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Peak #382
Peak in subgenre #48
Author
Dan Sullivan
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2013 Dan Sullivan
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May 31, 2013
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MP3 3.9 MB • 160 kbps • 3:25
Lyrics
The Ballad of Robert Welch
(The John Birch Society Song)
© Dan Sullivan 2013
Robert Welch lived a long time ago
He hated Godless Commies, Libs and Rock ’n Roll
He had a knack for making money and a nose for finding Reds
He even found one underneath Eisenhower’s bed
Welch placed Americans in one of four groups
The Communists, the ignorant, the uninformed and dupes
Now which group you fell into didn’t matter much
That’s the way he saw it, so that’s the way it was
In nineteen fifty-eight bankrolled by great wealth
The John Birch Society was formed by Robert Welch
And soon folks were following every word he said
Astonished that just one man could find so many Reds
When it came to politicians he never pulled a punch
Republican and Democrat got thrown beneath the bus
He found Reds in the churches, he found ‘em in the bars
But when he called Ike a dupe he probably went too far
By 1965 Welch was out of luck
The GOP disowned him, Bill Buckley called him nuts
The Bircher ranks dwindled, they faded away
But just like Lazarus, they’d rise again one day
In 1985 they put him in the ground
But guess who’s at the Tea Party hanging around
The Birchers and the Birthers it’s hard to tell who’s who?
Conspiracies everywhere and everyone unglued
The moral of this story the lesson to take home
Is man is made of more than flesh and blood and bone
And as long as fear and hatred fill the hearts of men
Guys like Robert Welch will always rise again
As long as paranoia fills the minds of men
Another Alex Jones is always just around the bend
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