Build a Wall by Daniel Kelly

A topical song on the last week in US politics.

I though this tune would be in the public domain, but Wikipedia says it is claimed by Joe Raposo, if so, credit to him:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_You're_Happy_and_You_Know_It

Quora suggests maybe Raposo's was an arrangement of a tune already in the public domain:
https://www.quora.com/Is-the-song-If-Youre-Happy-and-You-Know-It-under-copyright

Martin Pearson does an excellent version of this in his Unfinished Spelling Errors of Bolkien. You can buy the CD here:
http://pearsonmartin.wixsite.com/martin/booking
or catch Martin at the next Australian folk festival.

Lyrics:
If you’re scared and you know it build a wall,
Though it won’t keep out the Mexicans at all,
They’ll just come by planes and boats,
Or on anything that floats,
It’s pretty clear that you have dropped the ball.

5 billion could be much better spent,
On schools and healthcare or lower rent,
You could help to tackle crime,
And it wouldn’t cost a dime,
If you’d straighten out the truth you bent.

Throw a tantrum when you don’t get your way,
Ignore whatever the experts say,
If Pelosi tells you no,
Just stamp your feet and go,
Keep the government shut down another day.

If America would stop toppling regimes,
With drugs and weapons used in crazy schemes,
There would be no refugees,
No third world countries on their knees,
And people would be free to chase their dreams.

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