Unloading the Caisson
Jun. 9th, 2004 06:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
richardf8As I was driving home today, I heard on the radio the play by play of Ronald Reagan's arrival at the Capitol. The processional music was "The Battle Hymn of the Republic." It took me back in time by about 20 years, to a time when Reagan was President and I penned my first piece of political filk in his honor. The tune was "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" and it went something very much like this:
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Prez
He's funding MX Missiles for blowing up the reds
He's gutting education and sending out the feds
His bombs go marching on.
Glory, glory hallelujah! Glory, glory hallelujah!
Glory, glory hallelujah! His bombs go marching on.
It was a nice hook, and very amusing, but sadly I never got further than that. But these were the lyrics my mind recalled as the former head of state was carried into the Capitol to lie in state, our nation in pretty much the same sorry state as it was then.
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Prez
He's funding MX Missiles for blowing up the reds
He's gutting education and sending out the feds
His bombs go marching on.
Glory, glory hallelujah! Glory, glory hallelujah!
Glory, glory hallelujah! His bombs go marching on.
It was a nice hook, and very amusing, but sadly I never got further than that. But these were the lyrics my mind recalled as the former head of state was carried into the Capitol to lie in state, our nation in pretty much the same sorry state as it was then.
