Nikolai ivanovich lobachevsky lyrics
Nikolai ivanovich lobachevsky lyrics in spanish...
Nikolai ivanovich lobachevsky lyrics
"Lobachevsky"
Words and music by Tom Lehrer
copyright (c) 1951
This song is available on any of the Tom Lehrer albums shown below. The lyrics used for the Physical Revue are at the bottom of the page.
Trivia from Tom Lehrer: "I spoke no Russian (and still speak none), and it was Munro Edmonson who taught me (phonetically) the Russian phrase I used in 'Lobachevsky' regarding going where even the Tsar goes on foot...I've used various Russian expressions on the various recordings.
On the first (the 1953 10-inch), the first phrase was the first line of Mussorgsky's Song of the Flea, with which I was already familiar and which Ed taught me how to pronounce. It means 'once there was a king who had a pet flea.' The second says 'now I go [or I must go] where even the Tsar goes on foot.' A reference, of course, to the bathroom.
As I said, Ed knew this expression and passed it on to me when I was looking for a Russian phrase. In later recordings I used, instead of the