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Thread #50800   Message #772891
Posted By: Charley Noble
28-Aug-02 - 09:48 AM
Thread Name: Richard Dyer-Bennet
Subject: Lyr Add: PASSIVE RESISTANCE (Richard Dyer-Bennet)
One of the unique Dyer-Bennet composed songs in my collection is this WW II topical song commenting on Norwegian passive resistance to Nazi occupation:

PASSIVE RESISTANCE
(Words and music by Richard Dyer-Bennet © 1942)

This is a story of passive resistance,
Of a man who refused to give Nazis assistance;
A farmer there lived in occupied Norway
Who found a grim warning tacked on to his doorway,
It read: "You have failed to come up to your quota;
Next week if you fail by a single iota,
Your farm will be taken and you will be killed.
This is the law and must be fulfilled."
The farmer replied: "Sirs, the undersigned begs
To inform you concerning my quota of eggs,
I posted the warning right where the hens live,
But the stubborn old bipeds still failed to give
So I wrung all their necks, the foul saboteurs.
Delighted to serve you, sincerely yours."

Clearly a subversive mind was at work here.

Charley Noble