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Gilbert B Norman
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For you Tom Lehrer fans around here (includes GBN):

http://members.aol.com/quentncree/lehrer

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Flanders and Swann, the pair that wrote the delightful song and made it famous, can be viewed here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OW_zi8n4HDQ

and a transcript is available here:

http://www.guntheranderson.com/v/data/havesome.htm

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Ira,
My father used to have several Lehrer records and the song is on one of them. Bucky Bush, from St. Louis and a recreational guitar player, also sings the song, attributing it to T.L., but maybe he heard in the same Exile Bar?

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