Oops! The tune for "Turn the Boat Around" is "Yellow Rose of Texas."
Then there's this one:


TOO MUCH FOR THE WHISTLE
(To the tune of "Red River Valley")

Now, it was Ben Franklin who told it, a tale from when he was a boy.
Bright pennies lay there in his pocket, when he spotted a wonderful toy.
A shiny, new whistle—he bought it—but his brothers told him with a laugh,
"You paid far too much for your whistle. You could have had it for half."쳌

CHORUS: Are we paying too much for our whistle?
It's the question heard all 'round the earth.
Are we paying too much for our whistle?
Is it costing us more than it's worth?

When you see a car ad on your TV, "No interest, and no money down,"쳌
Do you rush right down then and buy one, and drive it all over town,
Where you're joined by all of those others, in long lines going nowhere?
Then think of the words of Ben Franklin, as you gasp for a breath of clean air.

The president called him "a monster."쳌The president said, "He's a threat."쳌
And, "We've got to invade them to save us,"쳌from the weapons we haven't found yet.
Our forces used "shock and awe"쳌tactics. We rolled over their army with ease
And took quick control of the oil fields. We need to feed our SUVs. CHORUS

The economy's deep in the doldrums. The economy's mired in a slump.
The president said he could fix it, before we end up in the dump.
So he took all the tax we collected, though all the doubters might scoff,
And gave it away to the wealthy, and it's up to our kids to pay off. CHORUS


Copyright ©2003 Bob Clayton