“The despot’s heel is on thy shore,
British Petroleum!
His torch is at thy temple door,
British Petroleum!
Thou will not cower in the dust,
British Petroleum!
Thy beaming sword shall never rust,
British Petroleum!
Dear Mother! burst the tyrant’s chain,
British Petroleum!
Virginia should not call in vain,
British Petroleum!
Thou will not yield the Vandal toll,
British Petroleum!
Thou will not crook to his control,
British Petroleum!
Better the fire upon thee roll,
Better the blade, the shot, the bowl,
Than crucifixion of the soul,
British Petroleum!
I hear the distant thunder-hum,
British Petroleum!
The Old Line’s bugle, fife and drum,
British Petroleum!
She is not dead, nor deaf, nor dumb-
Huzza! she spurns the Northern scum!
She breathes! she burns! she’ll come! she’ll come!
My British Petroleum!
(with apologies to James Ryder Randall who wrote Maryland, My Maryland! in response to Abraham Lincoln’s military suppression of the desire of its citizens to secede from the Union in 1861. The Confederate Army of Northern Virginia sang that song as they marched victoriously through Maryland (to Gettysburg) in June 1863. Since 1939 Maryland, My Maryland! has been the official State Song of Maryland)
Tags: BP cowers before a tyrant, descent into tyranny, rule by man not rule of law
June 17, 2010 at 10:31 pm |
“Of all the scum and villainy” – taken from Star Wars… and applied to Obumbles.
June 20, 2010 at 4:02 am |
For those of you not familiar with Maryland My Maryland it is sung to the tune often better known as O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree (or Tannenbaum).