Wernher von Braun    (video)

 

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1. Gather round while I sing you of Wernher von Braun,

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    a man whose allegiance is ruled by expedience.

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    Call him a Nazi, he won't even frown,

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    "Nazi schmazi," says Wernher von Braun.

 

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    Don't say that he's hypocritical,

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    say rather that he's apolitical.

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    "Once the rockets are up, who cares where they come down ?

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    That's not my department," says Wernher von Braun.

 

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2. Some have harsh words for this man of renown,

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    but some think our attitude should be one of gratitude.

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    Like the widows and cripples in old London town,

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    who owe their large pensions to Wernher von Braun.

 

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    You too may be a big hero,

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    once you've learned to count backwards to zero.

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    "In German oder English I know how to count down - - -

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    und I'm learning Chinese," says Wernher von Braun.

 

    (Tom Lehrer)