(Another Republican sea chantey)
They all went down to stop Miami-Dade From making counts the judges had OK'd. Unlikely toughs, with ties and crisp white shirts, They went to hand Al Gore his just deserts. So, noisily, they jammed into the hall. Then Sweeney, from the House, began to call.
Shut it down, shut it down, shut it down. The first machine vote's truly holy. Shut it down, shut it down, shut it down, With a heave-ho-ho and a bottle of Stoly.
One congressman by whom they had been sent: DeLay in name, and also in intent. Prepared to knock a head or bust a snout To show what our democracy's about, They bumped some chests and maybe pulled some hair, And Sweeney's martial call stayed in the air:
Shut it down, shut it down, shut it down. The rule of law is holy, too. Shut it down, shut it down, shut it down. With a heave-ho-ho and some microbrew.
Calvin Trillin(Another Republican sea chantey)
They all went down to stop Miami-Dade From making counts the judges had OK’d. Unlikely toughs, with ties and crisp white shirts, They went to hand Al Gore his just deserts. So, noisily, they jammed into the hall. Then Sweeney, from the House, began to call.
Shut it down, shut it down, shut it down. The first machine vote’s truly holy. Shut it down, shut it down, shut it down, With a heave-ho-ho and a bottle of Stoly.
One congressman by whom they had been sent: DeLay in name, and also in intent. Prepared to knock a head or bust a snout To show what our democracy’s about, They bumped some chests and maybe pulled some hair, And Sweeney’s martial call stayed in the air:
Shut it down, shut it down, shut it down. The rule of law is holy, too. Shut it down, shut it down, shut it down. With a heave-ho-ho and some microbrew.
Calvin TrillinCalvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”