In my copious spare time, I like to unwind by playing the ukulele. I’m always looking for on-line sources of music, preferring the tunes from the early 1900s and jazz classics.
I’m also a Tom Lehrer fan.
So it was with a degree of amusement that I found this piece on one of my go-to sites, doctoruke.com.
I must admit, I’d never heard of “The Subway Song” before, but as it may have application for anti-Red Sox fans, I’m including it on the Bookshelf.
Now you’ve all been to Boston on the subway, time to time
But have you ever noticed how the stations fall in line
Just take the first initial of each stop you hear them yell
And you will have a word which will describe old Boston well
H is for my alma mater Hah-vahd,
C for Central Station, next in line,
K is then for Kendall’s cozy cor-ner
C for Charles Street Station, o’er the brine…P is then Pahk, the busy cit-y
W for Washington you see…
Put them all together they spell HCCKKCC-PW
That’s just about what Boston means to me!
You can listen to it here, as sung by Doctor Uke himself (audio page opens in a new window).
And this is an abridged but “annotated” version from Lehrer.
is available on Amazon.com,
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