My Home Town 1953 Tom Lehrer

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 17 Nov 2002

I really have a yen,
to go back once again,
back to the place
where no one wears a frown,
to see once more those
super special just plain folks
in my home town.
No fellow could ignore
the little girl next door,
she sure looked sweet
in her first evening gown.
Now there's a charge
for what she used to give for free
in my home town.

I remember Dan,
the druggist on the corner
'e was never mean or ornery,
he was swell.
He killed his motherinlaw
and ground her up real well,
and sprinkled just a bit
over each banana split.

The guy that taught us math,
who never took a bath,
acquired a certain measure of renown,

and after school he sold
the most amazing pictures
in my home town.

That fellow was no fool
who taught our Sunday School,
and neither was our kindly Parson Brown.
(Hums ...........) in my home town.

I remember Sam,
he was the village idiot
and though it seems a pity, it was so.
He loved to burn down houses
just to watch the glow,
And nothing could be done
'cause he was the mayor's son.

The guy that took a knife
and monogrammed his wife,
then dropped her in the pond
and watched her drown.
Oh yes indeed, the people there
are just plain folks
in my home town.

Soft karaoke
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My Home Town 1953 Tom Lehrer
by Tom Lehrer
copyright 1953 and 1954
sequence and karaoke by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Sunday 17 November 2002 at 14.40
in association with Doug Grierson
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