Hello everyone,
Here is another version of "National Embalming School" (recording) from www.grandfolkies.com.
Do you sing this song to the three tunes listed? I can only trace this song back to ~1934. Does anyone have an older date for the song?
Any help is appreciated.
Sincerely,
John Mehlberg
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My, mostly traditional, bawdy songs, toasts and recitations website: www.immortalia.com
~FOR YOU WE LIVE, FOR YOU WE DIE
(To the tunes of Oh Tannenbaum, A-Hunting We Will Go, and The Anvil Chorus)
Chorus: (to the tune of Oh Tannenbaum)
- For you we live, for you we die,
National Embalming School,
We do our best to give you rest,
National Embalming School.
(to the tune of fanfare from A-Hunting We Will Go):
- Post-mortem, post-mortem, post-mortem
Autopsy we must have.
(to the tune of The Anvil Chorus):
- Cut, slash, and slice the corpse
For we must have a reason,
Gad, how the body stinks,
It must be out of season.Final Chorus (to the tune of Oh Tannenbaum):
- For you we live, for you we die,
National Embalming School,
We do our best to give you rest,
National Embalming School.
Notes: Alternate title is "National Embalming School". The earliest recorded example of this song is from 1934 in a term paper titled "College Songs That Are Unprinted (for Obvious Reasons)" by Sheryl Goldstone which she turned in to Harold Thompson's English class.
Recordings:
- Peter Pan's Pixie Players
- Gross Songs
- National Embalming School Time: 1:08
- Phyllis and Walter Robbins
- Digital Recording - www.grandfolkies.com
- National Embalming School Time: 0:43