Consists primarily of material previously released between 1953-1997

Disc 1: Studio recordings with piano. Songs by Tom Lehrer (1953). Fight fiercely, Harvard ; The old dope peddler ; Be prepared ; The wild west is where I want to be ; I wanna go back to Dixie ; Lobachevsky ; The Irish ballad ; The hunting song ; My home town ; When you are old and gray ; I hold your hand in mine ; The wiener schnitzel waltz -- More of Tom Lehrer (1959). Poisoning pigeons in the park ; Bright college days ; A Christmas carol ; The elements ; Oedipus rex ; In old Mexico ; Clementine ; It makes a fellow proud to be a soldier ; She's my girl ; The masochism tango ; We will all go together when we go -- Recent recordings. I got it from Agnes (1997) ; That's mathematics (1993). Disc 2: Live performances. Tom Lehrer revisited (1960). Introduction ; I wanna go back to Dixie ; The wild west is where I want to be ; The old dope peddler ; Fight fiercely, Harvard ; Lobachevsky ; The Irish ballad ; The hunting song ; My home town ; When you are old and gray ; The wiener schnitzel waltz ; I hold your hand in mine ; Be prepared -- An evening wasted with Tom Lehrer (1959). Poisoning pigeons in the park ; Bright college days ; A Christmas carol ; The elements ; Oedipus rex ; In old Mexico ; Clementine ; It makes a fellow proud to be a soldier ; She's my girl ; The masochism tango ; We will all go together when we go. Disc 3: More live performances + Studio recordings with orchestra. That was the year that was (1965). National brotherhood week ; MLF lullaby ; George Murphy ; The folk song army ; Smut ; Send the Marines ; Pollution ; So long, Mom (A song for World War III) ; Whatever became of Hubert? ; New math ; Alma ; Who's next? ; Wernher von Braun ; The Vatican rag -- The Richard Hayman sessions (1960). Poisoning pigeons in the park ; The masochism tango ; THe hunting song ; We will all go together when we go -- The Joe Raposo sessions (for The electric company) (1971-72). L-Y ; Silent e ; O-U (The hound song) ; S-N (Snore, sniff, and sneeze) -- The Rob Fisher sessions (New recordings, 1999). N Apostrophe T ; Selling out ; (I'm spending) Hanukkah in Santa Monica

Compact discs

Accompanying booklet includes biographical information on Lehrer by Dr. Demento, a Q & A session with Lehrer, original notes on the recordings by Lehrer, and the song lyrics

Performed by Tom Lehrer