Oh, wow, Tom Lehrer has released all of his songs into the public domain. Apparently also his website will shut down "at some date in the not too distant future" so now's a good time to download directly.
"In short, I no longer retain any rights to any of my songs.
So help yourselves, and don’t send me any money."
@therotund What a guy! My two favourite TERRIBLE rhymes occur in the first lines of one of his songs:
When you attend a funeral,
It is sad to think that sooner or l...
...ater 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.
I also love that "I got it from Agnes" was written in 1957 - incredibly raunchy and progressive for the time! Also probably the origin of the phrase "lucky Pierre".
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