http://www.casualhacker.net/tom.lehrer/evening.html#elements Find the lyrics page using the link above, then click on the note icon to the left of the song title to hear the melody (MIDI only, I´m afraid). Now, join Tom and Daniel and...sing! Please educate your friends by sharing this video! Important: No copyright infringement intended. The material used here was downloaded from other YouTube accounts. The aim is to show how relevant and entertaining Tom Lehrer' s songs still are, and the context (or message) is very simple: These songs are funny and timeless. More links: Watch the whole Tom Lehrer performance here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOyx3r59L-I Tom Lehrer on DVD: http://www.amazon.com/Tom-Lehrer-Collection-CD-DVD/dp/B0039TD73G/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1284930177&sr=8-3 http://www.shoutfactorystore.com/prod.aspx?pfid=5257149 Tom Lehrer on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/tom-lehrer/id293867859 All you need to know about Tom Lehrer: http://home.broadpark.no/~emeyn/tl/links.html The Tom Lehrer tour dates: http://dmdb.org/lehrer/concert.html - - - Claim: This video contains THE BEST (duo) performance of The Elements that you are likely to see. Daniel Radcliffe and Tom Lehrer have really done their bit, and now it is your turn! Info: After a Tom Lehrer 1967 performance from Norway has been available on YouTube since 2007, another Scandinavian performance is now posted (2012). This time it is from the YouTuber "DrRaptus" from Denmark. Tom Lehrer´s The Elements is a sort of comic "list song": a kind of song that some comedians used to do. One of them was Danny Kaye. Background: The melody to The Elements is I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major-General (The Major-Generals Song) from the opera buffa The Pirates of Penzance. It was composed by Sir Arthur Sullivan, and it was first premiered in New York on December 31st 1879. The original libretto for the opera was written by Sir William Schwenck Gilbert. Tom Lehrer recording date: September 5th 1967 Location: Falkonercenteret, Copenhagen, Denmark Format: Most probably Ampex Quadruplex PAL 4:3 Status: A rare recording indeed Storage: Most probably Sony Digital Betacam and in a digital format Production and preservation: Danmarks Radio (DR) in Denmark More here: http://www.dr.dk/Salg/DRsales/Contact/index.htm The Daniel Radcliffe recording: From The Graham Norton Show on BBC, recorded many many years later.