The Hunting Song 1953 Tom Lehrer

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

I always will remember,
'twas a year ago November,
I went out to hunt some deer
on a morning bright and clear.
I went and shot the maximum
the game laws would allow,
two game wardens, seven hunters,
and a cow.

I was in no mood to trifle,
I took down my trusty rifle
and went out to stalk my prey.
What a haul I made that day!
I tied them to my fender
and I drove them home somehow.
Two game wardens, seven hunters,
and a cow.

The law was very firm,
it took away my permit,
the worst punishment I ever endured.
It turned out there was a reason,
cows were out of season,
and one of the hunters wasn't insured.
People ask me how I do it,
And I say: "There's nothing to it,
you just stand there looking cute,
[Spoken:] and when someone moves,
you shoot!"
[Sung:] and there's ten stuffed heads
in my trophy room right now,
Two game wardens,
seven hunters,
and a purebred Guernsey cow.

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The Hunting Song 1953 Tom Lehrer
by Tom Lehrer
copyright 1953 and 1954 by Tom Lehrer
sequence and karaoke by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Sunday 17 November 2002 at 16.37
in association with Doug Grierson
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