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SONGS – List & Links

Hi folks! Here are audio archives and written lyrics of original songs performed on DAVE’S GONE BY.
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As Rears Go By
(see listing under “The Pervert’s Song”)

Captain Liflander’s War Madrigal
(5/3/03) Dave unearths a patriotic war song from the not-so-good-old days.
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Cover’d with Crap
(3/16/03) Dave sings a delightfully repugnant sea shanty.
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Dayenu 2003
(4/13/03): Rabbi Sol Solomon sings a Purim song about the resilience of the Jews.
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Deep in the Heart of Dallas
(7/9/16): Dave sings a socio-political ditty.
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A Dingo Ate My Baby
(1/26/03) Dave goes down under to sing of a tasty tragedy.
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Don’t Mess with Us
(3/16/03): Rabbi Sol Solomon sings a Purim song about the resilience of the Jews.
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Enema Blues
(1/19/03): Joined by Scott Rodolitz, Dave Lefkowitz sings the Fisch-Heads song, “Enema Blues.”
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Hey Jews
(2/7/2026): Rabbi Sol Solomon sings a pro-Israel Beatles song.
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(I’m Having a) Gay Christmas
(12/23/04): Gay icon Peter Fitzgerald sings a Yuletide ditty.
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I’m Too Sexy (For My Prostate
(9/2/17): The medical complaints of…who else? Rabbi Sol Solomon
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Is it Good for the Jews?
(12/9/04): Rabbi Sol Solomon asks an age-old question in song.
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It Won’t Get Long
(1/24/2026): A dysfunctional Beatles parody.
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It’s a Stiff
(12/8/03): A holiday ditty based on the true story of a woman who disposed of her unwanted infant in a not-so-Christmassy way.
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Jeopardy Ken
(7/22/04): A song of tribute to Jeopardy champion Ken Jennings.
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Jerree
(8/26/17): A plea from one of Jerry’s Kids.
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Joey, the Spastic Kangaroo
(1/26/03): Dave goes down under to relate the tale of a mentally retarded marsupial.
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Look What They Done to My Head
(6/24/04): With Muslim terrorists now staging decapitations for video, let’s imagine a song to go with them.
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Makin’ Poopies
(11/4/04): A song celebrating the joys of relief.
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M-O-T-H-E-R
(5/11/03): Dave sings a Mother’s Day tribute to moms, acronymically.
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My Doggy’s Christmas Gift
(12/30/04): A holiday song to warm the cockles of pet lovers’ hearts everywhere.
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The New Tzuris
(1/17/2026): Travails of a shlimazel.
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Nirvanity
(12/1/02): Dave sings about the merchandising of Kurt Cobain.
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Oh, Dat Ben!
(11/14/15): Dave found this beautiful, spiritual hymn sung by presidential candidate Ben Carson. Or at least about him.
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The Pervert’s Song (As Rears Go By
(7/16/2025): A song parody that is truly not safe for children.
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Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection Theme
(2017): How the good Rabbi introduces his mini-sermons.
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The Rectum of Edmund Fitzgerald
(1/19/04): A ballad not-so-loosely based on the Mepham High School sodomy trial on Long Island.
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Santasia
(12/23/04): A deeply warped and perverted take on “The Night Before Christmas,” for your holiday pleasure.
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Seamus, the Urine Man
(3/16/03): Recently back from Dublin, Dave sings of his encounter with an Irish legend.
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Sniper’s Lullaby
(10/27/02): A song, to the tune of “Hobo’s Lullaby,” that celebrates the capture of the Beltway Snipers
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Stupid Pupil
(5/25/2024): A toast to the college graduates of 2024
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Take Your Underoos Down (The Rolf Harris Song)
(7/19/14): In July 2014, legendary Australian TV personality Rolf Harris was sentenced to 69 months in prison for molesting numerous under-aged women over the course of two decades. Let’s hear his song, shall we?
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Thumb in My Bum
(7/8/2025): Dave gives the Rolling Stones a thumbs up in this pervy parody.
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Trayvon
(7/20/13): A song about the Trayvon Martin/George Zimmerman confrontation and trial.
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The Twelve Complaints of Christmas
(12/22/02): Rabbi Sol Solomon sings a crabby holiday classic.
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The Twelve Months of Dave’s Gone By
(12/22/02): Dave sings a holiday carol for his radio show.
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Undies
(8/24/13): At last, Joey Eugene Gallegos, the Greeley Underwear Bandit, has been apprehended, and here is his song.
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We Killed Santa Claus
(12/23/04): A humbuggy holiday carol.
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When Bushie Goes Marching In
(3/23/03): Dave’s rah-rah ballad to mark the start of the war in Iraq.
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Dave’s Gone By Interview (9/20/2025): TOM TOCE

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Dave Lefkowitz chats with songwriter TOM TOCE

Topics include: playlists, music

Segment aired Sept. 20, 2025 as part of the special 1000th episode of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio/video podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (9/20/2025): CAROLYN MONTGOMERY

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Dave Lefkowitz chats with singer CAROLYN MONTGOMERY

Topics include: cabaret, American songbook

Segment aired Sept. 20, 2025 as part of the special 1000th episode of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio/video podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

Dave’s Gone By #50 (11/3/2003): DR. DAVEMENTO

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Here is the 50th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on New York’s WGBB-AM radio Nov. 3, 2003. Info: davesgoneby.com.

host: Dave Lefkowitz

Featuring: Dave pays tribute to Dr. Demento by playing novelty classics. Plus: the satirical News Gone By.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN: Opening comments, tribute to Dr. Demento
00:05:00 DR. DAVEMENTO: Zany music and comedy, a la Dr. D.
00:51:00 NEWS GONE BY: Washington’s Whiskey; All Tempa-Petrol; Candle-making for Dummies; Jerry Lewis Film Festival; Stoned Sperm; Butt Hole Road
01:02:00 MORE DR. DAVEMENTO: More zany music and comedy, a la Dr. D.
01:25:00 DAVE GOES OUT: Thank yous and best wishes

November 3, 2003 Playlist: “Cocktails for Two” (00:05:00; Spike Jones); “Magic Toenail” (00:08:00; Brak); “They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha Ha” (00:09:00; Napoleon XIV), “Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh” (00:17:00; Allan Sherman); “My Dead Dog Rover” (00:20:00; Hank, Stu, Dave & Hank); “Dead Puppies” (00:22:00; Ogden Edsl); “Happy Boy” (00:24:30; Beat Farmers); “Class Clown – Bi-labial Fricative” (00:27:00; George Carlin); “Who’s Sorry Now” (00:32:00; Shooby Taylor; “Santa Claus Has Got the AIDS This Year” (00:34:00; Tiny Tim); “Shoot Me in the Ass” (00:36:00; Wesley Willis); “My Name is Larry” (00:39:00; Wild Man Fischer), “Earache My Eye” (00:46:00; Cheech & Chong); Fishheads (00:52:00; Barnes & Barnes); “Have a Peanut Butter Sandwich” (00:54:00; Art Paul Schlosser); “Makin’ Poopies” (00:58:00; Dave). “Hooked On Polkas” (00:60:00; Weird Al Yankovic); “Spam” (00:6:00; Monty Python); “I Hold Your Hand in Mine” (00:69:00; Tom Lehrer). “Shaving Cream” (00:71:00; Benny Bell).