{"id":839,"date":"2015-03-11T08:29:32","date_gmt":"2015-03-11T13:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/d-n-i.com\/tidbits\/?p=839"},"modified":"2015-03-11T08:32:00","modified_gmt":"2015-03-11T13:32:00","slug":"tom-lehrer-we-will-all-go-together-when-we-go-with-intro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/d-n-i.com\/tidbits\/2015\/03\/11\/tom-lehrer-we-will-all-go-together-when-we-go-with-intro\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Lehrer &#8211; We Will All Go Together When We Go (with intro)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tom Lehrer - We Will All Go Together When We Go - with intro\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TIoBrob3bjI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>When you attend a funeral,<br \/>\nIt is sad to think that sooner or<br \/>\nLater those you love will do the same for you.<br \/>\nAnd you may have thought it tragic,<br \/>\nNot to mention other adjec-<br \/>\nTives, to think of all the weeping they will do.<br \/>\nBut don&#8217;t you worry.<br \/>\nNo more ashes, no more sackcloth.<br \/>\nAnd an armband made of black cloth<br \/>\nWill some day never more adorn a sleeve.<br \/>\nFor if the bomb that drops on you<br \/>\nGets your friends and neighbors too,<br \/>\nThere&#8217;ll be nobody left behind to grieve.<\/p>\n<p>And we will all go together when we go.<br \/>\nWhat a comforting fact that is to know.<br \/>\nUniversal bereavement,<br \/>\nAn inspiring achievement,<br \/>\nYes, we all will go together when we go.<\/p>\n<p>We will all go together when we go.<br \/>\nAll suffuse with an incandescent glow.<br \/>\nNo one will have the endurance<br \/>\nTo collect on his insurance,<br \/>\nLloyd&#8217;s of London will be loaded when they go.<\/p>\n<p>Oh we will all fry together when we fry.<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ll be french fried potatoes by and by.<br \/>\nThere will be no more misery<br \/>\nWhen the world is our rotisserie,<br \/>\nYes, we will all fry together when we fry.<\/p>\n<p>Down by the old maelstrom,<br \/>\nThere&#8217;ll be a storm before the calm.<\/p>\n<p>And we will all bake together when we bake.<br \/>\nThere&#8217;ll be nobody present at the wake.<br \/>\nWith complete participation<br \/>\nIn that grand incineration,<br \/>\nNearly three billion hunks of well-done steak.<\/p>\n<p>Oh we will all char together when we char.<br \/>\nAnd let there be no moaning of the bar.<br \/>\nJust sing out a Te Deum<br \/>\nWhen you see that I.C.B.M.,<br \/>\nAnd the party will be &#8220;come as you are.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Oh we will all burn together when we burn.<br \/>\nThere&#8217;ll be no need to stand and wait your turn.<br \/>\nWhen it&#8217;s time for the fallout<br \/>\nAnd Saint Peter calls us all out,<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ll just drop our agendas and adjourn.<\/p>\n<p>You will all go directly to your respective Valhallas.<br \/>\nGo directly, do not pass Go, do not collect two hundred dolla&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>And we will all go together when we go.<br \/>\nEv&#8217;ry Hottentot and ev&#8217;ry Eskimo.<br \/>\nWhen the air becomes uranious,<br \/>\nAnd we will all go simultaneous.<br \/>\nYes we all will go together<br \/>\nWhen we all go together,<br \/>\nYes we all will go together when we go.<\/p>\n<p>The recorded version I have also includes this intro<br \/>\nI am reminded at this point of a fellow I used to know who&#8217;s name was Henry, only to give you an idea of what an individualist he was he spelt it HEN3RY. The 3 was silent, you see. Henry was financially independent having inherited his father&#8217;s tar-and-feather business and was therefore able to devote his full time to such intellectual pursuits as writing. I particularly remember a heart-warming novel of his about a young necropheliac who finally achieved his boy-hood ambition by becoming coroner. (moderate laughter) The rest of you can look it up when you get home. In addition to writing he indulged in a good deal of philosophizing. Like so many contemporary philosophers he especially enjoyed giving helpful advice to people who were happier than he was. One particular bit of advice which I recall, which is the reason I bring up this whole, dreary story is something he said once before they took him away to the Massachussetts state home for the bewilderd. He said: &#8220;Life is like a sewer: what you get out of it depends on what you put into it.&#8221; It&#8217;s always seems to me that this is precisely the sort of dynamic, positive thinking that we so desperately need in these trying times of crisis and universal broo-ha-ha, and so with this in mind I have here a modern positive dynamic uplifting song in the tradition of the great old revival hymns. This one might more accurately be termed a survival hymn.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you attend a funeral, It is sad to think that sooner or Later those you love will do the same for you. And you may have thought it tragic, Not to mention other adjec- Tives, to think of all the weeping they will do. But don&#8217;t you worry. No more ashes, no more sackcloth. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/d-n-i.com\/tidbits\/2015\/03\/11\/tom-lehrer-we-will-all-go-together-when-we-go-with-intro\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Tom Lehrer &#8211; We Will All Go Together When We Go (with intro)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":198,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[127],"tags":[136],"class_list":["post-839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-song-of-the-day","tag-tom-lehrer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/d-n-i.com\/tidbits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/d-n-i.com\/tidbits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/d-n-i.com\/tidbits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/d-n-i.com\/tidbits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/198"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/d-n-i.com\/tidbits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=839"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/d-n-i.com\/tidbits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":844,"href":"http:\/\/d-n-i.com\/tidbits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/839\/revisions\/844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/d-n-i.com\/tidbits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/d-n-i.com\/tidbits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/d-n-i.com\/tidbits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}