[Koha] [koha-US Mailing List] CHAT: A gift to the world from Tom Lehrer

[Elaine Bradtke]

That's wonderful news.  For some reason my parents were oblivious to Tom
Lehrer, but my father-in-law and husband are both tremendous fans. I do
love the 'Irish Ballad', because as a specialist in English folk music,
I've often jokingly referred to the ballad genre as death and dismemberment
songs. . . ;-)
I also take gruesome delight in 'Poisoning Pigeons in the Park'
be well,
*Elaine*


On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 8:47 AM King, Fred <Fred.King at medstar.net> wrote:

> (I posted this to MEDLIB-L, so apologies to the Koha medical librarians
> and others who receive duplicate e-mails.)
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> Esteemed Colleagues,
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> Chances are that if you are of A Certain Age or a computer geek (I'm both,
> so don't take umbrage), you grew up listening and quite often memorizing
> the songs of Tom Lehrer. I am delighted to say that not only is he still
> alive at the age of 92, he has also posted the following on his web site,
> https://tomlehrersongs.com/:
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>
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>    I, Tom Lehrer, and the Tom Lehrer Trust 2000, hereby grant the
> following permission:
>
>    All the lyrics on this website, whether published or unpublished,
> copyrighted or uncopyrighted, may be downloaded and used in any manner
> whatsoever, without requiring any further permission from me or any payment
> to me or to anyone else.
>
>    Some lyrics written by Tom Lehrer to copyrighted music by others are
> included herein, but of course such music may not be used without
> permission of the copyright owners. (The translated songs may be found in
> their original languages on YouTube.)
>
>    In other words, all the lyrics herein should be treated as though they
> were in the public domain.
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>
>
> It continues, but that's the gist of it. I knew all of the songs that
> appeared on his albums, plus a few extras like the Subway Song, but a lot
> of them were new to me. The site shuts down at the end of 2024, so download
> them while you can!
>
>
>
> And if you're unfamiliar with Tom Lehrer, see
> https://www.youtube.com/user/6funswede. NOW!
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>
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> (My favorite, I think, is the Irish Ballad, which I learned when I was
> maybe nine years old—My parents had his original record. How about you?)
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>
> Fred King, MSLS, AHIP
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> Medical Librarian, MedStar Washington Hospital Center
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> fred.king at medstar.net
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