Biography:
Thomas Andrew "Tom" Lehrer (born 9 April 1928) is an American singer-songwriter, satirist, pianist, and mathematician. He has lectured on mathematics and musical theater.
Before attending college, Lehrer graduated from the Loomis Chaffee School in Windsor, Connecticut. As an undergraduate student at Harvard University, he began to write comic songs to entertain his friends, including Fight Fiercely, Harvard (1945). Those songs later became (in a joking reference to a leading scientific journal, The Physical Review) The Physical Revue.
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Other songs:
- Poisoning Pigeons In The Park
- The Element Song
- The Elements Song
- The Hunting Song
- The Masochism Tango
- Vatican Rag
- We Will All Go Together When We Go
- The Elements (Song)
- A Christmas Carol
- Be Prepared
- Fight Fiercely Harvard
- I Got It From Agnes
- I Hold Your Hand In Mine
- I Wanna Go Back To Dixie
- In Old Mexico
- Irish Ballad
- Lobachevsky
- M L F Lullaby
- Masochism Tango
- My Home Town
- National Brotherhood Week
- Pigeons In The Park
- Pollution
- Send The Marines
- Smut
- So Long Mom
- The Folk Song Army
- The Old Dope Peddler
- The Vatican Rag
- The Wild West Is Where I Wanna Be
- The Wild West Is Where I Want To Be
- Wernher Von Braun
- Whatever Became Of Hubert
- Whos Next
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When you attend a funeral,
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It is sad to think that sooner or'l
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Later those you love will do the same for you.
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And you may have thought it tragic,
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Not to mention other adjec-
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Tives, to think of all the weeping they will do.
(But don't you worry.)
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No more ashes, no more sackcloth,
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And an arm band made of black cloth
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Will some day nevermore adorn a sleeve.
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For if the bomb that drops on you
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Gets your friends and neighbors too,
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There'll be nobody left behind to grieve.
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And we will all go together when we go.
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What a comforting fact that is to know.
F F7
Universal bereavement,
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An inspiring achievement,
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Yes, we will all go together when we go.
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We will all go together when we go.
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All suffused with an incandescent glow.
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No one will have the endurance
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To collect on his insurance,
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Lloyd's of London will be loaded when they go.
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Oh we will all fry together when we fry.
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We'll be French fried potatoes by and by.
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There will be no more misery
F
When the world is our rotisserie,
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Yes, we will all fry together when we fry.
E F#7 B7
Down by the old maelstrom,
G#7 C#m C7
There'll be a storm before the calm.
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And we will all bake together when we bake.
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There'll be nobody present at the wake.
F F7
With complete participation
F+ Bb Gm
In that grand incineration,
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Nearly three billion hunks of well-done steak.
Gb Gb+ Cb
Oh we will all char together when we char.
Abm Db7
And let there be no moaning of the bar.
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Just sing out a Te Deum
Gb+ Cb Abm
When you see that I.C.B.M.,
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And the party will be come-as-you-are.
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Oh, we will all burn together when we burn.
E Eb E
There'll be no need to stand and wait your turn.
E
When it's time for the fallout
F
And Saint Peter calls us all out,
B7 E E7
We'll just drop our agendas and adjourn.
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You will all go directly to your respective Valhallas.
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Go directly, do not pass Go, do not collect two hundred dollahs.
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And we will all go together when we go.
G C7
Every Hottentot and every Eskimo.
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When the air becomes uranious,
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We will all go simultaneous.
B C7
Yes, we all will go together
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When we all go together,
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Yes we all will go together when we go.
When you attend a funeral,
C7
It is sad to think that sooner or'l
Fm Db7 C7 Db7 C7
Later those you love will do the same for you.
Fm
And you may have thought it tragic,
C7
Not to mention other adjec-
Fm G7 C7
Tives, to think of all the weeping they will do.
(But don't you worry.)
Fm
No more ashes, no more sackcloth,
Gb
And an arm band made of black cloth
C7 F
Will some day nevermore adorn a sleeve.
F7
For if the bomb that drops on you
Bb G7
Gets your friends and neighbors too,
C7 F
There'll be nobody left behind to grieve.
C7 Gm/D Edim F F+ Bb
And we will all go together when we go.
Gm C7
What a comforting fact that is to know.
F F7
Universal bereavement,
F+ Bb Gm
An inspiring achievement,
B C7 F Db7
Yes, we will all go together when we go.
Gb Gb+ Cb
We will all go together when we go.
Abm Db7
All suffused with an incandescent glow.
Gb Gb7
No one will have the endurance
Gb+ Cb Abm
To collect on his insurance,
C Db7 Gb D7
Lloyd's of London will be loaded when they go.
G F
Oh we will all fry together when we fry.
E Eb E
We'll be French fried potatoes by and by.
E
There will be no more misery
F
When the world is our rotisserie,
B7 E
Yes, we will all fry together when we fry.
E F#7 B7
Down by the old maelstrom,
G#7 C#m C7
There'll be a storm before the calm.
Gm/D Edim F F+ Bb
And we will all bake together when we bake.
Gm C7
There'll be nobody present at the wake.
F F7
With complete participation
F+ Bb Gm
In that grand incineration,
B C7 F Db7
Nearly three billion hunks of well-done steak.
Gb Gb+ Cb
Oh we will all char together when we char.
Abm Db7
And let there be no moaning of the bar.
Gb Gb7
Just sing out a Te Deum
Gb+ Cb Abm
When you see that I.C.B.M.,
C Db7 Gb D7
And the party will be come-as-you-are.
G F
Oh, we will all burn together when we burn.
E Eb E
There'll be no need to stand and wait your turn.
E
When it's time for the fallout
F
And Saint Peter calls us all out,
B7 E E7
We'll just drop our agendas and adjourn.
Am D7
You will all go directly to your respective Valhallas.
Gm C7
Go directly, do not pass Go, do not collect two hundred dollahs.
Gm/D Edim F F+ Bb
And we will all go together when we go.
G C7
Every Hottentot and every Eskimo.
F F7
When the air becomes uranious,
Bb Gm
We will all go simultaneous.
B C7
Yes, we all will go together
D7
When we all go together,
Gm C7 F
Yes we all will go together when we go.
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