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Tom Lehrer's "New Math" Lyrics (first verse)

Can you name the lyrics to "New Math" by Tom Lehrer (first verse only, second verse here: https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/1822669/tom-lehrers-new-math-lyrics-second-verse)?
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Answer
Some
of
you
who
have
small
children
may
have
perhaps
been
put
in
the
embarrassing
position
of
being
unable
to
do
your
child's
arithmetic
homework
because
of
the
current
revolution
in
mathematics
teaching
known
as
the
New
Math
So
as
a
public
service
here
tonight
I
thought
I
would
offer
a
brief
Answer
lesson
in
the
New
Math
tonight
We're
gonna
cover
subtraction
This
is
the
first
room
I've
worked
for
a
while
that
didn't
have
a
blackboard
so
we
will
have
to
make
do
with
more
primitive
visual
aids
as
they
say
in
the
ed
biz
Consider
the
following
subtraction
problem
which
I
will
Answer
put
up
here
342
minus
173
Now
remember
how
we
used
to
do
that
three
from
two
is
nine
carry
the
one
and
if
you're
under
35
or
went
to
a
private
school
you
say
seven
from
three
is
six
but
if
you're
over
35
and
went
to
a
public
school
you
Answer
say
eight
from
four
is
six
and
carry
the
one
so
we
have
169
but
in
the
new
approach
as
you
know
the
important
thing
is
to
understand
what
you're
doing
rather
than
to
get
the
right
answer
Here's
how
they
do
it
now
You
can't
take
three
from
two
two
is
Answer
less
than
three
so
you
look
at
the
four
in
the
tens
place
Now
that's
really
four
tens
so
you
make
it
three
tens
regroup
and
you
change
a
ten
to
ten
ones
and
you
add
to
the
two
and
get
twelve
and
you
take
away
three
that's
nine
is
that
clear
Answer
Now
instead
of
four
in
the
tens
place
You've
got
three
'cause
you
added
one
That
is
to
say
ten
to
the
two
But
you
can't
take
seven
from
three
so
you
look
in
the
hundreds
place
From
the
three
you
then
use
one
to
make
ten
ones
and
you
know
Answer
why
four
plus
minus
one
plus
ten
is
fourteen
minus
one
'cause
addition
is
commutative
right
And
so
you've
got
thirteen
tens
and
you
take
away
seven
that
leaves
five
Well
six
actually
but
the
idea
is
the
important
thing
Now
go
back
to
the
hundreds
place
You're
left
with
two
Answer
and
you
take
away
one
from
two
and
that
leaves
Everybody
get
one
Not
bad
for
the
first
day
Hooray
for
New
Math
New
hoo
hoo
Math
It
won't
do
you
a
bit
of
good
to
review
math
It's
so
simple
So
very
simple
That
only
a
child
can
do
it
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