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Tom Lehrer — Poisoning Pigeons In The Park
Album: Songs & More Songs
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Released: 1997
Length: 2:07
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'''''Spoken introduction on ''An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer:'''
''I'd like to take you now on wings of song as it were,
And try and help you forget, perhaps, for a while,
Your drab wretched lives.
Here is a song all about springtime in general,
And in particular about one of the many delightful
Pastimes that the coming of spring affords us all:''

Spring is here
A-suh-puh-ring is here
Life is skittles and life is beer
I think the loveliest time
Of the year is the spring
I do, don't you? 'Course you do
But there's one thing
That makes spring complete for me
And makes every Sunday
A treat for me

All the world seems in tune
On a spring afternoon
When we're poisoning pigeons in the park
Every Sunday you'll see
My sweetheart and me
As we poison the pigeons in the park

When they see us coming
The birdies all try an' hide
But they still go for peanuts
When coated with cyanide
The sun's shining bright
Everything seems all right
When we're poisoning pigeons in the park

We've gained notoriety
And caused much anxiety
In the Audubon Society
With our games
They call it impiety
And lack of propriety
And quite a variety
Of unpleasant names
But it's not against any religion
To want to dispose of a pigeon

So if Sunday you're free
Why don't you come with me
And we'll poison the pigeons in the park
And maybe we'll do
In a squirrel or two
While we're poisoning pigeons in the park

We'll murder them all
Amid laughter and merriment
Except for the few
We take home to experiment
My pulse will be quickenin'
With each drop of strych'nine
We feed to a pigeon
(It just takes a smidgin!)
To poison a pigeon in the park
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Outstanding! Absolutely outstanding! :D
got to love it//////////
Wish I'd had a chance to take a class from him when he was teaching at my old alma mater.
Serves to illustrate the uncommon brilliance of Monty Python. This song's humor potential is played out upon reading the title.
The greatest satirist of the \'60s.
Hilarious! Great set!!!!
Either you get him or you don\'t.
Ah, didn\'t like that one at all
Tom Lehrer is truely legendary. I \'m loving your sense of humor today.
ROTFLMAO...thank you.
Can the Firesign Theater be far behind? :roll:
WHat the heck?!?.......
Thank you for the humor! Perfect for a dull day.
Tom is a master. :D
OH MY GOD!!! I\'m having Dr. Demento flashbacks!
:D :D :D Bill! How\'d you get into my CD collection?!
TOM!!! Yes!. Can we get "The Elements" as well?
Thanks Bill!