Tom Lehrer's died

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I love his songs. Will have a good listen tomorrow. He was 97. A good innings. Thank you, Tom.

BBC News - American musical satirist Tom Lehrer dies at 97, US media report
www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpv02yd2714o

This one's a cracker. If I knew it before I'd forgotten it. Who else would rhyme chow house and Bauhaus? https://tomlehrersongs.com/alma/

OMG Alma!
Alma tell us!
All modern women are jealous.
You should have a statue in bronze,
For bagging Gustav, and Walter and Franz.
😂

I think my favourite is 'I got it from Agnes'.
Makes me giggle childishly everytime I listen to it.

"So be sweet and kind to Mother, now and then have a chat,
Buy her candy and some flowers or a brand new hat,
But maybe you had better let it go at that...."

Just wonderful !!!

...or you may find yourself with a quite complex, coo-omplex,
and you'll end up like Oedipus -
I'd rather marry a duck-billed platypus -
Than end up like old Oedipus Re-ex!
That's one of his best lines. And it was in the way he sung them, too, with the little throw away asides. 😂

In covid, I introduced MrsIrene to "I got it from Agnes" and it cheered us up a bit. RIP, Tom.

I've never come across another person outside of my family who knew Tom's songs.

Reminiscences from someone who knew him long ago, published a few years ago. https://archive.ph/GS3Tz

Oh yes @heldinadream - soo good!!

My dc (teens) sing his elements one as a duet together. He was an absolute genius.