If the members of Congress suddenly broke out into song, what would they sing?

[BlueStorm]

I have no creative juices in me right now but I want to see what DU can come up with. :)

Be as creative (and funny) as you want.

BLue

[wildhorses]

1. i got friends in low places

:shrug:

[alittlelark]

21. I love that song!

But during the time I fell in love w/ it I was bartending my way through college.... The low places were lofty compared to what they are wallowing in.

[Race4Peace]

2. 109th or 110th?

[BlueStorm]

3. Umm either one would be fine...

I just would like to see what you all come up with.

Blue

[Race4Peace]

6. Many different songs...

The 109th Minority: I got a Key, Robert Shaw
The 109th Majority: I'm Gonna Rise, Paul Marsena
The 110th Minority: Close Every Door, Andrew Lloyd Webber
the 110th Liberman: Learn to be Lonely, Andrew Lloyd Webber
109th All together: Bohemien Rhapsody, Queen
110th All together: Shut de do', Randy Stonehill(?)

what i'd fancy, but not at all likely:
Battle of Jerhico, Arr. Moses Hogan;
Lacrymosa, Wolfgang Amadeaus Mozart;
Sing me to heaven, Daniel Gawthrop;
Drift away, Dobie Gray.


c'mon, don't give me that look! this is stuff we do in chorus!

[Oeditpus Rex]

4. 'Stouthearted Men'

Badly.

[Mz Pip]

5. The Lumberjack song??

It would be worth catching that one on CSPAN.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[Oeditpus Rex]

19. They wouldn't dare

Might be true for some of 'em.

[BlueStorm]

7. Well I was actually looking forward to improv style songs...

But I can just picture them singing these songs that you have listed.

Blue

[crim son]

8. I was just about to post that if there's one thing I'm not, it's witty.

Happily, I see I'm not alone :P

[begin_within]

9. "Hallelujah, I'm a Bum"

[BlueStorm]

11. Never heard that one but the title alone sounds funny n/t

[begin_within]

14. It's almost 100 years old... here's the lyrics

First published on a four-tune song card in 1908.



Why don't you work like other folks do?
How the hell can I work when there's no work to do?
OR: How can I get a job when you're holding down two?]
CHORUS:
Hallelujah, I'm a bum,
Hallelujah, bum again,
Hallelujah, give us a handout
To revive us again.
Oh, why don't you save all the money you earn?
If I didn't eat, I'd have money to burn.

Whenever I get all the money I earn,
The boss will be broke, and to work he must turn.

Oh, I like my boss, he's a good friend of mine,
That's why I am starving out on the breadline.

When springtime it comes, oh, won't we have fun;
We'll throw off our jobs, and go on the bum.


ADDITIONAL AND ALTERNATE VERSES:

I can't buy a job 'cause I ain't got the dough,
So I ride in a boxcar 'cause I'm a hobo.

I went to a bar and I asked for a drink,
They gave me a glass and they showed me the sink.


ADDITIONAL VERSES FROM CARL SANDBURG, THE AMERICAN SONGBAG, New York, NY, 1990 (originally published in 1927), p. 185.

I went to a house,
And I knocked on the door;
A lady came out, says,
"You been here before."

I went to a house,
And I asked for a piece of bread;
A lady came out, says,
"The baker is dead."

[BlueStorm]

15. that is so appropriate.

I would have used "apropos" but I am not sure what it means I am just too damn lazy tonight to look it up in my 20 something year old dictionary that has GHWB as the President.

Blue

[begin_within]

24. I hope Rick Santorum is singing it right now.

[mcctatas]

10. It's so hard to pick just one song....

Mark Foley :"I'm gonna wash that man right outta my hair"
Denny Hastert: "Jays muncha crunchy, can't stop eatin' those Jays...potato chips"
George Allen: "Tradition" from fiddler on the roof, he's finally embraced his Jewish ancestry

[S n o w b a l l]

12. Dems to repubs....

Hit The Road Jack!

:woohoo:

[Drum]

13. The Big Rock Candy Mountain. nt

[jobycom]

16. Oh Lord, it's hard to be humble

when you're perfect in every way...

etc.

[Nevernose]

17. "Brick House" by the Commodores

That's if they're cool. Otherwise, it's Lionel Ritchie solo all the way.

[chknltl]

18. "We Sunk the Rowboat"?

:silly:
or "Ding Dong the Witch is Dead"

[texanwitch]

20. One of Patsy Cline's old beat me , kick me songs like Crazy.

I like her voice but her songs I don't like.

[BlueStorm]

22. I don't really know alot of tunes out there...

But some reason "Memories" just strike me as something the 109th would sing.


And the 110th would sing that one song that goes something like this: "One way or another, I'm gonna get 'cha get 'cha get'cha."

Blue

[Yukari Yakumo]

23. Hmmm...

"Horst Wessel Lied" - Trent Lott, George Allen
"I'm a Bitch" - Hillary, Kay Bailey Hutchenson
"Fortunate Son" - Chimpy

[TheBaldyMan]

25. We're busy doing nothing ?

We're busy doing nothing,
Working the whole day through.
Trying to find lots of things not to do.

[Guava Jelly]

26. Money by Pink Floyd

Money, get away.
Get a good job with good pay and youre okay.
Money, its a gas.
Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash.
New car, caviar, four star daydream,
Think Ill buy me a football team.

Money, get back.
Im all right jack keep your hands off of my stack.
Money, its a hit.
Dont give me that do goody good bullshit.
Im in the high-fidelity first class traveling set
And I think I need a lear jet.

Money, its a crime.
Share it fairly but dont take a slice of my pie.
Money, so they say
Is the root of all evil today.
But if you ask for a raise its no surprise that theyre
Giving none away.

Huhuh! I was in the right!
Yes, absolutely in the right!
I certainly was in the right!
You was definitely in the right. that geezer was cruising for a
Bruising!
Yeah!
Why does anyone do anything?
I dont know, I was really drunk at the time!
I was just telling him, he couldnt get into number 2. he was asking
Why he wasnt coming up on freely, after I was yelling and
Screaming and telling him why he wasnt coming up on freely.
It came as a heavy blow, but we sorted the matter out

[SeattleGirl]

27. My favorite suggestion!

:yourock:

[taterguy]

28. Add it Up

Because there's nothing more fun than asking a room full of people: "Why Can't I get, just one fuck?"

[undeterred]

29. I got plenty o' nuttin

[BlueStorm]

30. Oh wow, these are some good song titles n/t

[cwydro]

31. Workin' On the Chain Gang?

[madinmaryland]

32. Dems - Happy Days are Here Again!!!!

[Left Is Write]

34. My first thought as well.

[Crabby Appleton]

33. Why don't we get drunk and screw - by Jimmy Buffett

Songs You Know By Heart

[blondeatlast]

35. The 110th? "Sisters Are doin' It For Themselves."

For Madame Speaker...

[otherlander]

36. Goddamn Dutch

Singin' Glorious, GLORIOUS...
One keg of beer for the four of us
Glory be to god that there are no more of us,
for the four of us could drink it all alone.

All alone, all alone,
the four of us could drink it all alone.
Glory be to god that there are no more of us,
for the four of us could drink it all alone.

[KamaAina]

37. Jingle Bells

Woof woof woof, woof woof woof, woof woof woof woofwoof... :-)

[philosophie_en_rose]

38. Sweet Dreams by Annie Lennox.

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