Donald Trump recited this at a recent campaign stop.
Thought y’all might want to see the original version first. It’s actually rather biblical in its implications, which I’m sure the song writers were aware.
Al Wilson is his name.”Northernsoul” is his game. The information on the video says this is rare footage…
AL WILSON – THE SNAKE (RARE VIDEO FOOTAGE) FROM THE SCENE SHOW OKLAHOMA CITY HOSTED BY RONNIE KAYE YEAR 1974. RECORD LABEL: SOUL CITY 767 YEAR 1968. COMPOSED BY: OSCAR BROWN JR. PRODUCED BY: JOHNNY RIVERS & MARC GORDAN.
Hey the white guy introducing Al Wilson has got his ownself some fine threads there in 1974. Been kinda down hill from there.
Below the jump is The Donald’s recitation. I hope his advisors get copyright permission so he can start singing it with a back-up band…
You have to admit, it loses something in translation. But as someone said in the comments on the original song:
Donald Trump 2016! Let’s follow the wisdom of this song, and guard ourselves against misguided compassion.
Another commenter says, “…Build a safe zone for the refugees“. I’d like to know why their own countries weren’t safe and why he thinks “building” something will solve the innate lawlessness and overweening sense of entitlement.
This is going to end up in massacres. Drones and improved chemical weapons. That’s the most likely scenario, imo.
Go Trump!
Salute.
Why not make sure that our own countries are ‘safe zones’ for our own citizens? That is the primary function of any state. If it cannot do that, then it is not longer legitimate.
Why don’t Americans start a massive immigration into Europe?
A MacDonald’s, Wendy’s, Burger King – or especially, Colonel Sanders and his deep fried toxic chicken – on every corner, miles of strip malls, suburban “developments” with MacMansions. Huge minivans driven by soccer moms…loud boisterous Texans with their ‘six-shooters’, California girls with their boogie boards on the beaches, drag queens and the aggressive homeless recreating San Francisco. Not to mention our thousands and thousands of small churches – we’d out-church the mosques, no problemo.
AND ALL OF US CHEWING GUM, THROWING BEER CANS OUTTA CARS…
There. That’s my solution. Along with #BlackLivesMatter and thousands of special bunny college students.
Be still, my heart.
…be still my heart.
oh you nasty girl!
Moi?
Bad deportment.
Mark’s right. Here’s what went through my nasty mind at the time… no offense intended.
https://youtu.be/dSLz0YYsJHA
when someone says “no offense intended” it usually means there is indeed an offense attached. So I’ll skip being enlightened. Thanks anyway.
You also sent us “Northern Soul”, so I guess we can forgive the KFCs!
Oh, and please do not forget our cultural enrichers.
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What would I do without the “F” word being used in every other sentence. Or the sight of so many male crevices at every corner. Of course we must not forget the wonderful, mesmerizing and educational television we have to choose from.
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Ah, the allure of the almighty dollar and all the things I do not need nor can afford. Yes, lets transplant the culture of the exceptional nation and have peace throughout the world.
Quite a few native crevices about, especially on building sites!
This one might be a little more appropriate since the scorpion ends up killing itself not just its helper:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scorpion_and_the_Frog
Yeah, but it’s not a good song…
Mark Spahn: I’ve been getting bad marks in “Deportment” since 1st grade. Would’ve been since kindergarten, but I didn’t go to one….
Europe should have learned about deportment some years back. They instead went with importment.
The Scorpion and the Frog: http://allaboutfrogs.org/stories/scorpion.html
It is alleged to be an old Persian fable. Their modern successors don’t seem to like telling it any longer, one wonders why…
Oops, I missed that someone mentioned it already above.
Not all cultures are peaceful. Some cultures are dangerous. National security at threat. Thanks to those naive politicians.
What……………….?
Massed Maxim guns on the borders won’t work anymore??
They seemed to do the job OK back on the Somme in ’16. (That’s NINETEEN sixteen for the historically challenged.)
Just ask the Tommies resting in those poppy fields.
We just MIGHT have to bring back the water-cooled heavy machine gun for sustained fire; then again, maybe not.
If Mutti Merkel had to run again in an American-style “show-biz” election, this would be a dynamite theme song for her.
I am not one of the “faithful” who watches all of the Trump rallies, but I did enjoy seeing this short clip going viral. One must acknowledge Trump’s masterful command of mass media messaging and timing with a respectful doff of the hat. Between the “snake parable” resonanting deeply and the “Freedom” Poptart Cheer Squad at the Pensacola rally, is there a single head at 310 First Street that hasn’t imploded? That alone is quite delicious.
You summed it up nicely. I didn’t see Pensacola, but I’ll have to look it up. Spent some summers there and wished we’d lived there…
O/T, but Pensacola is the first place I lived when I first immigrated to the USA a few decades ago. My husband was stationed there for his first phase of naval flight training. We lived on Perdido Key; absolutely beautiful. It is a very Conservative with a capital “C” area with a higher than average military quotient who were never too keen on either Bushes but held their noses and voted (R). I’m not surprised that Trump has a huge fan base there.
Oscar Brown Jr’s family has asked Trump not to use these lyrics to promote his hateful campaign. Trump never even credited the author.
He’s the Snakes and he’s singing
“take me in tender voter
….take me in for heavans sake
….take me in tender voter sighed Trump The Snake”