordings, and the last 2 are the 1960 orchestral recordings.The DVD contains a recently discovered TV program from Oslo, Norway, and additional bonus material. Only the Cameron Mackintosh and some of The Electric Company material had ever been released before, with the former being the only released video of Tom Lehrer in performance prior to this set.
CD
- Fight Fiercely, Harvard
- Lobachevsky
- The Irish Ballad
- When You Are Old And Gray
- Be Prepared
- The Elements
- We Will All Go Together When We Go
- National Brotherhood Week
- Pollution
- So Long, Mom (A Song For World War III)
- New Math
- Who's Next?
- Smut
- Wernher von Braun
- The Vatican Rag
- I Got It From Agnes
- That's Mathematics
- L-Y
- Silent E
- O-U (The Hound Song)
- S-N (Snore, Snuff, And Sneeze)
- N Apostrophe T
- Selling Out
- (I'm Spending) Hanukkah In Santa Monica
- Poisoning Pigeons In The Park
- The Masochism Tango
DVD
- National Brotherhood Week
- When You Are Old And Gray
- MLF Lullaby
- Poisoning Pigeons In The Park
- So Long Mom (A Song For World War III)
- Pollution
- The Masochism Tango
- Send The Marines
- Who's Next?
- Wernher von Braun
- The Vatican Rag
- We Will All Go Together When We Go
- I Got It From Agnes (from the BBC program The Michael Parkinson Show, 1980)
- Poisoning Pigeons In The Park (from the concert Hey, Mr. Producer! The World Of Cameron Mackintosh with intro by Stephen Sondheim, 1998)
- Four animated clips from The Electric Company:
- L-Y
- Silent E
- O-U (The Hound Song)
- S-N (Snore, Sniff, And Sneeze)
- The Derivative Song (performed at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley, California, 1997)
- That's Mathematics (performed at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley, California, 1997)
RELATED RECORDINGS
Jack Eljan Sings Tom Lehrer's Song Satires
10' LP, 1954? [mono only]
A cover of the entire Songs By Tom Lehrer LP. This came out in the mid-50's when Tom's LP was a bit hard-to-find. The singer's real name was Jack Nagle. He didn't use his real name because he was a bit embarrassed doing the record, feeling it was beneath him.The track listing is the same as for the double EP set below. The LP has the tracks from sides 1 & 2 of the double EP on side 1, and the tracks from sides 3 & 4 of the double EP on side 2.
Jack Eljan Sings Tom Lehrer's Song Satires
Rivoli EP-R 4 double red vinyl 7' EP set, 1955? [mono only]
Sides 1 & 3 are on one record, and sides 2 & 4 are on another.- Be Prepared
- I Hold Your Hand In Mine
- The Hunting Song
- The Old Dope Peddler
- Lobachevsky
- My Home Town
- I Wanna Go Back to Dixie
- When You Are Old & Gray
- The Wild West
- Fight Fiercely, Harvard
- The Wiener Schnitzel Waltz
- The Irish Ballad