{"id":445,"date":"2006-10-29T23:22:20","date_gmt":"2006-10-29T13:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=445"},"modified":"2006-10-29T23:22:20","modified_gmt":"2006-10-29T13:22:20","slug":"song-for-dr-cam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=445","title":{"rendered":"Song for Dr. Cam"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dad was a big fan of Flanagan & Allen, the British comedy duo popular during WWII. The pair used cockney good humour to gently mock class snobbery, and in general their songs spoke to the trials and tribulations of ‘the ordinary man in the street’. Mum recently lent me a copy of The Very Best Of…<\/em> and it’s great! Anyway, here’s the lyrics to one of their songs which I think is kinda appropriate (and for more than one reason).<\/p>\n

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THE SMITHS AND THE JONES
\n(K. Twomey \/ A. Goodhart \/ I. Joseph)<\/p>\n

Flanagan & Allen<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Who\u2019s building the ships, who\u2019s flying the planes
\nWho\u2019s manning the tanks and the guns?
\nIt\u2019s the Smiths and the Jones
\nAnd the Kellys and Cohens
\nThey\u2019re all democracy\u2019s sons<\/p>\n

Who fights in the north, who fights in the south
\nWho fights in the east and the west?
\nIt\u2019s the Smiths and the Jones
\nAnd the Kellys and Cohens
\nThey\u2019re all democracy\u2019s sons<\/p>\n

Oh they won\u2019t be back ’til they attack
\nWhile there\u2019s a job that must be done<\/p>\n

Whose sweethearts will yearn until they return
\nAnd who\u2019ll be the happiest ones?
\nBut the Smiths and the Jones
\nAnd the Kellys and Cohens
\nThey\u2019re all democracy\u2019s sons<\/p>\n

We the people are working night and day
\nTo set the whole world free
\nAnd when I say \u201cwe\u201d, it\u2019s easy to see
\nThat I mean you and me<\/p>\n

Who\u2019s building the planes, who\u2019s building the tanks
\nWho\u2019s launching the ships by the tonne?
\nIt\u2019s the Smiths and the Jones
\nAnd the Kellys and Cohens
\nThey\u2019re all democracy\u2019s sons<\/p>\n

Their aim is the same so what\u2019s in a name
\nThere\u2019s just one desire to win
\nAnd the Smiths and the Jones
\nAnd the Kellys and Cohens
\nThey\u2019ve just begun to begin<\/p>\n

Oh, they never stop ’til they\u2019re on top
\nWhy there\u2019s a job that must be done<\/p>\n

Who\u2019s paying the tax, who\u2019s buying the bombs
\nWho\u2019s filling the treasury funds?
\nIt\u2019s the Smiths and the Jones
\nAnd the Kellys and Cohens
\nThey\u2019re all democracy\u2019s sons<\/p>\n

(Orchestral interlude)<\/p>\n

Right is on their side, they\u2019ll fight with pride
\nAnd bring us victory<\/p>\n

And last but not least they\u2019ll mop up in the east
\nAnd then the united has won
\nWith the Smiths and the Jones
\nAnd the Kellys and Cohens
\nThey\u2019re all democracy\u2019s sons!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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