Merle Hasn’t Lost His Fightin’ Side
Dr BLT ft. Mark Yeary, formerly of Merle Haggard and the Strangers
words and music by Dr BLT copyright 2009

http://www.drblt.net/music/MerleVeryLast.mp3

“We’ll all be rooned,” said Hanrahan in accents most forlorn,
Outside the church, ere Mass began one frosty Sunday morn.
The congregation stood about coat-collars to the ears,
And talked of stock, and crops, and drought as it had done for years.
“It’s looking crook,” said Daniel Croke; “Bedad, it’s cruke, me lad,
For never since the banks went broke has seasons been so bad.”

“It’s dry, all right,” said young O’Neil, with which astute remark
He squatted down upon his heel and chewed a piece of bark.
And so around the chorus ran, “It’s keepin’ dry, no doubt.”
“We’ll all be rooned,” said Hanrahan, “Before the year is out.”
“The crops are done; ye’ll have your work to save one bag of grain;
From here way out to Back-o’-Bourke they’re singin’ out for rain.

“They’re singin’ out for rain,” he said, “And all the tanks are dry.”
The congregation scratched its head, and gazed around the sky.
“There won’t be grass, in any case, enough to feed an ass;
There’s not a blade on Casey’s place as I came down to Mass.”
“If rain don’t come this month,” said Dan, and cleared his throat to speak -
“We’ll all be rooned,” said Hanrahan, “If rain don’t come this week.”

A heavy silence seemed to steal on all at this remark;
And each man squatted on his heel, and chewed a piece of bark.
“We want an inch of rain, we do, “O’Neil observed at last;
But Croke “maintained” we wanted two, to put the danger past.
“If we don’t get three inches, man, or four to break this drought,
We’ll all be rooned,” said Hanrahan, “Before the year is out.”

In God’s good time down came the rain; and all the afternoon
On iron roof and window-pane it drummed a homely tune.
And through the night it pattered still, and lightsome, gladsome elves
On dripping spout and window-sill kept talking to themselves.
It pelted, pelted all day long, a-singing at its work,
Till every heart took up the song way out to Back-o’-Bourke.

And every creek a banker ran, and dams filled overtop;
“We’ll all be rooned,” said Hanrahan, “If this rain doesn’t stop.”
And stop it did, in God’s good time; and spring came in to fold
A mantle o’er the hills sublime of green and pink and gold.
And days went by on dancing feet, with harvest-hopes immense,
And laughing eyes beheld the wheat nid-nodding o’er the fence.

And, oh, the smiles on every face, as happy lad and lass
Through grass knee-deep on Casey’s place went riding down to Mass.
While round the church in clothes genteel discoursed the men of mark,
And each man squatted on his heel, and chewed his piece of bark.
“There’ll be bush-fires for sure, me man, there will, without a doubt;
We’ll all be rooned,” said Hanrahan, “Before the year is out.”

If I’m not mistaken, according to that persons website, it now turns out “self-admittedly been smoking pot for 40 or so years, and OBAMA is now his golden child after Hilary turned down his theme song…but claims to be a Repulican.

HUH? The truth will unfold very soon!

I personally feel Env-nazi groups are what keeps us all from getting involved. My title is “environmental Dummy”. I have never been green, but, I realized why. Tired of these groups preaching gloom and doom. This train is unite us as humans. Drop all the titles and just use some simple common sense.
This is self admitted..I’m older, lazy, too broke to own a Prius, or supply my entire house with cfl lightbulbs. I also don’t like feeling left out of all the global warming knowledge, very overstated and seems com[plicated. Im glad you wrote your comments. This is exactly the bridge we all need to gap. The hell with our personal beliefs. This is simply shutting the tap off when we are shaving, or brushing teeth, unplugging my toaster or microwave in the morning, Simple stuff I have learned to do.

SIMPLISTIC SOLUTIONS!! On April 5th, 1985, I took a piece of music and 3 weeks worth of phonecalls and requested every radio station in the world to play a song worldwide at the same time. It affected a BILLION and a Half people . They stopped the world for 6 minutes for the first time in history..btw(again, no pay) So a blue collar boy who knows very little about green and most days have too many everyday burdens to live this 24 hours, just asks other humans to not give money, just try to turn the damn water off or change 1 light bulb we will give you on a certian day when the train culminates in DC.

We will save a billion gallons that day. pretty pure and simple and damn easy to do!! It really is all about showing us all we have many differences in life but this should be done on a daily basis just for our future generations.

Again, I appreciate your opinion and the “no personal” attack. BTW/ as far as entertainers? Could not care less about who is involved as long as they have a huge fanbase to deliver our message. Afterall it is music that unilaterally speaks 1611 languages. The ego part sucks but most of them are caring and real.

Thanks again,
Bob Wolf
GT

The difference in me and others is that I choose to conserve from a position of choice and freedom and not having environmentalist stealing my land and my rights in order that they fulfill their agendas. I have very little use for any “environmental” groups and organizations for obvious reasons.

It amazes me and always has that because I oppose governmental interference in anything in my life, you and others automatically label me anti-conservation, anti- environmental, anti-American, anti – du jour.

You’re right, I don’t know all the facts of this case, neither do you, Merle Haggard or anyone else in the world, nor did I claim to. As I said, I posted a link and an except about the lawsuit and from there I showed my disdain for all environmental groups. Broad and sweeping? Yeah, but their influences and rights-grabbing has brought me and many others to the end of my rope.

Good luck with your “Train” and even though your website is very generic and non-specific, I hope you chose not to give any money or support to enviro-nazi groups or work toward forcing laws on us who are sick and tired of more laws.

As always, I hope justice is served.

Did you know that 80% of the monies for this project came out of MY POCKET? Oh, you didn’t? NEITHER DID THEY!

The truth will come out in the next twenty days. The judge already made them rewrite the entire lawsuit over due to crap.
I don’t blame my friend of 20 years I blame two scorn volunteers who filled attorneys full of TRASH!

Your comments don’t bother us. Please also read the website we are not environmental nazi’s at all. Im a blue collar boy who feels we can’t conserve anything without the help of eac h other. I also am turned off by eviro-nazis
as well as rednecks who spew out the stuff your throwing out there.!

We will show the US, we can save A BILLION GALLONS of WATER in one day,
not important?….tell the Americans who live in Atlanta that last summer. 30 days away from disaster! NO WATER! None!!!!!!!!

I never hugged a tree in my life….but I do realize common sense!

Thanks so much for your comments! Glad I don’t live in a communist country that judges people before they are prosecuted…don’t you!!

BOB WOLF
Green Train President and not .com .org!