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H.B. Fats Domino

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Today is New Orleans musician Fats Domino‘s birthday – he’s 85 today, despite rumors to the contrary that he died during Hurricane Katrina.

I’m especially happy to have him around in 2013 when everything is so dark and serious because the Fats Domino songs are full of cheerful energy and light. Even Blue Monday has a bit of a respite when we get to Saturday morning.

These tunes can lighten any mood – a handy tool to have in this week leading to the imminent sequestration debacle in Washington. It makes me want to sing.

In fact, I’m delighted to see that Fats Domino has so many memorable sequestration-friendly four syllable song titles, like Blueberry Hill, Ain’t That A Shame, Jambalaya and My Blue Heaven.

Calamity calls.
Disaster is nigh.
We’re gonna try sequestration.

We can’t raise a tax.
Too much debt on our backs.
That leads us to sequestration.

We’re gonna cut defense, the border fence, and baby’s shoes.
Let’s roll the dice. It won’t be nice. What’s left to lose?

Goodbye to your job. Don’t be such a snob.
You gotta love sequestration!

Name a song that could be adapted as a sequestration ballad.

30 thoughts on “H.B. Fats Domino”

  1. Good morning. How about a version of Blue Moon of Kentucky.

    Blue moon of our country keep on shining
    Shine down on the government that has proved untrue
    Blue moon of our country keep on shining
    Shine down on our government that has proved untrue

    It was on a sequestered night
    The stars were shining bright
    They whispered on high
    Our money has gone good bye

    Blue moon of our country keep on shining
    Shine down on the government that has proved untrue

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  2. Nice to know I am in sync with the Trail this morning.

    S&h and I were discussing the imminent Sequester and he was wondering how that differed with the recently avoided Fiscal Cliff.

    I told him that Dale could probably make a more satisfying rhyme scheme out of Sequester than Fiscal Cliff, as better stuff rhymes with it, like, fester, detestor, protestor, investor, Uncle Lester…..

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  3. Sequester – yeah, yeah, yeah
    Sequester – yeah, yeah, yeah,
    Sequester – and you know that can be bad

    You think you lost your funds
    Well I saw them yesterday
    It’s programs we’ll de-fund
    And then go out and play
    Sequestration, and you know that can be bad
    I said sequester and you know you have been had

    It’s bound to hurt us so
    You’d think we’d lost our minds
    But alas it seems, oh no
    Congress is the hurting kind
    Sequestration, and you know that will be bad
    Sequester – Mr. Speaker, don’t be a cad

    (With apologies to John Lennon and Paul McCartney for having my way with “She Loves You”…a much happier tune.)

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  4. Rise and Shine Baboons!

    I am terrible at this kind of wordplay, so I will just enjoy yours today. Nice job so far.’

    However, if I had time to search a clip and post it I would post, “Money, Money, Money” from Cabaret with Joel Grey and Liza Minelli from my favorite musical of all time.

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  5. Come gather round people Where ever you roam
    And turn on gun smoke reruns on tv at home
    And admit that we’ll all be Stripped to the bone
    If your way of life here is worth saving
    Then hang on for a while no need watch the phone
    Marshall dillon will be there with Chester

    Come senators , congressmen please head the call
    Quit blaming each other quit your tea party stall
    The whole god damned country will soon take the fall
    There’s a problem and it’s not re election
    It soon shake your windows and rattles your walls
    Chinas not our favorite investor

    Come boehner, and Rubio cantor and Mac Cain
    Get out of the station lets all board the train
    Can you really not feel all the us disdain
    You and politics all make us sorry
    Wake up smell the coffee come in out of the rain
    Close the wound don’t let it fester

    The line it is drawn the curse it is cast
    You think we don’t notice your acts of the past
    Enjoy your time in office I hope it’s your last
    Even limbaugh is slowly deflating
    It’s time for a change lets do it now fast
    What the hell, you want to sequester?
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    Couldn’t find room for uncle Lester but the others worked good

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  6. My hands are so sore from cleaning that I will not even try to type the S worod. But someone should do Watzing with Bears.

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    1. Se-se-se-se-sequestration
      Big money, lobbyists, congressmen, too
      There’s nothing on earth Eric Cantor won’t do
      To keep us from ‘questring, se-se-se-questring
      So he have have questring, his sequestration…

      Obama crept in in the middle of the hype
      He tiptoed inside and fought a good fight
      But to our dismay, he was wrong to the right
      Now he can’t get a bill that would fix things tonight

      Here comes se-se-se-se-sequestration
      Budget cuts, lack of funds, bye-bye NASA
      There’s nothing on earth that the congress will do
      To keep us from ‘questring, se-se-se-questring
      To keep us from falling to sequestration…

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  8. I’m walkin’
    Yes indeed, I’m talkin’
    About sequestration, and I’m hopin’
    That it will not happen, yeah, yeah

    I’m weary
    As I can be, I’m waitin’
    To see your plan, and I’m hopin’
    That you’ll not betray me

    What you gonna do when the well runs dry?
    You gonna run away and hide
    I’m not gonna run by your side
    Cause I’m tired of your big lie

    I’m walkin’
    Yes indeed I’m talkin’
    About sequestration, and I’m hopin’
    You’ll not leave me high and dry

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