Werner von Braun 1965 Tom Lehrer

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 13 Nov 2002

Gather round while I sing you of
Wernher von Braun,
a man whose allegiance
is ruled by expedience,
call him a Nazi, he won't even frown,
"Nazi, Shmazi,"
says Wernher von Braun.
Don't say that he's hypocritical,
say rather that he's apolitical,
"Once the rockets are up,
who cares where they come down?
That's not my department,"
says Wernher von Braun.

Some have harsh words
for this man of renown,
but some think our attitude
should be one of gratitude,
like the widows and cripples
in old London town
who owe their large pensions to
Wernher von Braun.
You too may be a big hero,
once you've learned
to count backwards to zero,
"In German oder English
I know how to count down,
und I'm learning Chinese,"
says Wernher von Braun.

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Werner von Braun 1965 Tom Lehrer
by Tom Lehrer
copyright 1965 and 1966 by Tom Lehrer
sequence and karaoke by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Wednesday 13 November 2002 at 23.03
in association with Doug Grierson
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