Tom Lehrer So Long, mom (a Song for World war III) Lyrics:
This year we've been celebrating the
hundredth anniversary of the Civil War and
the fiftieth anniversary of the beginning
of World War I and the twentieth
anniversary of the end of World War II so
all in all it's been a good year for the
war buffs and a number of LPs and
television specials have come out
capitalizing on all this
"nostalgia" with particular
emphasis on the songs of the various wars.
I feel that if any songs are going to come
out of World War III we'd better start
writing them now. I have one here. You
might call it a bit of pre-nostalgia. This
is the song that some of the boys sang as
they went bravely of to World War III.

So long, Mom,
I'm off to drop the bomb,
So don't wait up for me.
But while you swelter
Down there in your shelter,
You can see me
On your TV.
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While we're attacking frontally,
Watch Brinkally and Huntally,
Describing contrapuntally
The cities we have lost.
No need for you to miss a minute
Of the agonizing holocaust. (Yeah!)

Little Johnny Jones he was a U.S. pilot,
And no shrinking vi'let was he.
He was mighty proud when World War Three was declared,
He wasn't scared,
No siree!

And this is what he said on
His way to Armageddon:

So long, Mom,
I'm off to drop the bomb,
So don't wait up for me.
But though I may roam,
I'll come back to my home,
Although it may be
A pile of debris.

Remember, Mommy,
I'm off to get a commie,
So send me a salami,
And try to smile somehow.
I'll look for you when the war is over,
An hour and a half from now!
Lyrics: So Long, mom (a Song for World war III), Tom
Lehrer [end]