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“The Dictators’ Song” from 1985 1984 Lyrics by Bruce Barthol chorus: (ragtime) Hey we’re glad to see ya, Come on and say Hi! We’re the best friends that your money can buy We’re glad to be working for the US of A We’re ‹ghting for freedom and getting paid! mobutu: (West African drum intro) Patrice Lumumba was a very bad man He took the Congo from the Belgian hand Mr. Lumumba him go away Thanks to yours truly and the C.I.A. chorus: Hey we’re glad to see ya, Come on and say Hi! We’re the best friends that your money can buy We’re ‹ghting for freedom and getting paid! We’re Marcos, Mobutu, and Pinochet! marcos: (Tinkling intro) Mr. Aquino got what he deserved Don’t know why everyone’s so concerned But I don’t care what anyone say I got Yankee soldiers in the Subic Bay chorus: (repeat second chorus) pinochet: (Tango intro) Mr. Allende he make me sick He tried to take the money away from the rich 220 He wouldn’t surrender so I blew him away With help from the AFL-C.I.A. pinochet: Jimmy Carter he was some kind of Red marcos: Always worried ’bout the tortured or dead mobutu: With this Administration things are better than before all: We don’t even hafta say we’re sorry anymore chorus: That’s why we’re glad to see ya, American guy! We’re the best friends that your money can buy We’re ‹ghting for freedom and getting paid We’re Marcos, Mobutu, and Pinochet We’re Marcos, Mobutu, and Pinochet.© 1984, San Francisco Mime Troupe Caution: This song is fully protected under the Copyright Law of the United States of America, the British Commonwealth including the Dominion of Canada and all other countries of the Copyright Union, the Berne Convention and the Universal Copyright Convention, and is subject to license and royalty. All rights including, without limitation, reproduction in whole or in any part by any process or method, professional use, amateur use, ‹lm, recitation, lecturing, public reading, recording, taping, radio and television broadcasting, and the rights of translation into foreign languages, are strictly reserved. All inquiries should be addressed to San Francisco Mime Troupe, 855 Treat Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94110. “Dictator’s Song” 221 ...

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