About a year ago, I talked with a friend up at MIT, and he had on

reel-to-reel an interview with Tom Lehrer. Two songs that did not

appear on any of his albums included a cover of The 50 Russian Composers

(similar in idea to The Elements) and this interesting song about Boston

(my home) both which he plays live on the tape that I have.



H is for my alma mater Hah-vahd,

C it stands for Central, next stop on the line,

K is for the cozy Kendall station

C is Charles that overlooks the brine...

P is Park (clears throat) Pahk Street, busy Boston station,

W is Washington you see...

Put them all together they spell...

(HCCKKCC... PW... (sounds like somebody spitting))

Which is just about what Boston means to me! -Tom Lehrer