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Tom Lehrer/ My Favorite Minstrel

 
 
jespah
 
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Reply Mon 9 Dec, 2002 06:04 pm
Eef you visit American city
you will find it very pretty
but two things of which you must beware
don't drink the water and don't breathe the air
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Phoenix32890
 
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Reply Mon 9 Dec, 2002 06:07 pm
Too bad that we don't have audio chat. Imagine all of us singing these songs together?
What a hoot that would be!
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bobsmythhawk
 
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Reply Mon 9 Dec, 2002 06:20 pm
Don't be nervous
Don't be frightened
Don't be scared
Be prepared!
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patiodog
 
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Reply Mon 9 Dec, 2002 06:28 pm
oh, the protestants hate the catholics
and the catholics hate the protestants
the hindus hate the muslims
and everybody hates the jews!

but during national brotherhood week...
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jespah
 
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Reply Mon 9 Dec, 2002 06:30 pm
<shnorting with laughter>

I dunno about the singing, Phoenix. You've heard my voice; I'm kind of an off-key alto. Then again, TL wasn't exactly the most mellifluous of singers.

the old dope peddler ....
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Phoenix32890
 
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Reply Mon 9 Dec, 2002 06:41 pm
For those of you who want to get an idea of what Tom Lehrer sounds like go to:

Tom Lehrer Song Clips

I was singing along, and my husband couldn't figure out where in the world I had learned THOSE songs! Laughing
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SealPoet
 
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Reply Mon 9 Dec, 2002 08:55 pm
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Lightwizard
 
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Reply Mon 9 Dec, 2002 08:55 pm
"Don't write naughty words on walls if you can't spell."
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Setanta
 
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Reply Tue 10 Dec, 2002 07:26 am
So long Mom, i'm off to drop the bomb
So don't wait up for me
Even as you swelter
Down in your shelter
You can see me, on your tv
So long Mommy, I'm off to kill a commie
So send me a salami, and try to smile somehow
I'll wait for you when the war is over
An hour and half from now . . .
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patiodog
 
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Reply Tue 10 Dec, 2002 10:10 am
a classic rhyme, methinks...

And this is what he said on
His way to armageddon...
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Setanta
 
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Reply Tue 10 Dec, 2002 10:29 am
While we're attacking frontally
Watch Brinkel-ly and Hunt-telly
Discussing contrapunctally
The cities we have lost
So please stay tuned
So you don't miss a minute
Of the agonizing holocaust!
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SealPoet
 
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Reply Tue 10 Dec, 2002 09:43 pm
The real question is who played Hypotenuse?

Y'see... I grew up on the 10" record...
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dlowan
 
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Reply Wed 11 Dec, 2002 05:07 am
A tad cramped and a wee bit whizzy seal, zut alors?
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jespah
 
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Reply Wed 11 Dec, 2002 06:53 am
Wasn't it Ingrid Bergman who played part of Hypotenuse?

And ever since I meet this man my life is not the same
and Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky is his name .... ay!
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SealPoet
 
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Reply Sat 14 Dec, 2002 02:07 pm
Who can turn a can into a cane?
Who can turn a pan into a pane?
It's not too hard to see,
It's Silent E.

Who can turn a tub into a tube?
Who can turn a cub into a cube
It's elementary
For Silent E

He took a pin and turned it into a pine
he took a twin and turned him into twine.

Who can turn a cap into a cape?
Who can turn a tap into a tape?
A little glob becomes a globe instantly,
If you just add Silent E

He turned a dam - Alakazam! - into a dame
But my friend Sam stayed just the same.

Who can turn a man into a mane?
Who can turn a van into a vane?
A little hug becomes huge instantly
Don't add W, Don't add X, And don't add Y or Z
Just add Silent E.
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patiodog
 
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Reply Mon 16 Dec, 2002 10:46 am
...and just the other night, he turned a simple rap into a...

(there's an adult version, see...)
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dlowan
 
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Reply Mon 16 Dec, 2002 03:01 pm
YIKES!!!
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patiodog
 
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Reply Mon 16 Dec, 2002 03:05 pm
My favorite, though...

I love my friends and they love me
We're just as close as we can be
And just because we really care
Whatever we get, we share!

I got it from Agnes
She got it from Jim
We all agree it must have been him
Louise who gave it to him
Now she got it from Harry
Who got it from Marie
And ev'rybody knows that Marie
Got it from me

Giles got it from Daphne
She got it from Joan
Who picked it up in County Cork
A-kissin' the Blarney Stone
Pierre gave it to Sheila
Who must have brought it there
He got it from Francois -- and Jacques
Aha, lucky Pierre!

Max got it from Edith
Who gets it ev'ry spring
She got it from her Daddy
Who just gives her ev'rything
She then gave it to Daniel
Whose spaniel has it now
Our dentist even got it
And we're still wondering how

But I got it from Agnes
Or maybe it was Sue
Or Millie or Billie or Gillie or Willie
It doesn't matter who
It might have been at the pub
or at the club, or in the loo
And if you will be my friend, then I might ...
(Mind you, I said "might" ...)
Give it to you!
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