Musical Sunday

This past week saw the largest mass demonstrations in American history as an estimated 8-9 million people took to the streets for the second "No Kings Day," protesting the creeping authoritarianism and white religious supremacist leanings of Der Furor and his enablers.

At the height of World War II, with Nazi Germany an existential threat to democracies and decency around the world, humor was - then as now - a potent weapon against the image and behavior of a tyrant like Adolf Hitler. This popular tune by Spike Jones and his City Slickers was one of the classics of the genre ...

Here are the lyrics:

When Der Fuehrer says, "We ist der master race"

We Heil! Heil! Right in Der Fuehrer's face

Not to love Der Fuehrer is a great disgrace

So we Heil! Heil! Right in Der Fuehrer's face

When Herr Goebbels says, "We own der world und space,"

We Heil! Heil! Right in Herr Goebbels' face

When Herr Goring says "They'll never bomb this place,"

We Heil! Heil! Right in Herr Goring's face

Are we not the supermen

Aryan pure supermen

Ja we ist der supermen

Super-duper supermen

Ist this Nazi land so good?

Would you leave it if you could?

Ja this Nazi land is good!

Vee would leave it if we could 

 

We bring the world to order

Heil Hitler's world New Order

Everyone of foreign race will love Der Fuehrer's face

When we bring to der world disorder.

When Der Fuehrer says, "We ist der master race"

We Heil! Heil! Right in Der Fuehrer's face.

Not to the love the Not to love Der Fuehrer is a great disgrace

So we Heil! Heil! Right in Der Fuehrer's face

When Der Fuehrer says, "We ist der master race"

We Heil! Heil! Right in Der Fuehrer's face

Not to love Der Fuehrer is a great disgrace

So we Heil! Heil! Right in Der Fuehrer's face

It's no wonder that I've found "Der Furor" to be a most appropriate nickname for the despicable creature who was, sadly, elected by angry Americans not ready for the consequences of their choice.

Have a good day and enjoy the rest of your weekend. More thoughts coming.

Bilbo