More Bushie Hymns
“A Movement Afoot”  (The Old Rugged Cross)
“Bushie Fights the Battle”  (Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho)
“Do Call For Your Pardon By Phone”  (In The Garden)
“Give Us Some Old Time Contrition”  (Give Me That Old Time Religion)
“Golly, Golly, Golly!”  (Holy,Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty)
“Gullible”  (Onward Christian Soldiers)
“His Eyes Have Seen The Horror”  (Battle Hymn Of The Republic)
“How Great Bush Is”  (How Great Thou Art)
“Illegal Access To Our Phones”  (A Mighty Fortress Is Our God)
“In A State Of Remorse”  (The Old Rugged Cross)
“Near Lord Bush, A Gaping Hole”  (Nearer, My God To Thee)
“O Bush, We Pray”  (O God, Our Help In Ages Past)
“Please Impeach Me If You Can”  (Just A Closer Walk With Thee)
“Senate Sages Conning Me”  (Rock of Ages)
“Soldier Onward, Bush Boy”  (Onward Christian Soldiers)
“The Brandy Party”  (Battle Hymn Of The Republic)
“We Fear No Foe”  (Abide With Me)
“We Were Weak And Went Along”  (Just A Closer Walk With Thee)
“What A Friend Bush Had in Kenny”  (What A Friend We Have In Jesus)
“Will The Tax Code Now Be Broken?”  (Will The Circle Be Unbroken?)
“Without a Trace”  (Amazing Grace)



There's a movement afoot
   that we pray will take root
To dump each incumbent who runs.
Lobbyists will attest
   that these boys pander best
As holdover prodigal sons.

We've observed how they squirm
   as they buy each new term
As if that were all that's germane.
What a joke to expect
   their own voters' respect
When their sole goal is personal gain.

As a new lobbyist
   each will know arms to twist,
Greedy arms that will soon get the boot.
In the meantime great perks
   for dubious works
Make the ethics of all they do moot.

So to punish the greed
   that has become their creed,
Influenced by Cheney et al,
Please avoid giving cash
   to add to their stash.
There's no transaction fee
   and it's eavesdropper free
Unlike Visa, MC and PayPal.

Music & Original Lyrics by George Bennard
Alternate Lyric by Bob Carlson
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1/20/06

To 'Bushie Carols & Hymns'
To 'Bushie's Congress'


Bushie fights the battle of "I Don't Know",
   "Fast or Slow", "When to Go".
Bushie fights the battle of "Go or Whoa"
   while the polls reflect a bumbling clown.

You can talk about your chance encounters.
You can talk about who's unprepared.
You can talk about your Geiger counters,
But was he or Cheney the more scared?

You can talk about those little acorns
And how they grow and grow and grow.
You can talk about Iraq insurgents
And how Bushie makes them more gung ho.

You can talk about your sitting pidgeon.
You can talk about your sitting duck.
But when you talk about our Bushie,
You're talking 'bout a hockey puck.

Bushie fights the battle of "I Don't Know",
   "Fast or Slow", "When to Go"
Bushie fights the battle of "Go or Whoa"
   while the polls report a bumbling clown.

Music & Original Lyrics - Traditional Spiritual
Alternate Lyric by Bob Carlson
www.politicalboondoggles.com
1/16/06

To 'Bushie Carols & Hymns'
To 'Bushie, the Warrior Wimp'


Do call for your pardon by phone
   before someone new's counting noses,
And the voice that you hear saying, "Cheney, mi Dios!"
   is the son's of the guy who sprays roses.
One who talks Mexican, an ex-Fox Mexican,
   who admires ev'rything we own.
Will the joy we showed as Mexicans flowed
   North soon become his and theirs alone?

He talks and the sound of his voice
   is common but how'll we understand?
For the language he speaks
   is a language we formerly panned.
Yet he talks Mexican, like ex-Fox Mexicans,
   who admire ev'rything we own.
Will the joy we showed as Mexicans flowed
   North soon become his and theirs alone?

Some say that the sprayer you need
   is your son or even your spouse,
Or the voice that you hear saying, "Cheney, mi Dios!"
   could be kicking you out of your house,
For they talk Mexican, are ex-Fox Mexicans,
   who admire ev'rything we own.
Will the joy we showed as Mexicans flowed
   North soon become theirs and theirs alone?

Music & Original Lyrics by C. Austin Miles
Alternate Lyric by Bob Carlson
www.politicalboondoggles.com
1/17/06

To 'Bushie Carols & Hymns'
To 'Bushie's Immigration Policy'


Give us some old time contrition.
You never asked for permission
To wiretap on the suspicion
That not all agree with Thee.

If it isn't too much trouble,
The next time you leave your bubble
You might try, "I'm sorry" double,
Without grinning stupidly.

Give us that old time contrition
For Guantanamo rendition,
For avoiding supervision
Of who'll be a wiretapee.

We'd like to think you'd want to
And not fear that Cheney'd taunt you,
Though not to's sure to haunt you,
And your Senate G.O.P.

But stressing your religion
In Iraq, though just a smidgen,
Made you a sitting pidgeon,
And their fav'rite enemy.

So give with that old line contrition,
Like it wasn't your ambition
To promote Thy Given Mission
And Thy demagoguery.

Music & Original Lyrics - Traditional
Alternate Lyric by Bob Carlson
www.politicalboondoggles.com
1/15/06

To 'Bushie Carols & Hymns'
To 'Bushie, the Autocrat'


Golly, golly, golly! Not Judge Alito.
We're concerned he might not be that apropros.
Golly, golly, golly! What if we reveal
He is three persons: father, husband, heel?

Golly, golly, golly! Democrats in trouble.
If we burst his bubble, what are we going to see?
Not Clarence Thomas? Didn't Bushie promise
No more voyeurs who will talk suggestively?

Golly, golly, golly! Will he now consider
Cherubim and seraphim to be de riguer
In a science classroom, or a church stained glass room?
We're as worried and concerned as we dare to be.

Golly, golly, golly! Democrats are fretting
Whether who we're getting is someone we'll love.
Should Bush get more power? Wiretap while we cower?
Be God of all three branches we're proud of?

Music by John B. Dykes
Original Lyric by Reginald Heber
Alternate Lyric by Bob Carlson
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1/10/06

To 'Bushie Carols & Hymns'
To 'Bushie's Adversaries'
To 'Bushie's Courts'


Who was being Gullible
    when Bush went to war,
Claiming he'd heard Jesus
    hint, "Encore! Encore!"?
What did Jesus tell him?
    How would Bushie know,
Though we've heard him speak in tongues
    on The Daily Show?

Why were we so gullible?
Did we really think
Bushie spoke with Jesus
Or Halliburton, Inc.?

With the fall of Baghdad
    didn't Bushie hear
Baby Jesus warn him,
    "Don't let Bremer steer.
Abiizaid and Sanchez
    won't find Franks' prenup
After Colin Powell's
    show goes belly up."?

Why were we so gullible?
Did we really think
Bushie spoke with Jesus
Or Halliburton, Inc.?

What was Jesus saying?
    Who did he speak for?
Someone who let Cheney
    advocate the war?
More than three years later
    Bushie still can't find
Notes suggesting what to do
    when he's in a bind.

Why are we so gullible?
Do we really think
Bushie speaks for Jesus
Or Halliburton, Inc.?

Music by Arthur S. Sullivan
Original Lyric by Sabine Baring-Gould
Alternate Lyric by Bob Carlson
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12/21/06

To 'Bushie's Hymns'


His eyes have seen the horror
   when the hostess hasn't poured,
And the wasted vintage
   when the Rangers haven't scored.
He has seen Dick Cheney frightened
   of falling on his sword
When truth keeps marching on.

He has watched himself misfire
   when he's promised stem cell grants,
And wasn't being questioned
   by some local sycophants.
He's revealed his insecurity
   with patriotic rants,
Pretending to be Ghenghis Khan.

He would criticize the 'strumpet'
   for her halftime décolleté.
He would cut back food allowances
   for folks too poor to pay,
And castgate the critics
   of his crony Tom DeLay
With shouts of "Bring 'em on!"

Glory stories to harangue you –
Bushie glory to harangue you –
Hoary stories to harangue you –
Lord Bushie's hanging on.

Music by William Steffe
Original Lyrics by Julia Ward Howe
Alternate Lyric by Bob Carlson
www.politicalboondoggles.com
1/16/06

To 'Bushie Carols & Hymns'
To 'Bushie, the Warrior Wimp'


How great Bush is?
Most think not very.
New Orleans drowned
While Bush made merry.

How great Bush is to not have knuckled under,
Consid'ring all the goofs he has made.
A constant farce with Cheney's loot and plunder
For friends he thought in need of Fed'ral aid.

Again our goal
Each time Bush falls apart
Is to recognize
How great We art.

Will soldiers think that Lord Bushie, unsparing,
Sent them to die so Cheney can cash in?
Will they be cross or profess to not caring
They've bled and died for Halliburtin?

Again our goal
Each time Bush falls apart
Is to recognize
How great We art.

Will Bushie's chums bemoan his abdication
And each go home with a state of the art
"Heck-Of-A-Job" Lord Bushie citation,
But enough stashed away for a brand new start?

Again our goal
Each time Bush falls apart
Is to recognize
How great We art.

Music & Original Lyrics by Stuart K. Hine
Alternate Lyric by Bob Carlson
www.politicalboondoggles.com
1/15/06

To 'Bushie Carols & Hymns'
To 'Bushie Bushwhacking'


Illegal access to our phones
Has Bushie's boys assailing
Privacy that Bush condones
When he's the one curtailing.
With so much to hide
Bush cries, "Classified!"
To exacerbate
His assumed mandate
To prove not all are equal.

Will we continue to concede
To Bush the rights we're losing?
Or recognize a crying need
For suddenly refusing
To let him try to be
The dictator he
Thinks that he became
Thanks to the surname
That got him in this sequel?

Music & Original Lyrics by Martin Luther
Alternate Lyric by Bob Carlson
www.politicalboondoggles.com
1/15/06

To 'Bushie Carols & Hymns'
To 'Bushie, the Autocrat'


In a state of remorse sat a Mafia boss,
Beset by both failure and shame.
He did not cart the hoss,
Though he did try his best
And the second in charge had been slain.

Yet most cherish that Mafia boss,
And honors for him will abound.
Though he didn't get Bush,
He did get his boss
Who is permanently underground.

Oh, that Mafia boss, so despised by the right,
Is a Liberal celebrity,
For without his cross boss
They're convinced that young Bush
Is becoming a nonentity.

So they cherish that Mafia boss,
And honors for him will abound.
Though he didn't get Bush,
He did get his boss
Who is permanently underground.

To that Mafia boss the world owes a debt
But rather grudgingly bemoans
That it took so long,
That they lost their side bet
While praying he someday atones.

Still they cherish that Mafia boss,
And honors for him will abound.
Though he didn't get Bush,
He did get his boss
Who is permanently underground.

Music & Original Lyrics by George Bernard
Alternate Lyric by Bob Carlson
www.politicalboondoggles.com
1/16/06

To 'Bushie Carols & Hymns'
To 'Bushie is Doomed'


Near Lord Bush, a gaping hole,
Mrs. Cheney weeping.
Dick was smitten by a mole.
NSA was sleeping.

He was cross, he was cross,
Crotchety as ever.
Seems the target was The Boss.
That's where Bush was clever.

"I let Cheney play the boss.
That way moles ignore me.
Plus I'm hardly ever cross.
That way moles adore me.

"Sure I sometimes listen in
Just to keep updated.
Otherwise I'd always look
Like I'm still sedated.

"Diligently we'll recoup,
But one thing I'm betting.
That's as close to being boss
As yours truly's getting."

Music & Original Lyrics by Sarah H. Adams
Alternate Lyric by Bob Carlson
www.politicalboondoggles.com
1/16/06

To 'Bushie Carols & Hymns'
To 'Bushie, the Warrior Wimp'


O Bush, we pray that Thou won't last
   beyond two thousand six,
For when we can we'll ditch the caste
   who got us in this fix.

Inside the bubble that's Thy throne
   Thy cronies felt secure,
If only Thou and they had known
   how little we'll endure.

Before oil bills and warfare could
   reject Thy claim to fame,
Thy proclamations Thou art Good
   fortold a reign of shame.

With thousands dying in Thy fight
   and peace on earth unknown,
Thou used Thy watch to claim Thy right
   to eavesdrop ev'ry phone.

Time for an unrelenting purge
   to chase our fears away,
So please resist MacGregor's urge
   to stay and stay and stay.

So Bush, we pray that Thou won't last
   beyond two thousand six,
For when we can we'll ditch the caste
   who got us in this fix.

Music by William Croft
Original Lyric by Isaac Watts
Alternate Lyric by Bob Carlson
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1/10/06

To 'Bushie Carols & Hymns'
To 'Bushie, The Loser'


Please impeach me if you can.
It has always been his plan
That I'd be the frying pan
And he, the fire, to follow me.

So, impeach me. I was wrong.
I've been weak while he is strong.
And approves of my swan song,
Now that he's sure he'll follow me.

Friv'lous lawsuits by have nots?
Nothing other than cheap shots
That won't help connect the dots
For the fiend who follows me.

I guess if you first bumped him off –
An incidental Molotov –
But how'll you find that old dumbkopf
That you have named to follow me?

That sidesteps the sticky part:
Who was dumb and who was smart?
Who the hoss and who the cart?
Which one was I supposed to be?

      ––– Organ Interlude –––

He looks mad, but's having fun
For he'll never need to run.
With a reign that's jumped the gun
Won't he pardon impeached me?

Music & Original Lyrics - Traditional
Alternate Lyric by Bob Carlson
www.politicalboondoggles.com
1/18/06

To 'Bushie Carols & Hymns'
To 'Bushie's Co-conspirator, Cheney'


Senate sages conning me,
Make me guess which nominee
Will turn out to be a dud,
One you should nip in the bud,
But will approve while Bush rejoices
At your selfindulgent voices.

Jeers for your ineptness grow.
Garrulous, you can't forego
Chances to pontificate
On where you've been and what you ate,
Egocentric, pompous voices,
Rubber-stamping Bushie's choices.

Senate sages stand unmasked,
Can't get simple questions asked.
Why not first dispose of him?
Confine your blather to the gymn,
Vacuous, conceited voices,
Jeopardizing women's choices.

Music by Thomas Hastings
Original Lyrics by Augustus M. Toplady
& Thomas Cottrell
Alternate Lyric by Bob Carlson
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1/13/06

To 'Bushie Carols & Hymns'
To 'Bushie's Congress'
To 'Bushie's Courts'


Gerald Ford objected;
Pardoned Tricky Dick.
Cheney genuflected,
Mentally sick.
But he's now the Master.
Bush Boy? Just for show.
Bushie, tempus fugit –
Illegit cash flow.

How did Cheney trick him?
Ev'ryone should know.
Using Bushie's laptop,
Googled for porno.
Pay to view the action?
Used you know whose dough,
Then made Google cough up
Voyeurs of the show.

NSA, supposed to
Eavesdrop on hot spots,
Ordered by the Master
To connect the dots.
Two and two together,
Porno and the dough;
Bush to tar and feather –
Ergo one man show.

Soldier onward, Bush Boy,
Tricked by Cheney's dough.
Will you soon be pardoned?
Capital says, "No!"

Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan
Original Lyrics by George Bennard
Alternate Lyric by Bob Carlson
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1/21/06

To 'Bushie Carols & Hymns'
To 'Bushie's Co-conspirator, Cheney'


Your pain will make you sorry
   you were born Republican.
Their lawyers now tell doctors
   what they can't and what they can.
You'll live with pain, you'll die in pain
   as Ashcroft tries to ban
The law in Oregon.

DEA Chief, Karen Tandy,
Wants the world to know that brandy
Is the drug that Bush finds handy
When shouting, "bring 'em on!"

Her DEA thinks doctors
   shouldn't help you when you hurt.
The drug that they're prescribing
   must be totally inert,
Or made by manufacturers
   who greedily assert,
"Pain's what we thrive upon!"

DEA Chief, Karen Tandy,
Wants the world to know that brandy
Is the drug that Bush finds handy
When shouting, "bring 'em on!"

Music by William Steffe
Original Lyrics by Julia Ward Howe
Alternate Lyric by Bob Carlson
www.politicalboondoggles.com
1/22/06

To 'Bushie Carols & Hymns'
To 'Bushie's Health Care Policy'


We fear no foe for
Bush says we've been blessed.
That's why we go for
Helping pre-oppressed
Gays who can't marry;
Blacks who can not vote;
Cuban adversaries
Who arrive by boat;

Cheap foreign labor
Needed on our farms,
Plucking sick chickens
When they won't bear arms;
Muslims we've tortured
At Guantanamo,
Waiting to be ordered
Out by Alito.

Can't hide with me.
Last call's not nationwide;
Only skin deep and
For the qualified.
When bin Laden's helpers
Blindside George and me,
To hell with the helpless.
We're the first to flee.

Music by William H. Monk
Original Lyric by Henry F. Lyte
Alternate Lyric by Bob Carlson
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1/10/06

To 'Bushie Carols & Hymns'
To 'Bushie's Co-conspirator, Cheney'
To 'Bushie's Security Policy'


We were weak and went along.
Bushie's clique's so seldom wrong,
We were satisfied as long
As he appeared to talk with Thee.

Then his world of Chalabies
Was revealed as full of lies
And his fav'rite alibies
Appeared to be he'd talked with Thee.

Will he get away with that?
Doth Thy design call for kersplat?
We'd have hoped Thou smelt a rat
In he who claimed he'd talked with Thee.

Just a talk or two with Thee?
Why in the world did we not see
He lacked the skills with Thee to plea,
Cat In The Hat, O Meowee?

Music & Original Lyrics - Traditional
Alternate Lyric by Bob Carlson
www.politicalboondoggles.com
1/16/06

To 'Bushie Carols & Hymns'


What a friend Bush had in Kenny.
Enron's contributions paid
To help Bushie get elected.
He must love financial aid.

Of Lay's trials and tribulations,
Bushie won't have much to say.
Friends who face incarceration
Won't be around to pay his way.

Such an economic burden
No doubt explains the reason why
Bushie asked his new friend Jack Boy
For assistance on the sly.

What a friend Bush had in Congress,
Introducing Abramoff
With instructions to bend over,
Take a deep breath and not cough.

What a friend Bush had in Jack Boy.
Abramoff's casino prey
Could be bilked for many millions,
Making future pardons pay.

What great friends are Bushie's cronies,
For without them there's no way
He'd know how to judge the ponies.
Brownie Boy can make his day.

What if crony photos surface
Showing Bushie hand in hand
With indicted future felons?
Who will be left in command?

Music by Charles C. Converse
Original Lyrics by Joseph Scrivin
Alternate Lyric by Bob Carlson
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1/16/06

To 'Bushie Carols & Hymns'
To 'Bushie's Greed & Corruption'


We were watching on the TV
   C-SPAN shenanigans
And saw Bill Frist assailing
   middle class Americans.

Will the tax code now be broken?
Frist will try and try and try,
But the SEC's been watching.
Frist could fry for selling high.

And they'll tell the executioner
   to keep the voltage low,
For the Senator he's frying
   deserves to fry real slow.

Will the tax code still be broken?
Future Frists will try and try.
But the SEC'll be watching.
Frists will fry if they sell high.

We would hope Frist's fate reminds them
   that though greed appears to pay,
To steal as well as borrow
   is a sure way to flambé.

Music & Original Lyrics by
Ada R. Habershon & Charles H. Gabriel
Alternate Lyric by Bob Carlson
www.politicalboondoggles.com
1/17/06

To 'Bushie Carols & Hymns'
To 'Bushie's Co-conspirator, Frist'


Without a trace, he's not been found.
He craved his CO2.
But now he's lost, most likely drowned.
God bless George Dubble-U.

The glacier's that "won't melt," we fear,
Ignored his jeers and did.
The oceans rose where Bushie dwelt.
Into their depths he slid.

His Lord, he cried, had promised him
That he'd get out in time.
He could cut brush, but couldn't swim,
Nor could he mountain climb.

Those many lies that he'd survive –
Those horrors he'd create –
Why couldn't Rove somehow contrive
To film Bush as live bait?

      ––– Organ Interlude –––

The whale that ate our president
Declines to cough him up.
Was Jonah not a precedent?
Must failures now 'fess up?

Music - Traditional
Original Lyric by John Newton
Alternate Lyric by Bob Carlson
www.politicalboondoggles.com
1/10/06

To 'Bushie Carols & Hymns'
To 'Bushie's Environmental Policy'