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Mary Hopkin - Those Were The Days - 1968 (Original Post) LongTomH Jun 2018 OP
Good one Sailor65x1 Jun 2018 #1
Originally, this was sung in Russian. Ron Obvious Jun 2018 #2
Well, it certainly sounded like a Russian folk song! dhol82 Jun 2018 #4
It IS an old Russian folk song DFW Jun 2018 #5
Well done! dhol82 Jun 2018 #7
I have the sound track, too DFW Jun 2018 #8
How do I do that? Never had a reason to look it up. dhol82 Jun 2018 #9
We never published it DFW Jun 2018 #10
Have always loved that song! dhol82 Jun 2018 #3
Lovely! smirkymonkey Jun 2018 #6

DFW

(54,443 posts)
5. It IS an old Russian folk song
Sat Jun 23, 2018, 02:58 AM
Jun 2018

It just got re-texted. I even have this version recorded somewhere:

Once upon a time all votes were counted
No computer glitches to report
And no legal challenges were mounted
Voters chose, and not the Supreme Court

Chorus:
Those were the days, my friend
We thought they’d never end
“One man one vote” was watchword of the day.
If only voters choose, the winner would not lose,
Those were the days, oh, yes those were the days.

Once they needed Thomas and Scalia,
Had them stop the recount halfway through,
But now there’s this new high tech idea:
Have machines turn votes to red from blue!

Chorus:
Those were the days, my friend
We thought they’d never end
“One man one vote” was watchword of the day.
If only voters choose, the winner would not lose,
Those were the days, oh, yes those were the days.


Once it was like being a craps shooter,
Never knowing who the winner’d be
Now it’s all decided by computer
Programmed by your friendly G O P!

Final chorus:
Those were the days, my friend
We thought they’d never end
“One man one vote” was watchword of the day.
Good old democracy, not crazed theocracy,
And color screens were just for Pac-Man play!

DFW

(54,443 posts)
10. We never published it
Sat Jun 23, 2018, 01:31 PM
Jun 2018

There were several we couldn't get permission to use, so we never published them. Jailhouse Iraq, Ain't Necessarily So (Bush version), etc.

Some we did put out are here: http://www.jango.com/music/The+Freedom+Toast
Strangers On The Right is in there somewhere.

Go down to "The Freedom Toast Songs" in the middle.

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