with nof enough drawings by Ronald SearleToo Many Songs by Tom Lehrer ‘The subversive songs of Tom Lehrer, the mathematics teacher and sage who gave us ‘Be Prepared’, ‘Poisoning Pigeons in the Park’ and other family favourites, have corrupted millions of people and been totally ignored by millions more. The global dissemination of his dubious threnodies over the past few decades may be blamed on his record albums and live performances and, more recently, on the stage revue, Tomfoolery, which was spawned in London in 1980 and has since spread to many other Lehrer-speaking countries. This unnecessarily comprehensive collection of his songs includes the words and music (including piano accompaniments and guitar chords) of most of the songs from his three record albums, Songs by Tom Lehrer, An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer, and That Was the Year That Was, as well as three additional songs.