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GUEST,Alexander Songs of Dismemberment (145* d) RE: Songs of Dismemberment 06 Apr 05


Tom Lehrer again from memory: This might not be absolutely correct, but turn on your speakers and I'll sing for you:

Oh, her mother she just couldn't stand
Singing rickety, tickety, tin
Oh, her mother she just couldn't stand
So a cyanide soup was what she planned
And her mother died with the spoon in her hand...
And her face in a hideous grin, a grin, a grin, a grin...
Her face in a hideous grin

She tied her brother up with stones
Singing rickety, tickety, tin
She tied her brother up with stones
And sent him down to Davy Jones....
And all they ever found were some bones....
And occasional pieces of skin, of skin, of skin, of skin...
Occasional pieces of skin

She set her sister's hair on fire
Singing rickety, tickety, tin
She set her sister's hair on fire
And danced around the funeral pyre,
Playing a violin, 'olin, 'olin, 'olin...
Playing a violin


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