We Will All Go Together when We Go

<br>I am reminded at this point of a fellow I used to know whos name was henry, only to give you an idea of what an individualist he was he spelt it hen3ry. the 3 was silent, you see. henry was fin<br><br>Lly independent having inherited his fathers tar-and-feather business and was therefore able to devote his full time to such intellectual pursuits as writing. I particularly remember a heart-wa<br><br>Novel of his about a young necropheliac who finally achieved his boy-hood ambition by becoming coroner.<br><br>&lt;moderate laughter&gt;<br><br>The rest of you can look it up when you get home. in addition to writing he indulged in a good deal of philosophizing. like so many contemporary philosophers he especially enjoyed giving helpful<br><br>Ce to people who were happier than he was. one particular bit of advice which I recall, which is the reason I bring up this whole, dreary story is something he said once before they took him awa<br><br>The massachussetts state home for the bewilderd. he said: &quot;life is like a sewer: what you get out of it depends on what you put into it.&quot; its always seems to me that this is precisely<br><br>Sort of dynamic, positive thinking that we so desperately need in these trying times of crisis and universal broo-ha-ha, and so with this in mind I have here a modern positive dynamic uplifting<br><br>In the tradition of the great old revival hymns. this one might more accurately be termed a survival hymn.<br><br><br><br>When you attend a funeral,<br><br>It is sad to think that sooner or<br><br>Later those you love will do the same for you.<br><br>And you may have thought it tragic,<br><br>Not to mention other adjec-<br><br>Tives, to think of all the weeping they will do.<br><br>But dont you worry.<br><br>No more ashes, no more sackcloth.<br><br>And an armband made of black cloth<br><br>Will some day never more adorn a sleeve.<br><br>For if the bomb that drops on you<br><br>Gets your friends and neighbors too,<br><br>Therell be nobody left behind to grieve.<br><br><br><br>And we will all go together when we go.<br><br>What a comforting fact that is to know.<br><br>Universal bereavement,<br><br>An inspiring achievement,<br><br>Yes, we all will go together when we go.<br><br><br><br>We will all go together when we go.<br><br>All suffuse with an incandescent glow.<br><br>No one will have the endurance<br><br>To collect on his insurance,<br><br>Lloyds of london will be loaded when they go.<br><br><br><br>Oh we will all fry together when we fry.<br><br>Well be french fried potatoes by and by.<br><br>There will be no more misery<br><br>When the world is our rotisserie,<br><br>Yes, we will all fry together when we fry.<br><br><br><br>Down by the old maelstrom,<br><br>Therell be a storm before the calm.<br><br><br><br>And we will all bake together when we bake.<br><br>Therell be nobody present at the wake.<br><br>With complete participation<br><br>In that grand incineration,<br><br>Nearly three billion hunks of well-done steak.<br><br><br><br>Oh we will all char together when we char.<br><br>And let there be no moaning of the bar.<br><br>Just sing out a te deum<br><br>When you see that i.c.b.m.,<br><br>And the party will be &quot;come as you are.&quot;<br><br><br><br>Oh we will all burn together when we burn.<br><br>Therell be no need to stand and wait your turn.<br><br>When its time for the fallout<br><br>And saint peter calls us all out,<br><br>Well just drop our agendas and adjourn.<br><br><br><br>You will all go directly to your respective valhallas.<br><br>Go directly, do not pass go, do not collect two hundred dollas.<br><br><br><br>And we will all go together when we go.<br><br>Evry hottenhot and evry eskimo.<br><br>When the air becomes uranious,<br><br>And we will all go simultaneous.<br><br>Yes we all will go together<br><br>When we all go together,<br><br>Yes we all will go together when we go.