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Thread #66746 Message #1110147
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
05-Feb-04 - 03:29 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Topical Whitewash song
Subject: Lyr Add: Topical Whitewash song
Maggie or Tony or John, Sooner or later they're gone, And then it comes out What it's all been about, Maggie or Tony or John.
And that's why they call it Whitehall, there's whitewash all over the wall, they get covered in muck, but it never gets stuck, and that's why they call it Whitehall.
So I'd be whiter than the whitewash on the wall, Whiter than the whitewash on the wall, I could be so clean, if only They could wash me clean as Tony, I'd be whiter than the whitewash on the wall, On the wall, on the wall, I'd be whiter than the whitewash on the wall, I could be so clean, if only They could wash me clean as Tony, I'd be whiter than the whitewash on the wall.
That's why they call it Whitehall, There's whitewash all over the wall, They get covered in muck, But it never gets stuck, And that's why they call it Whitehall.
Two snippets run together - based on traditional rhymes, but with a topical adjustment. Sort of Poverty Knocks tune for the first part, and Coming Round the Mountain for the second part.