Sunday Summer Sing Along - 2007 - Number Six!

This week, Porcupine comments on the remarkable unexamined record of actor and lobbyist, for Senator Fred Dalton Thompson - included in national polls and on the Iowa ballot without even the bother of announcing a candidacy or filing contribution reports. the tune is by the remarkable Fats Waller, and is called 'Honeysuckle Rose'.

Ev'ry GOP fills with jealousy
When they see you coy and free;
Don't blame 'em, with the polls you’ve led,
Honeysuckle Fred.

When you're passing by, pundits droop and sigh,
And I know the reason why;
That folksy humor keeps them fed;
Honeysuckle Fred.

Don't buy sugar - interest groups can just keep it up.
You've got sugar; it's sweet to see them lap it up!

When You’re givin' bread, selling off your ‘cred’,
Keepin’ Senate coffers fed;
You're Connected, Like They Said,
Honeysuckle Fred.