Too Many Cubans in Cuba

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Too Many Cubans in Cuba

em = By Denis Kevans

There's this place called Cuba,

It's full of Cubans, they live there,

For some reason, unspecified, of course,

They're very secretive people, Cubans,

They refuse to divulge the reason,

Why they want to live in Cuba.

Cuba is full of Cubans,

They're born there, and they live there,

I honestly don't know

Why they want to do this,

These Cubans are a threat,

They're a definite threat to the er ... er ... er ...

Board of Directors of IBM,

I mean the Democratic Government

of the united States ...

Cuba is a big problem, at the moment,

It's full of Cubans, Cuba, and these Cubans,

Are a threat, a definite threat

To the er ... er ... er ...

Board of Directors of Bechtel

Corporation, I mean, the Democratic

Government of the United States;

And we want 'em to know that we know this,

And that they oughta know that we know,

And that we know that they're down there,

All of them, in Cuba, and that they

Can't hide that from us, and that we

Won't stand for this kind of bullying,

And blackmail, no sir-eeeeee!

And that we won't be intimidated by their refusal

To close down Cuba and tow it away;

No! we won't be fazed, or razzed, by

Their stone-wall, stick-in-the-mud,

Conservative attitude!

If they were to go somewhere else, we wouldn't

Mind if they still called themselves Cubans,

They could still be Cubans, if they wanted to,

Being Cubans previously themselves;

I mean, like Heligoland, or Franz

Josef Glacier, they wouldn't have to be

Heligolandians, or Glaciated Francis

Josephines;

Cuba is full of Cubans, they live there,

For some reason, unspecified, of course.

They refuse to divulge the reason why

They want to do this, and each one

Of them is a threat, a definite threat,

To the er ... er ... Board of Directors Of Peabody Coal, I mean the Democratic

Government of the United States.

Listen here, you Cubans! Get this straight!

We won't bow down, we won't bow down

To outsider pressure, and your continual

Naughty words! We know what you're doing,

We know you're down there,

We know you're in Cuba,

And we know where Cuba is,

We know all the naughty words you use.

Listen here, you Cubans!

Why don't you go back to Hungary!

Why don't you go back to Byelo-Russia!

Why don't you go back to Estonia!

Why don't you go back to Kalmuck Land!

Listen here, You Cubans!

You won't intimidate us

With this clever dick attitude!

Why don't you go back to Cuba, anyway?

We won't bow down, we won't bow down,

To the world's bullies, and the Empire of Evil.

No, sirreeee, we know what you're saying,

We know all the naughty words you use,

Get this straight, Cubans,

We know you're down there,

And we won't be intimidated, no sir-eeeee!

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