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
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    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