# Songs/poems that recite lists (e.g. Tom Lehrer's "The Elements"

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** music\
**Created:** [October 9, 2021, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-poems-that-recite-lists-e-g-tom-lehrers-the-elements/952203 "2021-10-09T11:22:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2021, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-poems-that-recite-lists-e-g-tom-lehrers-the-elements/952203/42 "2021-10-11T06:05:47Z")

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Gwar did a pretty great [cover](https://youtu.be/6i-uPX1dt_w) of that (as an ending to their cover of _West End Girls_ by Pet Shop Boys), and updated the list to include more modern artists and friends of the band.

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**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2021, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-poems-that-recite-lists-e-g-tom-lehrers-the-elements/952203/43 "2021-10-11T06:15:47Z")

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theres a song that list every major street in LA in a song… i cant remember the name tho

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**Author:** ![Mark\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2021, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-poems-that-recite-lists-e-g-tom-lehrers-the-elements/952203/44 "2021-10-11T11:25:59Z")

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Are you thinking of [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyz3g3vRb-8) song from 1947?

The lyrics:

Pico and Sepulveda [continues throughout]

Doheny…  
Cahuenga…  
La Brea…  
Tar Pits! _(Tar Pits!)_

La Jolla…  
Sequoia…  
La Brea…  
Tar Pits! _(Tar Pits!)_

You can keep Alvarado  
Santa Monica  
Even Beverly Drive  
Vine may be fine  
But for mine I want to feel  
Alive, and settle down in my

La Brea…  
Tar Pits…  
Where nobody’s dreams come true

Pico and Sepulveda [continues throughout]

Doheny…  
Cahuenga…  
La Brea…  
Tar Pits! _(Tar Pits!)_

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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2021, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-poems-that-recite-lists-e-g-tom-lehrers-the-elements/952203/45 "2021-10-11T13:59:58Z")

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Van Lingle Mungo

[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nKzobTlF8fM/hqdefault.jpg "Van Lingle Mungo") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKzobTlF8fM)

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**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2021, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-poems-that-recite-lists-e-g-tom-lehrers-the-elements/952203/46 "2021-10-11T19:23:25Z")

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[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/XGRZV_O9x7k/maxresdefault.jpg "Holiday For States (Holiday For Strings) - Allan Sherman") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGRZV_O9x7k)

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