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Thread #24652   Message #2681595
Posted By: GUEST,nb
16-Jul-09 - 02:05 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Lunatic's Lullaby 'Oh, I was born one...'
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lunatic's Lullaby 'Oh, I was born one
This is in answer to a request buried in the responses to "Lunatic's Lullaby: Quite unrelated.

"The Elements" was written by Tom Lehrer in the early 1950's. The tune is the Nightmare Song from Gilbert & Sullivan's "Iolanthe". It was recorded by Lehrer, and is in a book "Too Many Songs by Tom Lehrer", copyright 1981.