Tree -> apple
June 23rd, 2025
Well, well, well… I wasn't aware of that at all. Until yesterday, that is. In 1954, Woody Guthrie wrote a song, one of many he never recorded, but which was eventually recorded by other artists. The title — “Old Man Trump”. Yes, it was about the current asshole president’s father. As they say, an apple never falls far from the tree, and here is an example that awfulness, racism, and overall shitness run in the family. And we have known that since at least 1954…
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I suppose that Old Man Trump knows just how much racial hate
He stirred up in that bloodpot of human hearts
When he drawed that color line
Here at his Beach Haven family projectBeach Haven ain’t my home!
No, I just can’t pay this rent!
My money’s down the drain,
And my soul is badly bent!
Beach Haven is Trump’s Tower
Where no black folks come to roam,
No, no, Old Man Trump!
Old Beach Haven ain’t my home!I’m calling out my welcome to you and your man both
Welcoming you here to Beach Haven
To love in any way you please and to have some kind of a decent place
To have your kids raised up in.
Beach Haven ain’t my home!
No, I just can’t pay this rent!
My money’s down the drain,
And my soul is badly bent!
Beach Haven is Trump’s Tower
Where no black folks come to roam,
No, no, Old Man Trump!
Old Beach Haven ain’t my home!
