PETE ST JOHN THOUGHT FOR THE DAY !!
Dateline: Dublin 7/7/2010

State of the Nation: 400,000 persons on the Dole Queue / ERSI report 5,000 people emigrating each month / Government on 3 month holidays !!

Street Reality: BLACK HUMOUR remark , overheard by the writer , in the mens’ room of a Northside Dublin Pub!!

“ THERE’S A BLACK GUY ON OUR DOLE QUEUE SAYIN’ THERE’S JOBS IN ZANZIBAR !! “

And as my mother always said: “You  might as well Sing grief as Cry it !!”……… Know anyone brave enough to sing this little ditty???……. Slan go foill…… Pete.

A Workers’ Song… © Pete St John/Saint Music

You can find me on the dole queue

In my fake Armani suit

From the Zoombie Bank that fired me

But still racking in the loot

It’s our own taxpayers’ money

They are stealing to be spent

Baling out the criminal bankers

That control our government !!

Chorus :

Come and join us on the Dole Queue

It’s not where we want to be

Four hundred thousand singing

“ How the Jaysus can this be ?? “

Our homes and jobs and futures

Stolen by the powers that be

In the Celtic Tiger twilight

It’s the end of You and Me !!!!!!

Leinster House is now a grave yard

So the Dail takes 3 months off !!!

On holliers ‘til its over

Must be nice to be a toff !!!

What will we tell our families ?

Now we know our goose is cooked

And this dole queue just gets longer

While the Shan Van says we’re Vocht !!!!!

The credit cards are maxed out

And the mortgage in arrears

Sure we lived the life of Reilly

When they told us Spend … No Fears !!

I can’t afford the Luas

Since the repos took me car

There’s a black guy on the dole queue

Sayin’ there’s jobs in Zanzibar !!

Pete St John © 8/7/2010.