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Thread #116075   Message #3059590
Posted By: toadfrog
22-Dec-10 - 05:27 PM
Thread Name: Left wing political parodies
Subject: RE: Left wing political parodies
Does anyone know the song, from Ballads for Sectarians, about small and doctrinaire parties, that begins:

"Bill Bailey belonged to every radical party......."

The chorus begins:
"Oh you may be a friend of Max Schachtman ...."

And after going through a litany of Trotskyist and other radical leaders, it ends:

"O you may belong to every radical party from the Hudson to the Rhine!
Oh, you may be a comrade of all of those folks,
But you ain't no comrade of mine!"