Uploading this part of my lyric archive some 25 years after the event, April 2019, makes me realise that accusations of Presidential corruption in the USA are more commonplace than we tend to remember. Trump might be more awful and cartoon-villain-like than his predecessors, but many have had scandals hanging over their heads for much of their presidency.
I don’t recall this lyric being used much, if at all. Some good lines though. I had to look up Bernard Nussbaum – White House Counsel under Clinton…
…and I still couldn’t spell “Hillary” in 1994.
_ THE GRAFT IN LITTLE ROCK CITY _
(To the Tune of "The Boy From New York City")
INTRO – THE PRESS
De dum de, dum-dum, dum-dum, dum-dum, dum-de-dum,
De-dum-dum, dum-dum, dum-dum, dum-de-dum;
Oh-wah, oh-wah, cool cool Hilly, tell us how you worked with Governor Billy,
Oh-wah, oh-wah, Hilary Clinton, tell us all the things that you know went on.
VERSE 1 – HILARY CLINTON
We lived before, in Arkansas {yeh, yeh},
Which is the poorest US state you ever saw {yeh, yeh};
Bill’s a dope, who comes from Hope,
But with me pulling all his strings maybe he can cope {uh, uh}.
Oh-eee, you’ve gotta all believe, he don’t inhale {oh no} and don’t tell tales {oh no}.MIDDLE EIGHT 1 – HILARY CLINTON
Bill thought that Whitewater was bonny, but still refused to sign;
He sold his colleagues up the Swanee, like Michael Hesteltine.VERSE 2 – HILARY CLINTON
Oh-wah, oh-wah, we’ve no pity, tell us about the graft in Little Rock City;
Oh-wah, oh-wah, come on Hilary, the papers say that you both were ancillary.
I had a shock, in Little Rock {yeh, yeh},
When all those stories broke on where Bill stuck his cock {yeh, yeh};
If its true, he’s in deep doo-doo,
A la recherche de Paula Jones and Sally Perdue {who they?}.
Oh-eee, a press conspiracy, on how Bill grafts {yeh, yeh} and how he shafts {yeh yeh}.MIDDLE EIGHT 2 – HILARY CLINTON
Now we’re in trouble for Whitewater, but if Bill’s got some sense;
He’ll take a tip from Shirley Porter, and shred all evidence; that’s smart.OUTRO – PRESS AND HILARY OVERLAPPING LINES
{HILARY:Well alright, so he’s thick,
PRESS:Oh-wah, oh-wah, don’t be shitty, blow the gaff on graft in Little Rock City;}
{HILARY:But he’ll blame it all on Bernard Nussbaum so the flack don’t stick….
PRESS:Oh-wah, oh-wah, come on Hilary, the papers say the Clintons were ancillary}
(Repeat, dancing off)
Below or here is The Boy From New York City sung by The Ad Libs: