I think it was a case similar to "April in Paris". One time a fan of the song complained to the composers that April in Paris was very, very rainy. The composers admitted they really meant May, but the song required a two syllable month. Lehrer HAD to have meant crows.
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Tom Lehrer is a bright, bright man and his "Elements" song is an amazing feat of memory and diction.
He would have been fun to have as a professor.
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I think it was a case similar to "April in Paris". One time a fan of the song complained to the composers that April in Paris was very, very rainy. The composers admitted they really meant May, but the song required a two syllable month.
Lehrer HAD to have meant crows.
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