Too Many Songs by Tom Lehrer with Not Enough Drawings by Ronald Searle
by Tom Lehrer
(Click here)
Book Summary Information
Author: Tom LehrerIllustrator: Ronald Searle
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1981-10-12
ISBN: 0394749308
Number of pages: 160
Publisher: Pantheon
Product features:
- ISBN13: 9780394749303
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
- Click here to view our Condition Guide and Shipping Prices
Book Reviews of Too Many Songs by Tom Lehrer with Not Enough Drawings by Ronald Searle
Book Review: My copy fell apart. But so did I, laughing
Summary: 3 Stars
Well, it did, the first time I put it on the music holder. The binding split and a third of the pages fell out.
Despite that, I've kept it all these years. It's a good collection and fun to bring out when better piano players than I are invited to dinner. It's especially good when my invitee can sight-read and is not familiar with Tom Lehrer's works--last time this happened, she nearly fell off the bench laughing halfway through "The Vatican Rag".
Frankly I think Ronald Searle's drawings are ugly enough to make babies cry, but maybe that's what Tom had in mind, so I guess it's ok.
So I can't recommend this edition for the binding (another reviewer aptly suggested a spiral binder) but if there's no better collection of these great songs, by all means, buy this one.
Summary of Too Many Songs by Tom Lehrer with Not Enough Drawings by Ronald Searle
The subversive songs of Tom Lehrer, the sardonic piano-wielding fugitive from Harvard, have corrupted generations of Americans since he first began recording and performing in the 1950s. His uniquely depraved wit has been forced again on an unsuspecting public' via Tomfoolery, the stage revue based on his ever-trenchant observation of the American scene. This new songbook, with old favorites unavailable for years as well as never-published songs, is the most comprehensive ever assembled. It contains the words, tunes, piano accompaniments, and guitar chords for these thirty-four classics:The Irish Ballad
Fight Fiercely, Harvard!
Be Prepared
The Old Dope Peddler
The Wild West Is Where I
Want to Be
I Wanna Go Back to Dixie
Lobachevsky
The Hunting Song
I Hold Your Hand in Mine
My Home Town
L-Y
When You Are Old and Gray
The Wiener Schnitzel Waltz
Poisoning Pigeons in the Park
A Christmas Carol
Bright College Days
In Old Mexico
She's My Girl
The Elements
The Masochism Tango
National Brotherhood Week
MLF Lullaby
The Folk Song Army
Smut
Send the Marines
New Math
Pollution
So Long, Mom
Who's Next?
Wemher Von Braun
We Will All Go Together
When We Go
I Got It from Agnes
Silent E
The Vatican Rag
Lieder & Art Songs Books
Book Subjects
- Arts & Photography
- Audiobooks on Cassette
- Audiobooks on CD
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Business & Investing
- Children's Books
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Internet
- Cooking, Food & Wine
- e-Books
- Engineering
- Entertainment
- Gay & Lesbian
- Health, Mind & Body
- History
- Home & Garden
- Horror
- Law
- Literature & Fiction
- Medicine
- Mystery & Thrillers
- Nonfiction
- Outdoors & Nature
- Parenting & Families
- Professional & Technical
- Reference
- Religion & Spirituality
- Romance
- Science
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Sports
- Teens
- Travel
Most talked about in Lieder & Art Songs Books
Play Piano in a Flash: Play Your Favorite Songs Like a Pro -- Whether You've Had Lessons or Not!by Scott Houston
Hyperion; Published: 2004-01-14; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.00
Price in other shops:
Rock n' Blues Harmonica: A World of Harp Knowledge, Songs, Stories, Lessons, Riffs, Techniques and Audio Index for a New Generation of Harp Players (Includes ... book and 74 minute stereo CD Jamming Buddy)by Jon Gindick
Music Sales America; Published: 2000-08; Paperback; Book
Best price: $13.94
Price in other shops:
Fingerpicking Beatles and Expanded Edition: 30 Songs Arranged for Solo Guitar in Standard Notation and Tab (Finger Style Guitar)by The Beatles
Hal Leonard; Hal Leonard Corporation; Published: 1996-10-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $12.70
Price in other shops:
How To Write Songs On Guitar - Revised (Book)by Rikky Rooksby
HAL LEONARD; Backbeat; Published: 2009-04-30; Paperback; Book
Best price: $12.22
Price in other shops:
Jumbo Easy Piano Songbook: 200 Songs for All OccasionsHal Leonard; Hal Leonard Corporation; Published: 2004-04-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $12.20
Price in other shops:
Selections from Rolling Stone Magazine's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: Guitar Classics Volume 2: Classic Rock to Modern Rock (Easy Guitar TAB) (Rolling Stones Classic Guitar)by Alfred Publishing
Alfred Publishing; Published: 2008-08-15; Perfect Paperback; Book
Best price: $15.64
Price in other shops:
U2: The Stories Behind Every U2 Song (Stories Behind the Songs)by Niall Stokes
Carlton Books; Published: 2009-10-06; Perfect Paperback; Book
Best price: $10.73
Price in other shops:
My First Book of Christmas Songs: 20 Favorite Songs in Easy Piano ArrangementsDover Publications; Published: 1997-07-09; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.15
Price in other shops:
Shortcuts to Hit Songwriting: 126 Proven Techniques for Writing Songs That Sellby Robin Frederick
Taxi Music Books; Published: 2008-10-15; Paperback; Book
Best price: $29.95
Price in other shops:
Rolling Stone Magazine Sheet Music Classics, Volume 1: 39 Selections from the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (Easy Piano) (Rolling Stone? Easy Piano Sheet Music Classics)by Staff, Alfred Publishing
Alfred Publishing; Published: 2009-01-15; Sheet music; Book
Best price: $12.94
Price in other shops:
Similar Books and other products
The Smothers Brothers - Sibling Revelry: The Best of the Smothers BrothersSMOTHERS BROTHERS; Release date: 1998-03-03; Music CD
Best price: $8.99
Price in other shops:
Allan Sherman - My Son, the Greatest: The Best of Allan ShermanSHERMAN,ALLAN; Release date: 1990-10-25; Music CD
Best price: $4.58
Price in other shops:
The Songs of Michael Flanders & Donald Swannby Michael Flanders, Donald Swann
Warner Bros. Publications; Published: 1997-07; Paperback; Book
Best price: $27.99
Tom Lehrer - ConcertRelease date: 1994-10-10; Music CD
Best price: $7.51
Price in other shops:
Tom Lehrer - The Remains of Tom LehrerTom; Release date: 2000-05-23; Music CD
Best price: $249.99
Tom Lehrer - Songs by Tom LehrerRelease date: 2009-02-17; Music CD
Best price: $1.99
Price in other shops:
Tom Lehrer - RevisitedTom; Release date: 1990-05-02; Music CD
Best price: $6.18
Price in other shops:
Tom Lehrer - An Evening Wasted With Tom LehrerTom; Release date: 1990-04-12; Music CD
Best price: $7.43
Price in other shops:
Tom Lehrer - That Was the Year That WasLEHRER,TOM; Release date: 1990-04-12; Music CD
Best price: $6.73
Price in other shops:
Tom Lehrer - Songs & More Songs by Tom LehrerLEHRER,TOM; Release date: 1997-05-06; Music CD
Best price: $5.76
Price in other shops: