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''The Remains of Tom Lehrer'' is a box set containing all the songs from musical satirist
Tom Lehrer Thomas Andrew Lehrer (; born April 9, 1928) is an American former musician, singer-songwriter, satirist, and mathematician, having lectured on mathematics and musical theater. He is best known for the pithy and humorous songs that he recorded in ...
's previous albums along with previously unreleased songs and his works featured on the public television show ''
The Electric Company ''The Electric Company'' is an American educational children's television series produced by the Children's Television Workshop (CTW, now known as Sesame Workshop). It was co-created by Paul Dooley, Joan Ganz Cooney, and Lloyd Morrisett. The ...
''. Some of the songs from his debut album, ''
Songs by Tom Lehrer ''Songs by Tom Lehrer'' is the debut album of musical satirist Tom Lehrer, released in 1953 on his own label, Lehrer Records. In 2004 it was included into the National Recording Registry. Production and release history ''Songs by Tom Lehrer'' was ...
'', were re-recorded for the CD. The box set was released in 2000 and also includes a booklet with an introduction by
Dr. Demento Barret Eugene Hansen (born April 2, 1941), known professionally as Dr. Demento, is an American radio broadcaster and record collector specializing in novelty songs, comedy, and strange or unusual recordings dating from the early days of phonograp ...
, pictures of various album covers and song books, reprints of the ''Mad'' magazine, prints of some of his songs, an extensive question-and-answer session and other information. In 2020, Lehrer donated all of his lyrics and music written by him to the
public domain The public domain (PD) consists of all the creative work to which no exclusive intellectual property rights apply. Those rights may have expired, been forfeited, expressly waived, or may be inapplicable. Because those rights have expired, ...
. He followed this on November 1, 2022 with all recording and performing rights of any kind, making all of his music that he has originally composed or performed free for anyone to use.


Track listing


Disc 1

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Fight Fiercely, Harvard "Fight Fiercely, Harvard" is a satirical college fight song written and originally performed by Tom Lehrer and dedicated to his alma mater, Harvard University.
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The Old Dope Peddler "The Old Dope Peddler" is a satirical song by Tom Lehrer. It was on Lehrer's first album ''Songs by Tom Lehrer'' from 1953, and a new live recording on '' Tom Lehrer Revisited'' in 1960. The song is a parody of a popular tune well known at the ...
# Be Prepared # The Wild West Is Where I Want to Be # I Wanna Go Back to Dixie #
Lobachevsky Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky ( rus, Никола́й Ива́нович Лобаче́вский, p=nʲikɐˈlaj ɪˈvanəvʲɪtɕ ləbɐˈtɕɛfskʲɪj, a=Ru-Nikolai_Ivanovich_Lobachevsky.ogg; – ) was a Russian mathematician and geometer, kn ...
# The Irish Ballad # The Hunting Song # My Home Town # When You Are Old and Gray # I Hold Your Hand in Mine # The Wiener Schnitzel Waltz # Poisoning Pigeons in the Park # Bright College Days # A Christmas Carol # The Elements # Oedipus Rex # In Old Mexico # Clementine # It Makes a Fellow Proud to Be a Soldier # She's My Girl # The Masochism Tango # We Will All Go Together When We Go # I Got It from Agnes # That's Mathematics


Disc 2

# Introduction # I Wanna Go Back to Dixie # The Wild West Is Where I Want to Be # The Old Dope Peddler # Fight Fiercely, Harvard # Lobachevsky # The Irish Ballad # The Hunting Song # My Home Town # When You Are Old and Gray # The Wiener Schnitzel Waltz # I Hold Your Hand in Mine # Be Prepared # Poisoning Pigeons in the Park # Bright College Days # A Christmas Carol # The Elements # Oedipus Rex # In Old Mexico # Clementine # It Makes a Fellow Proud to Be a Soldier # She's My Girl # The Masochism Tango # We Will All Go Together When We Go


Disc 3

# National Brotherhood Week # MLF Lullaby # George Murphy # The Folk Song Army # Smut # Send The Marines # Pollution # So Long, Mom (A Song for World War III) # Whatever Became Of Hubert? # New Math # Alma # Who's Next? # Wernher von Braun # The Vatican Rag # Poisoning Pigeons in the Park # The Masochism Tango # The Hunting Song # We Will All Go Together When We Go # L-Y # Silent E # O-U (The Hound Song) # S-N (Snore, Sniff, And Sneeze) # N Apostrophe T # Selling Out # (I'm Spending) Hanukkah in Santa Monica


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Discography of Tom Lehrer


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