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Poisoning Pigeons in the Park

From xwindows@xwindows@tilde.club to tilde.poetry on Sat Jun 20 12:28:02 2026

All the world seems in tune
on a spring afternoon,
when we're poisoning
pigeons in the park.

Every Sunday you'll see
my sweetheart and me,
as we poison the
pigeons in the park.

When they see us coming,
the birdies all try and hide...
But they still go for peanuts,
when coated with cyanide~

The sun's shining bright,
everything seems all right;
when we're poisoning
pigeons in the park!

-- "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park" (a USFWS satirical song)
Tom Lehrer, 1959; formally dedicated to public domain [1] in 2022.
<https://tomlehrersongs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/15-Poisoning-Pigeons-in-the-Park.mp3>
<https://tomlehrersongs.com/poisoning-pigeons-in-the-park/>

[1] https://tomlehrersongs.com/disclaimer/
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