{"id":1365,"date":"2006-11-01T17:20:00","date_gmt":"2006-11-02T01:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/2006\/11\/01\/the-yellow-rose-of-democracy\/"},"modified":"2006-11-01T17:20:00","modified_gmt":"2006-11-02T01:20:00","slug":"the-yellow-rose-of-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/2006\/11\/01\/the-yellow-rose-of-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"The Yellow Rose of Democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s your head-trip for the day: the last song in the They Might Be Giants Podcast 9A<\/a> is an anthem<\/span> for the Democratic Party<\/a>, sung by a men’s chorus to the tune of “The Yellow Rose of Texas.”<\/a><\/p>\n

I’m sure I don’t have to spell out the irony<\/a> for you.<\/p>\n

The recording quality sounds like something from the early 20th century, so I don’t feel bad about transcribing the lyrics here:<\/p>\n

Oh, the Democratic Party
is for you and you and you
it works for all the people
and not for just a few<\/p>\n

For(?)<\/span> the barman in the city
for the big man and the small
oh, the Democratic Party
is the only one for all<\/p>\n

(bridge<\/a>)<\/span>
From the north and south
from east and west we come
Singing the donkey’s(?)<\/span> serenade
c’mon and beat that drum<\/p>\n

We’ll march along together
and on Election Day<\/a>
we’re voting Democratic
’cause we’re voting for the U.S.A.!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~CKL<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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