I Hold Your Hand in Mine

(Introduction, only on live album "Tom Lehrer revisited", spoken:)

One more love song. I generally like to include at least one

Or two love songs in the evening's program, partly perhaps to

Convince people that even at the Harvard University Graduate School,

That hotbed of celibacy that I used to call home, we did have our

Moments. This one is a tender ballad entitled simply

"I Hold Your Hand In Mine".

I hold your hand in mine, dear

I press it to my lips

I take a healthy bite from

Your lovely fingertips

My joy would be complete, dear

If you were only here

But still I keep your hand

As a lovely souvenir

The night you died I cut it off

I really don't know why

For now each time I kiss it

I get bloodstains on my tie

I'm sorry now I killed you

For our love was something fine!

Until they come to get me

I shall hold your hand in mine!