Thanx! I can hear them singing, "If mommy is a commie then you gotta turn her
in." They did it real slow.
As I recall, it was the lead-in on the album where they talked about the
Society for the Preservation of Wooden Toilet Seats.
--Bob Whitmire
www.bobwhitmire.com
On Nov 10, 2010, at 2:09 PM, Charles Geilfuss wrote:
> Gosh I haven't thought of that song in years. My Dad was a big Chad
> Mitchell Trio fan and I grew up listening to their recordings (along with
> The Wayfarers & Kingston Trio). John Birch Society had the best lyrics:
>
> by Michael Brown
> Oh, we're meetin' at the courthouse at eight o'clock tonight
> You just walk in the door and take the first turn to the right
> Be careful when you get there, we hate to be bereft
> But we're taking down the names of everybody turning left
> Oh, we're the John Birch Society, the John Birch Society
> Here to save our country from a communistic plot
> Join the John Birch Society, help us fill the ranks
> To get this movement started we need lots of tools and cranks
> Now there's no one that we're certain the Kremlin doesn't touch
> We think that Westbrook Pegler doth protest a bit too much
> We only hail the hero from whom we got our name
> We're not sure what he did but he's our hero just the same
> Oh, we're the John Birch Society, the John Birch Society
> Socialism is the ism dismalest of all
> Join the John Birch Society, there's so much to do
> Have you heard they're serving vodka at the WCTU?
> Well you've heard about the agents that we've already named
> Well MPA has agents that are flauntedly unashamed
> We're after Rosie Clooney, we've gotten Pinkie Lee
> And the day we get Red Skelton won't that be a victory
> Oh we're the John Birch Society, the John Birch Society
> Norman Vincent Peale may think he's kidding us along
> But the John Birch Society knows he spilled the beans
> He keeps on preaching brotherhood, but we know what he means
> We'll teach you how to spot 'em in the cities or the sticks
> For even Jasper Junction is just full of Bolsheviks
> The CIA's subversive and so's the FCC
> There's no one left but thee and we, and we're not sure of thee
> Oh, we're the John Birch Society, the John Birch Society
> Here to save our country from a communistic plot
> Join the John Birch Society holding off the Reds
> We'll use our hand and hearts and if we must we'll use our heads
> Do you want Justice Warren for your Commissar?
> Do you want Mrs. Krushchev in there with the DAR?
> You cannot trust your neighbor or even next of kin
> If mommie is a commie then you gotta turn her in
> Oh, we're the John Birch Society, the John Birch Society
> Fighting for the right to fight the right fight for the Right
> Join the John Birch Society as we're marching on
> And we'll all be glad to see you when we're meeting in the John
> The John, the John Birch So- ci- i- teee.
>
>
> Thanks for the reminder.
>
> Charlie
>
> On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 1:27 PM, Jan Steinman <Jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>> From: Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>> Reminds me of an old Chad Mitchell Trio song, The Society for the
>> Preservation of Wooden Toilet Seats, aka the Birch John Society.
>>
>> I worked with a guy in the DC area whose name was actually John Birch.
>>
>> He had business cards printed up: "John Birch, President -- The Birch John
>> Society -- quality hardwood outhouses -- with offices in Cabin John and Seat
>> Pleasant" (two actual suburbs in the DC area).
>>
>>
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>> It is unwise to do unto others as you would that they do unto you. Their
>> tastes may not be the same. -- George Bernard Shaw
>> :::: Jan Steinman, EcoReality Co-op ::::
>>
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