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If those were Lehrer, who was this?  [message #1175] Mon, 25 February 2002 16:24 Go to next message
tim is currently offline  tim

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1. Little boxes on the hillside,

Little boxes made of ticky-tacky,

Little boxes, little boxes,

Little boxes, all the same.

There's a green one and a pink one

And a blue one and a yellow one

And they're all made out of ticky-tacky

And they all look just the same.


2. And the people in the houses

All go to the university,

And they all get put in boxes,

Little boxes, all the same.

And there's doctors and there's lawyers

And business executives,

And they're all made out of ticky-tacky

And they all look just the same.


3. And they all play on the golf-course,

And drink their Martini dry,

And they all have pretty children,

And the children go to school.

And the children go to summer camp

And then to the university,

And they all get put in boxes

And they all come out the same.


4. And the boys go into business,

And marry, and raise a family,

And they all get put in boxes,

Little boxes, all the same.

There's a green one and a pink one

And a blue one and a yellow one

And they're all made out of ticky-tacky

And they all look just the same.

And did he do this?  [message #1176 is a reply to message #1175] Mon, 25 February 2002 17:04 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On Top of Spaghetti

On top of spaghetti,
All covered with cheese,
I lost my poor meatball,
When somebody sneezed.

It rolled off the table,
And on to the floor,
And then my poor meatball,
Rolled out of the door.

It rolled in the garden,
And under a bush,
And then my poor meatball,
Was nothing but mush.

The mush was as tasty
As tasty could be,
And then the next summer,
It grew into a tree.

The tree was all covered,
All covered with moss,
And on it grew meatballs,
And tomato sauce.

So if you eat spaghetti,
All covered with cheese,
Hold on to your meatball,
Whenever you sneeze.
Or was he the same guy that did this?  [message #1177 is a reply to message #1175] Mon, 25 February 2002 17:06 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Camp Granada

Hello Mudda, hello Fadda,
Here I am at Camp Granada.
Camp is very entertaining,
And they say we'll have some fun if it stops raining.

I went hiking with Joe Spivy;
He developed poison ivy.
You remember Leonard Skinner;
He got ptomain poisoning last night after dinner.

All the counselors hate the waiters,
And the lake has alligators,
And the head coach wants no sissies,
So he reads to us from something called "Ulysses".

Now I don't want this should scare ya,
But my bunk mate has malaria.
You remember Jeffrey Hardy,
They're about to organize a searching party.

Take me home, oh Mudda, Fadda,
Take me home, I hate Granada!
Don't leave me in the forest where
I might get eaten by a bear.

Take me home, I promise I will not make noise,
Or mess the house with other boys.
Oh, please don't make me stay,
I've been here one whole day.

Dearest Father, darling Mother,
How's my precious little brother?
Let me come home if you miss me,
I would even let Aunt Bertha hug and kiss me.

Wait a minute, it stopped hailing,
Guys are swimming, gals are sailing.
Playing baseball, gee that's betta,
Mudda, Fadda, kindly disregard this letter!
icon3.gif Re: If those were Lehrer, who was this?  [message #1178 is a reply to message #1175] Mon, 25 February 2002 17:10 Go to previous messageGo to next message
richard lyon is currently offline  richard lyon

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That was Melvinia Reynolds, a Berkeley radical from the 50's - much earlier. The boxes are the post WWII developments in Daily City just south of San Francisco.
Alan Sherman I think or was it Lerner  [message #1179 is a reply to message #1177] Mon, 25 February 2002 17:12 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Not much earlier ...  [message #1181 is a reply to message #1178] Mon, 25 February 2002 19:33 Go to previous messageGo to next message
mihangel is currently offline  mihangel

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if at all. My one TL record (which doesn't have the Masochism Tango on it, so thanks, Tim, for getting me out of that one) I must have got in 1957. And the sleeve says 'The songs on this record are copyright 1952, 1953, by Tom Lehrer, and he is welcome to them'
icon14.gif You're right  [message #1186 is a reply to message #1181] Tue, 26 February 2002 00:39 Go to previous message
richard lyon is currently offline  richard lyon

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Along with Lenny Bruce they were among the wonderful people in the 50's who were willing to tweek the nose of the establishment. Could someone please bring them back from the grave?
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