I'm probably not the first to suggest it, but I think the Democratic Party should make Harry McLintock's Big Rock Candy Mountain their official theme song. Harry was, after all, a Wobbly organizer, and the song captures so much of their worldview.
Those who work hard support those who don't:
"Where the handouts grow on bushes/ And you sleep out every night. . . The farmers' trees are full of fruit/ And the barns are full of hay"
You've got revolving-door justice:
"The jails are made of tin./ And you can walk right out again,/ As soon as you are in."
A belief in spontaneous wealth-generation:
"There's a lake of stew/ And of whiskey too/ You can paddle all around it/ In a big canoe/"
Global Warming:
"Oh I'm bound to go/ Where there ain't no snow/ Where the rain don't fall/ The winds don't blow. . ."
Work is for people who can't get a grant, disability payment or subsidy:
"Where you sleep all day,/ Where they hung the jerk/ That invented work/ In the Big Rock Candy Mountains."
The only hitch in the song is the part about "cigarette trees." Maybe they can change that. What rhymes with "medicinal cannabis"?
Posted by Discoshaman at janvier 22, 2004 12:15 AM | TrackBack
Clever.
Posted by: Bill Wallo at janvier 21, 2004 11:39 PMDemocrats = The Hobo party.
Posted by: Inkling at janvier 22, 2004 05:54 AMI was listening to that soundtrack 20 minutes ago..eerie
great music!
Posted by: dogman at janvier 22, 2004 06:11 PMInkling-
Maybe more the BoBo party these days. :-)
Dogman-
It's gorgeous, isn't it? I'm reading "The History of the Blues" right now, and it's talking about the group work songs the convicts would sing. I can't wait to blog on it. :)
Posted by: Discoshaman at janvier 23, 2004 12:01 AM