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Tuesday, January 20, 2009

INAUGURATION BLUES

by George Held


We got at last a Pres that’s black
We got a Pres that’s white
We got to cut that man some slack
Until he get unpack’

Oo—uh oo, oo—uh oo—uh oo
I got th’inauguration blues

He got a wife that’s name’ Michelle
The slickest gal you’ll see
The Klan just wish they’d go to Hell
An’ let the white man be

Oo—uh oo, oo—uh oo—uh oo
I got th’inauguration blues

Barack began in Ioway
An’ got the white vote there
He stayed in front all o’ the way
An’ did it fair ’n’ square

Oo—uh oo, oo—uh oo—uh oo
I got th’inauguration blues

O we voted with all our heart
Made sure that Barack won
O we voted from the heart
So Sweet Obama won.

Oo—uh oo, oo—uh oo—uh oo
I got th’inauguration blues

We pray the Lord protect that child
Protect our pride and joy
Lord, let him rule so strong yet mild
No harm come to that boy

Oo—uh oo, oo—uh oo—uh oo
I got ‘em—real bad—th’inauguration blues
Oo—uh oo, oo—uh oo—uh oo
I got them inauguration blues


George Held published two chapbooks in 2008: The News Today, a collection of poems that first appeared in The New Verse News, and Phased, a collection of moon poems.
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