Happy Birthday, Tom Lehrer
Apr. 9th, 2007 04:37 amOn this date in 1928.
How could a list of Lehrer favorites be anything besides just a catalog of the man's songs? They're all wonderful. So let's take a different tack: Pick a single laugh line of his you adore. Just one, so everyone can play. Lessee... "You will all go directly to your respective Valhallas... go directly, do not pass "Go", do not collect two hundred dollahs...."
If you need some help, STLyrics has transcriptions, complete with the live shtick.
How could a list of Lehrer favorites be anything besides just a catalog of the man's songs? They're all wonderful. So let's take a different tack: Pick a single laugh line of his you adore. Just one, so everyone can play. Lessee... "You will all go directly to your respective Valhallas... go directly, do not pass "Go", do not collect two hundred dollahs...."
If you need some help, STLyrics has transcriptions, complete with the live shtick.