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Wernher von Braun

Go to the url below and hear
Harvard mathematician-satirist, Tom Lehrer
perform this song (that he wrote). You might
try substituting any number of names--like,
say, Arne Duncan--for the subject of the song,

The song is from the album "That was the Year
that Was."

by Tom Lehrer

Wernher von Braun

Gather ’round while I sing you of Wernher von
Braun,
A man whose allegiance
Is ruled by expedience.
Call him a Nazi, he won’t even frown,
“Ha, Nazi, Schmazi,” says Wernher von Braun.

Don’t say that he’s hypocritical,
Say rather that he’s apolitical.
“Once the rockets are up, who cares where they
come down?
That’s not my department,” says Wernher von
Braun.

Some have harsh words for this man of renown,
But some think our attitude
Should be one of gratitude,
Like the widows and cripples in old London
town,
Who owe their large pensions to Wernher von
Braun.

You too may be a big hero,
Once you’ve learned to count backwards to zero.
"In German oder English I know how to count
down,
Und I’m learning Chinese!" says Wernher von
Braun.




— Tom Lehrer
That was the Year that Was
2009-04-20
http://lightbucket.wordpress.com/2008/03/15/thats-not-my-department-says-wernher-von-braun/

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