The Whitewater controversy was one of the main scandals that hung over the Clinton presidency. This lyric was rather good fun and I think it went down well in NewsRevue for a while.
_ WHITEWATER _
(To the Tune of “Oh Susannah”)
VERSE 1 – BILL CLINTON
Well I come from Hope in Arkansas, a bimbo on my knee,
And I jog so much I’m fuckin’ sore round Washington DC;
Well I’ve been in power more than a year now Government is cleaner,
Tho’ I spend most all my energy avoiding a subpoena.CHORUS 1
No Whitewater, things aren’t all what they seem,
Like his daughters name is Chelsea but she ain’t no football team.VERSE 2 – BILL CLINTON
Now I’ll make a stand for human rights, cos whipping folks is cruel,
But a villains out after three strikes, I shock them as a rule;
(During the above line Clinton electrocutes one seated member of the chorus)
“Hypocrisy” I hear you cry, a mighty fancy word, (looks puzzled)
I’ll check it in the dictionary I got when at Oxford.CHORUS 2
No Whitewater, and don’t you cry for Bill,
Cos they’ll never catch those Clintons with their fingers in the till;
No Whitewater, and Bill don’t draw no spliff,
But the vultures are above his head now Nixon is a stiff.
In January 1996 I wrote the following update:
WHITEWATER 1996 REMIX
(To the Tune of “Oh Susannah”)
VERSE 1 – BILL CLINTON
Well I come from Hope in Arkansas, a bimbo on my knee,
And I jog so much I’m fuckin’ sore round Washington DC;
Well I’ve been in power most of my term, now Government is cleaner,
Tho’ I spend most all my energy avoiding a subpoena.
CHORUS 1
No Whitewater, things aren’t all what they seem,
Like his daughters name is Chelsea but she ain’t no football team.
VERSE 2 – HILARY
Well I did some work for Rose law firm, I don’t recall a thing,
I was much to busy frettin’ where Bill might have put his ding;
“Chicanery” I hear you cry, a mighty fancy word, (looks puzzled)
BILL: I’ll check it in the dictionary I got when at Oxford.
CHORUS 2
No Whitewater, and don’t you cry for Bill,
Cos you’ll never catch those Clintons with their fingers in the till;
No Whitewater, and Hilary don’t lie,
She’s lookin’ up above her head to see the pigs that fly.
No Whitewater, the Clinton’s weren’t affected,
The biggest joke of all is that they might get re-elected.
Below is a rather sweet version of Oh Susanna with the original lyrics on the screen. It uses the traditional form of one verse then one chorus, rather than the two verses and then a chorus form that has oft been used since and which I used in the Whitewater lyric: