POEMS
DEDICATED TO PRESIDENT KENNEDY, by Roger Craig
THE ISLAND OF KITTENS and TERROR DRUMS, by Pascal Alleluya
POEMS FOR JFK & JOHN-JOHN, by Irish authors unknown
TENNESSEE VERSION BLUE WILLOW, by Barbara Johnston
THE NIGHTMARE OF THE SCIENTIST, by Jack Pillow
THE MISSION, by Jack Pillow
A VILLAGE IN THE NORTH, by Jack Pillow
BLUE WILLOW DISHES POEM, by Jackie Jura
AWAKE YOUNG MEN OF ENGLAND and KITCHENER, by George Orwell
THE LANE, by William Barnes
WORSE VERSE, by SGP, Poet Laureate of Weary Travelers
ORWELL'S CRYSTAL SPIRIT POEM, by George Orwell
TAMING THE TIGER, by Monty Fisher
THE MOON SONG, by Dave Hook
TRIBUTE TO LOUIS BOURASSA, by Florence Letts-Sutherland
JFK ... THIS NATION'S SON, by Monty Fisher
I HAVE A RENDEZVOUS WITH DEATH, by Alan Seeger (go to JFK Rendezvoused with Death)
CHOOSE SOMETHING LIKE A STAR, by Robert Frost (go to The Star of JFK)
YOU ARE BLESSED, by Anonymous
CROSSWALK SAFETY POEM, by Jackie Jura
WHO SAYS SARS SONG, by Jackie Jura
EVERY MAN SHOULD HAVE A RIFLE, by Henry Lawson, Australian poet
IN AFGHAN FIELDS, by Jackie Jura
MORE IN HEAVEN AND EARTH, by William Shakespeare
("There are powers at work in this country about which we have no knowledge", by the Queen of England)
OWED TO FRUITLOOPS, by Jackie Jura
INVICTUS, by William Henley
OWED TO THE UNBORN, by Jackie Jura
IF, by Rudyard Kipling
ONLY A PERSON WHO RISKS IS FREE, by Author Unknown
THE GHOST FROM VALLEY FORGE, by Author Unknown
I DON'T WANT TO ACCEPT ALL THE BLAME, by Author Unknown
SONGS
ORWELL TRIBUTE SONG, by Peter Cordwell
WORKING IN A COAL MINE, by Lee Dorsey
HE'S GOT THE WHOLE WORLD IN HIS HANDS (dream of environmentalist elite. See "Whole World in Their Hands?")
ROCK ME GENTLY, ROCK ME SLOWLY, by Andy Kim (See discussion PROTECTING WOLF NOT HUMAN)
GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOME (Bobby Fischer said similar to his own sad life)
PAUL KAGAME BLUES BAND (songs by an American all about Rwanda)
JFK WIT & ORWELL SONG ("It Was Only A Hopeless Fancy")
HALF HEAVEN & HEARTACHE PITNEY (Gene Pitney dies on UK tour only 24 hours from Bristol - received standing ovation)
WINSTON & JULIA, by Edward Hester
IMAGINE THERE'S NO YOKO, adaptation by Jackie Jura
BIRD BRAIN BIRD FLU SONG, aka "The Tennessee Bird Walk"
WATER BLOWS WIND OUTA WATER ("Just remember that ram - He kept butting that dam...Oops there goes a billion kilowatt dam)
TAXMAN, by the Beatles
WHEN THE LEVEE BREAKS, 1929 song sung by Led Zeppelin
NEW ORLEANS IS SINKING (1989 song by Tragically Hip) & Radio pulls "New Orleans is Sinking" (aired 3 times a week lately). ChartAttack, Sep 3, 2005. Go to NEW ORLEANS' 9-11
THE BIGGEST ASPIDISTRA IN THE WORLD, by Gracie Fields
I'LL BE SEEING YOU, 1945 WWII song
BIG YELLOW TAXI, by Joni Mitchell
SUNNY, by Bobby Hebb
ORWELL'S NIGHTMARE LAND (to the tune of Winter Wonderland)
WHO YOU GONNA BLAME? OSAMA! adapted by Jackie Jura from Ghostbusters by Ray Parker, Jr
BALLAD OF THE GREEN BERET (go to JFK & Vietnam)
GOOD KING WENCESLAS CHRISTMAS CAROL (go to Good King Wenceles Please Look Out)
SMOKING SOLDIER'S LAMENT, by Jackie Jura
EVE OF DESTRUCTION, by Barry McGuire (go to Eve of Iraq Destruction)
LAST NIGHT I HAD THE STRANGEST DREAM, by Ed McCurdy (go to This Isn't War, It's Murder)
Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be SOLDIERS, adaptation by Jackie Jura
GUANTANAMERA, 60's rendition by Pete Seeger
IN THE GHETTO, by Elvis
LOAD 'EM UP, MOVE 'EM OUT, RAWHIDE (sing along to "Keep them doggies movin', rawhide!" on You Tube)
REDEMPTION SONG, by Bob Marley & The Whalers
RIGHT NOW, by Garth Brooks as Chris Gaines
Jackie Jura
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