Tush / Rump (Le roi)

1From the onset of humankind (x2)
We have been taken from behind. (x2)
We all have an ass and a tush
In the U.S. they have Bush.

Is it by choice or out of fear (x2)
That we get it into the rear? (x2)
We all have an ass and a tush
In the U.S. they have Bush.

Into the Gallic derriere (x2)
Jauntily sauntered Robespierre. (x2)
We all have an ass and a tush
In the U.S. they have Bush.

The crowd chanted bravissimo (x2)
To a general-assimo (x2)
We all have an ass and a tush
In the U.S. they have Bush.

Rather than listen to Kurt Weil (x2)
A whole nation went for Sieg Heil! (x2)
We all have an ass and a tush
In the U.S. they have Bush.

A mustache came out of Georgia (x2)
And was followed by a mafia. (x2)
We all have an ass and a tush
In the U.S. they have Bush.

From Al Qaida to Hizbollah (x2)
Many behinds turn to Allah. (x2)
We all have an ass and a tush
In the U.S. they have Bush.

Not even the star of David (x2)
Can prevent a hemorrho-id. (x2)
We all have an ass and a tush
In the U.S. they have Bush.

Let’s not forget, wee lad and lass (x2)
About royal pains in the ass. (x2)
We all have an ass and a tush
In the U.S. they have Bush.

Even well-mannered Canadians (x2)
Rammed their rulers up the Indians. (x2)
We all have an ass and a tush
In the U.S. they have Bush.

We all have an ass and a tush
In the end we all have Bush.

© Didier Delahaye, 2004

2From the dawn of inhumankind (x2)
We have been taken from behind. (x2)
We all have an ass or a rump
In the U.S. they have Trump.

Is it by choice or out of fear (x2)
That we get it into the rear? (x2)
We all have an ass or a rump
In the U.S. they have Trump.

Into the Gallic derriere (x2)
Jauntily sauntered Robespierre. (x2)
We all have an ass or a rump
In the U.S. they have Trump.

The crowd chanted bravissimo (x2)
To a general-assimo. (x2)
We all have an ass or a rump
In the U.S. they have Trump.

Rather than listen to Kurt Weil (x2)
A whole nation went for Sieg Heil! (x2)
We all have an ass or a rump
In the U.S. they have Trump.

A mustache came out of Georgia (x2)
And was followed by a mafia. (x2)
We all have an ass or a rump
In the U.S. they have Trump.

In his bid to one up Stalin (x2)
To the assault charges Putin. (x2)
We all have an ass or a rump
In the U.S. they have Trump.

Not even the star of David (x2)
Can prevent a hemorrho-id. (x2)
We all have an ass or a rump
In the U.S. they have Trump.

Even well-mannered Canadians (x2)
Rammed their rulers up the Indians. (x2)
We all have an ass or a rump
In the U.S. they have Trump.

Let’s not forget those anti vaxx (x2)
Who prefer it right up the ass. (x2)
We all have an ass or a rump
In the U.S. they have Trump.

We all have an ass and a rump
In the end we all have Trump.

© Didier Delahaye, 2022

Non certe´, elle n´est pas bâtie (bis)
Sur du sable, sa dynastie. (bis)
Il y a peu de chances qu´on
Détrône le roi des cons.

Il peut dormir, ce souverain (bis)
Sur ses deux oreilles, serein. (bis)
Il y a peu de chances qu´on
Détrône le roi des cons.

Je, tu, il, elle, nous, vous, ils (bis)
Tout le monde le suit, docil´. (bis)
Il y a peu de chances qu´on
Détrône le roi des cons.

Il est possible, au demeurant (bis)
Qu´on déloge le shah d´Iran (bis)
Mais il y a peu de chances qu´on
Détrône le roi des cons.

Qu´un jour on dise:”C´est fini” (bis)
Au petit roi de Jordani´ (bis)
Mais il y a peu de chances qu´on
Détrône le roi des cons.

Qu´en Abyssinie on récus´ (bis)
Le roi des rois, le bon Négus (bis)
Mais il y a peu de chances qu´on
Détrône le roi des cons.

Que, sur un air de fandango (bis)
On congédi´ le vieux Franco (bis)
Mais il y a peu de chances qu´on
Détrône le roi des cons.

Que la couronne d´Angleterre (bis)
Ce soir, demain, roule par terre (bis)
Mais il y a peu de chances qu´on
Détrône le roi des cons.

Que, ça c´est vu dans le passé (bis)
Marianne soit renversé´ (bis)
Mais il y a peu de chances qu´on
Détrône le roi des cons.

Georges Brassens, 1972

XI (1972)
Mourir pour des idées Dying For A Cause
Le Roi Tush
Quatre-vingt-quinze pour cent Nine Times Out Of Ten
Sauf le respect que je vous dois Pardon my French
Stances à un cambrioleur
La princesse et le croque-note
Fernande Eleanor
Les passantes

  1. A drastic reinterpretation – I wanted to bring the narrative up to current events, and George W Bush provided the perfect foil. ↩︎
  2. O America the beautiful – you never cease to alarm and amuse. Bush’s shenanigans have been literally trumped these days, I couldn’t just let it slide! ↩︎

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