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901

DONALD WHERE'S YOUR TROOSERS?
By
Andy Stewart

I've just come down
From the Isle of Skye
I'm no very big and I'm awful shy
And the lassies shout when I go by
Donald, where's your troosers?

Let the wind blow high
Let the wind blow low
Through the streets
In my kilt, I'll go
All the lassies say hello
Donald, where's your troosers?

A lassie took me to a ball
And it was slippery in the hall
And I was feared that I would fall
For I had nae on my troosers?

Let the wind blow high
Let the wind blow low
Through the streets
In my kilt, I'll go
All the lassies say hello
Donald, where's your troosers?

Now I went down to London Town
And I had some fun in the underground
The ladies turned their heads around
Saying, Donald, where are your trousers?

Let the wind blow high
Let the wind blow low
Through the streets
In my kilt, I'll go
All the lassies say hello
Donald, where's your troosers?

To wear the kilt is my delight
It is not wrong I know it's right
The Highlanders would get a fright
If they saw me in the trousers?

Let the wind blow high
Let the wind blow low
Through the streets
In my kilt, I'll go
All the lassies say hello
Donald, where's your troosers?

The lassies want me every one
Well, let them catch me if they can
You canna take the breaks
Of a Highland man
And I don't wear the troosers

Let the wind blow high
Let the wind blow low
Through the streets
In my kilt, I'll go
All the lassies say hello
Donald, where's your troosers?



WHEN DONALD LOST HIS TROOSERS
(Trump the World Traveller hits the Highlands!)

Well I'd flown in
From Washington,
To Balmedie in old Scotland,
To see a golf course that I own,
Try a whisky or two!

I told the hotel's stylist lass,
"I want a full spray tan that lasts,
She said: "Aye sir, but might I ask
Ye to take doon your troosers?"

Well I had on no underwear,
(I like to be well-aired 'down there')
So underneath I was full-on bare,
Still I agreed, "Let's do it!"

But, shortly, someone yelled: "Oh, my!
Get out! the hotel is on fire!"
What made the whole thing truly dire?
Hell, I was still butt naked!

Well, I blindly ran
Through here, through there,
Through noisy streets,
I knew not where,
With nary a virus mask to wear,
Hell, I'd kill for some trousers!

I only had a small hand-towel,
"Hurry, get me some clothes!" I howled,
The Scottish lasses rudely yelled: "Wow!
Donald's, lost his troosers!"

Then the wind blew high
Then the wind blew low,
Through my yellow hair,
(Goin' bald below),
Those gigglin' lasses yelled: "Hello!
"Donald's got nae troosers!"

Then the wind blew higher
Then my hair blew freer,
The whole town howled,
"Hey, Donald's here!"
Their wanton lasses yelled: "Oh dear,
Don's still got nae troosers!"

I was not shy that I was bare,
Just angry with my ornery hair,
Coils of it snaked everywhere,
Like Medusa the Gorgon's!

Still the wind went high,
Still the wind went low,
And me with all
My goods on show,
If you read about it though,
It's all fake news, you losers!


902


O say can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming,
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight
O'er the ramparts we watch'd were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket's red glare, the bomb bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there,
O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?


The Corona pandemic's a real rampant global pest,
The awful pest that has hit today with further unrest.
There's ghastly grim woe fraught with great distress,
In all States from north to south and east to west.
Oh! Eye grieving agony! Woe by the harsh blind fright,
Oh, the groggy hell, as a heartbreaking farewell plight.
The goodbye blow! Untold depart and we could not save,
Where there are herds laid to rest in a shabby mass grave.


903


MACARENA
Performed By Los Del Rios

When I dance, they call me Macarena
And the boys, they say "que estoy buena"
They all want me
They can't have me
So they all come and dance beside me
Move with me
Chant with me
And if you're good, I'll take you home with me

[CHORUS]
Dale a tu cuerpo alegria Macarena
Que tu cuerpo es pa' darle alegria cosa buena
Dale a tu cuerpo alegria Macarena
Hey Macarena!

No, don't you worry about my boyfriend
The boy whose name is Vitorino
I don't want him
Couldn't stand him
He was no good so I- [lighthearted laughter]
Now come on, what was I supposed to do?
He was out of town and his two friends were so fine...

[CHORUS]
Dale a tu cuerpo alegria Macarena
Que tu cuerpo es pa' darle alegria cosa buena
Dale a tu cuerpo alegria Macarena
Hey Macarena!

Come and find me, my name is Macarena
Always at the party con las chicas que son buena
Come join me
Dance with me
And all you fellows chant along with me

[CHORUS]
Dale a tu cuerpo alegria Macarena
Que tu cuerpo es pa' darle alegria cosa buena
Dale a tu cuerpo alegria Macarena
Hey Macarena!


DAMN CORONA
By Bruce, A Madman

I am quite a clammy mess, Corona
All the pundits claimed you'd be a goner
You're chaotic
I'm psychotic
Eating all the antibiotics
We're sardines
All crammed in
Unhappy in a year-long quarantine

[CHORUS]
Please go away and decay, you damn Corona
We all waited you'll cease, yet we see that you ain't gonna
Please go ahead and decelerate, Corona
Cure the Corona!

I have a question, awesome Shaman
That local guru, Mr. Fauci
I am grateful
We are grateful
But can we come out, please? [weepy]
Because, come on, what else can I do here?
My children are bored and we saw 'Wall-E' eight times...

[CHORUS]
Please go ahead and be history, Corona
We are home in July where it's humid as a sauna
Please hurry up and evacuate, Corona
Cure the Corona!

I am quite afraid of you, Corona
I wear safety gear more than a man who dates Madonna
Come wash me
Purell me
And maybe have a heart attack with me

[CHORUS]
Please hurry up and de-escalate, Corona
We all had quite enough, from LA to Barcelona
But if you must menace people, damn Corona
Damage the Donald!


904


Poem by author Laura Kelly Fanucci

"When this is over, may we never again take for granted

A handshake with a stranger
Full shelves at the store
Conversations with neighbors
A crowded theater
Friday night out
The taste of communion
A routine checkup
The school rush each morning
Coffee with a friend
The stadium roaring
Each deep breath
A boring Tuesday
Life itself.
When this ends
may we find
that we have become
more like the people
we wanted to be
we were called to be
we hoped to be
and may we stay
that way — better
for each other
because of the worst."


When the disease has faded away,
or we have received effective new vaccines,
I hope we remember to

Whistle, laugh, unleash a guffaw
Celebrate with a Hoorah!
Breathe freely
Rise and shine brightly
Speak with forethought
Be kindhearted
Broadcast beauty
Treat the bruised humanly
Communicate with neighbors
Offer compliments to frowners
Congratulate profusely
Donate to a charity
Meditate wholeheartedly
Stay awake and aware
Be focused at work
Speak truth, not hogwash
Confront the hothead
Petition congressmen/women
Vote in the election!


905

[The short version of an old poem for the 4th of July is anagrammed into a poem inspired by a film taking place on the 4th of July, with a couple of relevant constraints]


On the Anniversary of the Independence of the United States
[The Short Version]


Let the poets of Europe write odes on their king
Or their musical notes raise so high,
The birth-day of freedom we ever will sing
And rejoice on the Fourth of July.

No proud, haughty monarch can here bear the sway
Since tyranny now we defy;
Fair liberty ushers this joyful glad day,
And proclaims ’tis the Fourth of July.


My Fourth of July

Rewatching 'Jaws', I feel I do
Enjoy the old fish-horror, yet
Disasters - even if not true -
Would heighten fears of present threats.
How innocent (if highly dire)
It was for us to think it's done!
The year just forced, with mighty fire,
Eternal burns on everyone.
Before rushed choices end my breath,
Let's nourish heads, not only Hope -
Until plagues, anarchy or death
Evaporate, and I may cope.


[The inspiration for the anagram came after rewatching 'Jaws' in which a mayor (despite an obvious threat) reopens his town's beaches on the 4th of July, which ends in disaster. So in addition to an acrostic of the American colors of Red, White & Blue, if you blacken all the words that contain US, a shark's fin emerges from the blue...]

My Fourth of July

Rewatching 'Jaws', I feel I do
Enjoy the old fish-horror, yet
Disasters - even if not true -
Would heighten fears of present threats.
How innocent (if highly dire)
It was for us to think it's done!
The year just forced, with mighty fire,
Eternal burns on everyone.
Before rushed choices end my breath,
Let's nourish heads, not only Hope -
Until plagues, anarchy or death
Evaporate, and I may cope.