Baghdad Tommy
To be sung to the Duke Ellington tune
"Don't Get Around Much Anymore"
(Missed the Saturday dance, heard they crowded the floor.)

Rummy doted on Franks,
Who'd no strategy for
Winning more than he planned to –
A piece of Baghdad – not a war.

Tommy let Wolfie scrub
Troops he wouldn't need for
Staffing Doug Feith's impromptu
Green Zone retreat from Bushie's war

Why'd Tommy guess
Unarmored HumVees
With Bushie's 'God bless'
Would earn him A's not Zzzz's?

If he's questioned by Gates,
Why he rowed with one oar,
Watch him tap dance, then soft shoe,
"Who knew from nothing 'bout a war?"

Music by Duke Ellington
Original Lyric by Bob Russell
Alternate Lyric by Bob Carlson
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12/15/06

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