300 FEWER BIRDS
By Danny Hommes

Listen to the song! (Format: MP3)

Acoustic Guitar: Mike Burgett
Electric Guitar, Ukelele: Steve Higdon
Drums, Bass, Omnichord and Vocals: Danny Hommes
Mixed by Steve Higdon and Danny Hommes

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300 Fewer Birds

by Danny Hommes

300 fewer birds in Dutchess County
We can all thank Franklin D for that.
So many fowl to find and then to mount he
had to learn the taxidermy craft.

but there’ll be no waltzing at the white house for Franklin
there’ll be no waltzing at the white house, first time

Once he found the girl that he would marry
he set his sites to help “Forgottan Man”
and Eleanor can keep her stationary.
In troubled times, we all do what we can.

but there’ll be no waltzing at the white house for Franklin
there’ll be no waltzing at the white house, term two

The TVA brought power to the valley
and they sent down Montgomery Clift to ask.
When the SEC and FHA were founded
no one thought, to this day, they would last.

but there is no waltzing at the white house for Franklin
there is no waltzing at the white house, third ball

300 fewer birds in Dutchess Country
and there’s a lot of roses out in back

but there is no waltzing at the white house for Franklin

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Danny Hommes' website: www.dhommes.com

The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum. Great digital archive here, including a sound clip of FDR saying one of his other aphorisms.
http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/