The following is posted with the author's permission. The original posting has a nice introduction and dedication.

The Ballad of Saddam Hussein

– sung to the tune of the Beverly Hillbillies with apologies to Paul Henning

Come and listen to a story about Saddam Hussein
Over the poor Iraqis, he did harshly reign,
Then one day his troops invaded Kuwait,
And these rich Arabs were helpless at their fate.

Torture that is, beatings, many nasty things.

Well the first thing you know, the West did declare
“Saddam Hussein, move away from there”
Said "Baghdad is the place you ought to be"
And they blew up his tanks until Saddam agreed.

At gunpoint that is. Only reasoning he understood.

Well now its time to say goodbye to Saddam and all his kin.
He didn’t learn his lesson last time we dropped in.
You're all invited back a gain to his locality
To give the problem of Saddam some finality.

A leadership change, that is. Set the Iraqis free.

And don’t make us come back a third time, y’hear?!

© 2003 by Lance Gentry. All rights reserved.