OCT 20, singable satire: Tennessee Ernie Ford sings "The BALLAD of GIULIANI", part #2

PARODY SONG-LYRICS

ORIGINAL SONG: The Ballad of Davy Crockett , by Bruns and Blackburn, Walt Disney Studios 1954, anthem of the "Crockett craze". Several versions of the song were prominent on the Top Ten in 1955.

Youtube versions of the song by several performers are available via links on the previous post.  

SATIRE COMPOSED: Dr. G.H. and Giorgio Coniglio, June 2018.

 Readers interested in this topic might also enjoy Giorgio's lyrics posted on these earlier blogposts...

Dark Schemes

Rosenstein

Brennan's Tweet
Vlad Putin's Blogger   
The Ballad of Giuliani, part 1 

PARODY-SONGLINK: To access ukulele chord-charts to help you accompany "The Ballad of Giuliani, part #2" on your favorite instrument, click HERE.

BACKGROUND INFO: Max Boot's opinion-editorial appeared in our local newspaper on May 8, 2018, under the heading "The long, disappointing fall of Rudy Giuliani". Here is the link to the particular newspaper column.

BALLAD of GIULIANI, part#2

(to the tune of "The Ballad of Davy Crockett")

Rudy Giuliani!
Voice of those wild Trump Years! 

Update provided by scribe Max Boot,
Who, May '18, wrote a blurb astute.
New York's refurbished image, he does impute
To Rudy's governance, which few dispute.
Rudy - "America's Mayor",
Praised by media seers. 

Max says despite our guy's 'intemp'rate' style,
He granted folks' diversity a high profile.
Supported gays and newbies, and warn't hostile
To programs hailed by both sides o' the aisle.
Rudy Giuliani,
'Moderate' musketeer.

Our Rudy had his 'character flaws',
(Though he knew 'bout state and fed'ral laws)
His pride and vanity could give you pause;
His judgment could have a subordinate clause.
Rudy Giuliani,
Makin' some folks steer clear.

As Max recounted in terms quite blunt,
GOP stars*, the 'Trump test' confront.
They've 'sacrificed their principles', all have flunked -  
The party's evolving to the 'National Front'. 
Rudy, leading others,
Takin' a downward veer.
Rudy (here, Max is tearful)
His 'fall' is the most severe.
   
Max's take is that the Chief's defects,
Infect those who bow and genuflect.
Rudy, like the others, has 'failed the test':
He's the voice of an epoch we've learned to detest.

Rudy Giuliani! Voice of the insincere. x2.

* Boot's article mentions other conservative leaders whom he admired and respected previously, including Paul Ryan, Sen. Marco Rubio, Sen. Chris Christie, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Sen. Scott Walker.