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LITTLE JOE THE RUSTLER (Joe Glazer) tune: Little Joe the Wrangler Oh Little Joe, the Rustler, will rustle nevermore His schemin' in the Kremlin is all through 'Twas back in 1907 that he robbed the Tiflis bank & he landed in the prison at Baku - (Cho #1)Well he rustled off through Europe & he rustled through the world From Germany out to the China Sea Joe Stalin purged & plundered as his black mustache he twirled & he did it in the name of liberty He rode with Nicolai Lenin who was leader of the band But Stalin had ambitions of his own He learned to rope & shoot & ride until he led them all & he succeeded Lenin to the throne - cho.#1 Now Little Joe he purged Bukar & Trotsky & the rest Zenobiev & many others too He said they all were traitors & he shot them down like dogs Till he alone remained of all the crew - cho #2 (cho #2)Well he wove an Iron Curtain & encircled half the world He gobbled up his neighbors one by one He called it liberation but his name was cursed by all As the people saw their countries overrun "Twas in the spring of '53 that Joseph Stalin died They laid him next to Lenin in a tomb There were no tears, no broken hearts, no grief throughout the world When Little Joe' the Rustler, met his doom - cho #1 On Folkways 05802: American History in Ballad & Song, v2 @Communist filename[ JOSTALN2 TUNE FILE: LITTLEJO CLICK TO PLAY WC |
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