Leslie Fish - Rhododendron Honey [HQ]

Firestorm track 18. Thanks to rocketman0739 for providing high-quality versions of these songs. Download the album here: https://archive.org/details/filk_fire... Find more of Leslie Fish's music at: https://lesliefish.bandcamp.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lyrics: What do we do for our freedom, oh, what do we do for our corn? For Big Boss Jones and his bully boys came here last Sunday morn He marched them into the village square and grabbed everybody in sight And made a big speech about how he'd come to set this country right He said that he'd come to save us all from living in anarchy He'd give us a government and laws again, the way it used to be He swore he'd make this country great like it was before the war And all that he wanted was half our crops like taxes were before When he was finished, he took his boys and went to the meeting hall They chased out everybody left inside and moved in, one and all So we strolled over to the teacher's house and held town meeting there To talk about what we were gonna do, just how and when and where Early next morning the old folks come, all smiling to beat the band They told Boss Jones they were glad he's here, and they're proud to shake his hand They fawned on him and his bully boys and they flattered 'em left an' right And promised a big feast in their honor in the meeting hall that night That evening everyone in town showed up, all bringing food and beer Boss Jones, he sat at the head of the table, and all his boys sat near Oh, they ate and drank and they bragged no end about what they were gonna do, While they scarfed up rhododendron honey and amanita stew Now, we'd been careful of what we ate, so we didn't take no harm But the Boss and his bully boys all keeled over while the coffee still was warm We dragged 'em out to the old mine shaft that was dug before the war And dropped 'em down there with all the others who'd tried that trick before Yes, we remember the world that was and the way that it used to be And we'd just rather be left alone; we're used to being free Don't want no more of laws or bosses, don't want no government here I hope they don't come again too soon...they've tried three times this year