poisoning pigeons in the park

"Poisoning Pigeons in the Park" (1959) is a song by Tom Lehrer. It is included on his CD, An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer. It is a parody of springtime songs. The song begins:

Spring is here, a-spuh-ring is here

Life is skittles and life is beer...

As is common with Lehrer's songs, the self-described "corncrake-voiced" delivery is accompanied by a series of dire rhymes. The poison names produce rhymes such as "try an' hide" with "cyanide", and "quickening" with "strychnine".

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