Revisited is a 1960 album by Tom Lehrer

Tom Lehrer

Thomas Andrew "Tom" Lehrer is an American singer-songwriter, satirist, pianist, mathematician and polymath. He has lectured on mathematics and musical theater...

, consisting of live recordings of all the songs from 1953's Songs by Tom Lehrer. The CD reissue of the album contains two additional tracks that Lehrer wrote and performed for the PBS television show The Electric Company (and produced and conducted by Joe Raposo

Joe Raposo

Joseph Guilherme Raposo, OIH was a Portuguese-American composer, songwriter, pianist, television writer and lyricist, best known for his work on the children's television series Sesame Street, for which he wrote the theme song, as well as classic songs such as "Bein' Green" and "C is for Cookie"...

).

Track listing

1. "Introduction" – 3:27
2. "I Wanna Go Back to Dixie" – 2:56
3. "The Wild West is Where I Want to Be" – 2:31
4. "The Old Dope Peddler" – 1:42
5. "Fight Fiercely, Harvard
   Fight Fiercely, Harvard
   "Fight Fiercely, Harvard" is a satirical college fight song written and originally performed by Tom Lehrer and dedicated to his alma mater, Harvard University...
   
   " – 2:41
6. "Lobachevsky (song)
   Lobachevsky (song)
   Lobachevsky is a humorous song by Tom Lehrer, referring to the mathematician Nikolai Lobachevsky. In the introduction, Lehrer describes the song as an adaptation of a routine by Danny Kaye, and claims that the secret of success in mathematics is to plagiarize...
   
   " – 4:19
7. "The Irish Ballad" – 5:13
8. "The Hunting Song" – 1:59
9. "My Home Town" – 2:58
10. "When You are Old and Grey" – 2:27
11. "The Wiener Schnitzel Waltz" – 2:21
12. "I Hold Your Hand in Mine" – 1:55
13. "Be Prepared" – 2:39
14. "L-Y" – 2:11 (CD bonus track)
15. "Silent E" – 1:30 (CD bonus track)

"The Old Dope Peddler"

This is a parody of "The Old Lamp-Lighter

The Old Lamp-Lighter

"The Old Lamp-Lighter" is a popular song.The music was written by Nat Simon, the lyrics by Charles Tobias. The song was published in 1946. Several versions of the song made the best-seller charts in 1946-1947:...

" by Charles Tobias

Charles Tobias

-Biography:Born in New York City, Tobias grew up in Worcester, Massachusetts with brothers Harry Tobias and Henry Tobias, also songwriters.He started his musical career in vaudeville. In 1923, he founded his own music publishing firm and worked on Tin Pan Alley...

 and Nat Simon, which was a hit for Kay Kyser

Kay Kyser

James Kern Kyser was a popular bandleader and radio personality of the 1930s and 1940s.-Early years:He was born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, the son of pharmacists Paul Bynum Kyser and Emily Royster Kyser. Editor Vermont C. Royster was his cousin...

 in 1947. The sticky-sweet verses of the original asserted that

He made the night a little brighter

Wherever he would go

The old lamplighter

Of long, long ago

It goes on to say that if there were sweethearts in the dark, "he'd pass the light and leave it dark," and concludes by explaining that now, the old lamplighter turns the stars on at night and turns them off at dawn.

See also

• Tom Lehrer
  Tom Lehrer
  Thomas Andrew "Tom" Lehrer is an American singer-songwriter, satirist, pianist, mathematician and polymath. He has lectured on mathematics and musical theater...
  
  
• An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer
  An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer
  An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer is an album recorded by Tom Lehrer, the well-known satirist and Harvard lecturer. The recording was made on March 20-21, 1959 in Sanders Theater at Harvard.-Track listing:#"Poisoning Pigeons in the Park" – 2:38...
  
  
• Songs By Tom Lehrer (album)