Lyrics Introduction - Tom Lehrer
[Spoken
live
introduction:]
[I
should
like
to
introduce
now
the
featured
artist
of
this
evening's...
ordeal.I'm
sure
that
you
will
all
agree
without
any
hesitation
that
Tom
Lehrer
is
the
most
brilliant
creative
genius
that
America
has
produced
in
almost
200
years,
so
perhaps
a
few
words
of
biographical
background
might
not
be
amiss.
Endowed
by
nature
with
perhaps
the
most
glorious
baritone
voice
to
be
heardon
an
American
stage
since
the
memorable
concert
debut
in
1835
of
Millard
Fillmore;
endowed
also
with
twelve
incredibly
agile
fingers;
Mr.
Lehrer
has
had
a
long
and
varied
career
in
the
field
of
entertainment
starting
with
nine
years
at
Harvard
University...,
where
it
was
that
he
first
decided
to
devote
his
life
to
what
has
since
become
a
rather
successful
scientific
project
– namely,
the
attempt
to
prolong
adolescence
beyond
all
previous
limits.Even
before
he
came
to
Harvard,
however,
he
was
well
known
in
academic
circles
for
his
masterly
translation
into
Latin
of
"The
Wizard
of
Oz",
which
remains
even
today
the
standard
Latin
version
of
that
work.
A
few
years
ago
he
was
inducted...,
forcibly...,
into
the
United
States
Army
and
spent
most
of
his
indenture
in
Washington
as
sort
of
Army
liaison
to
the
Office
of
Navel
Contemplation.
About
his
service
record
he
is
justifiablymodest,
but
it
is
known
that
in
a
short
time
he
rose
to
the
rank
of
brigadiergeneral.
However,
before
he
could
acquire
a
tenure,
he
was
discharged,
andowing
to
nepotism
and
intrigue,
he
emerged
with
only
the
rank
of
specialist3rd
class,
which
was
roughly
equivalent
to
the
rank
of
corporal
withoutportfolio.But
to
return
to
his
career
in
show
business:
For
several
years
he
toured
vaudeville
theaters
with
an
act
consisting
of
impressions
of
people
in
thelast
throes
of
various
diseases.
I'm
sure
that
many
of
you
here
tonight
stillrecall
with
pleasure
his
memorable
diphtheria
imitation.
He
is
generallyacknowledged
to
be
the
dean
of
living
American
composers,
and
is
currentlyworking
on
a
musical
comedy
based
on
the
life
of
Adolf
Hitler.Without
further
ado
– Tom
Lehrer:–
––– You'd
be
amazed
at
the
money
we
save
that
way
.. .]
Album
Revisited
1 Introduction
2 I Wanna Go Back To Dixie
3 The Wild West Is Where I Want To Be
4 The Old Dope Peddler
5 Fight Fiercely, Harvard
6 Lobachevsky
7 The Irish Ballad
8 The Hunting Song
9 My Home Town
10 When You Are Old And Grey
11 The Wiener Schnitzel Waltz
12 I Hold Your Hand In Mine
13 Be Prepared
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