Talking Stalin Blues

["Tom Condit" <tomcondit@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

TALKIN' STALIN BLUES (1957)

Now come all you members of the old C.P.,
Come sit here on the deacon's seat and listen unto me--
I wanta tell you about the vozhd, Joe Stalin,
Gone to the workers' paradise!
(I wonder if he'll overfulfill his quota ...)

Now in the Daily Worker and the New York Times
You've all been readin' of Joe Stalin's crimes,
but if you view it dialectically I'm sure you'll find
that poor old Joe's been much maligned.
(A product of the McCarthy-Zinoviev conspiracy,
no doubt!)

Now Joe was never a maniac,
Nor a child-molesting necrophiliac,
And in Party circles we should never speak
Of his non-existent sadistic streak!

He was kind ... loved children ... animals ...
Kulaks, too!



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