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Thread #40795 Message #955796
Posted By: Charley Noble
19-May-03 - 07:37 PM
Thread Name: Origins: When I First Came to This Land
Subject: Lyr Add: I RIPPED OFF WHAT I COULD (Ipcar/Parshall
Here's the rest of the housing organizing parody of "When I First Came to This Land":
I RIPPED OFF WHAT I COULD!
(Written by Charles Ipcar & Maxine Parshall © 1974
Tune Traditional: parody of "I Did What I Could")
When I first came to this land,
I was not a wealthy man;
So I bought a row of shacks
And I ripped off all I could!
I called those rows,
"Pay Through the Nose"
And the rents were sweet and good,
I ripped off what I could!
When I first...(as above),
So I wrote myself a lease...(as above)
I called that lease "The Golden Fleece"
I called those rows...(as above)
When I first...(as above),
So I hired a managing crew...(as above)
I called that crew "My Rent's Due"
Called that lease...(as above)
When I first...(as above),
So I bribed a building inspector...(as above)
I called that inspector "My Protector"
I called that crew...(as above)
When I first...(as above),
So I bribed an assessor chief...(as above)
I called that chief "My Tax Relief"
Called that inspector...(as above)
When I first...(as above),
So I bribed a councilman...(as above)
I called that man "Screw Who You Can"
Called that chief...(as above)
When I first...(as above),
So I bribed a district judge...(as above)
Called that judge "Waffle and Fudge"
Called that man...(as above)
When I first...(as above),
So I wrote a housing bill...(as above)
Called each line "I've Got Mine"
Called that judge...(as above)
Now that I've been in this land,
I am quite a wealthy man;
So I sold off all I owned,
I ripped off what I could;
I called that deal "I'm Well Heeled"
And I quietly skipped town,
I ripped off what I could!
Warm regards,
Landlady's Daughter, not to be confused with Charley Noble