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Old King Kohl, or A Very Fine Fiddle Had He

(With apologies, under the table, to Mother Goose)

Calvin Trillin

January 27, 2000

(With apologies, under the table, to Mother Goose)

Helmut Kohl had a singular goal, And to stay in control was it. So his party took cash With no rigmarole And the law didn’t matter a bit. Now Helmut says he took the money, But that’s all that he wants to admit. So we still don’t know the quid pro quo, But we know Helmut wasn’t legit.

Calvin TrillinCalvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”


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