(Written by Bob Gibson and Frank Hamilton about 1960 during the "good ol' days" of the first Richard (J.) Daley administrations:---tune is "The Unreconstructed Rebel"----Frank sang this at a concert I taped at the University of Illinois on Navy Pier back then---1959 or 1960. Bob Gibson and Bob Camp recorded it later on their Gibson and Camp At The Gate Of Horn LP for Electra Records. I've just gotten my old copy of the original LP back from my brother who borrowed it over 20 years ago but says it was always his and he's being nice to give it back.------Hey, whatever!)

I'm an old Chicago copper and that's just what I am,
For these investigations I do not give a damn,
I'll tell all those do-gooders just where they all can go,
'Cause I don't want no changes made, I like the status quo.

I'm prompt alert and effeciaent when on the outer drive,
I haven't made a single pinch since 1935,
I'm courteous to the speeders---I praise them for their skill,
And I always have the proper change for a twenty dollar bill. (for bribes back then)

I give out parking tickets when crime is on the loose,
But we ain't got no criminals in our old calaboose,
With a storm of scandals raging it surely is a shame,
But we won't let Ben Adamowski (then the States Attorney) break up our poker game.

I hope this troubles over soon and we can settle down,
And Christmas comes again, for cops, each day in old Chi-town.
Or else I'll pack my hat and gun and northward I'll set sail,
For all the cops retire young way up in Summerdale. (The Summerdale police district of Chicago had it's own theft rings going.)

Well, now my story's over and I have had my say,
Let's separate the crooks from cops--let the chips fall where they may,
Now you've heard my story and you know that I am right,
And if God and the cops be willin'---I'll be back tomorrow night.

Art Thieme