Quid Pro Quo

(This can be sung to the tune of the old ballad "Sweet Betsy from Pike.")

Every day it seems there's a new story to tell.

Trump and his cronies aren't doing very well.

They've lied to cover up what we all know

Is truly an instance of Trump's quid pro quo.

At first they said, "Oh, no, that's what it can't be.

If you look closely, then you all will see

That what Trump had said in his telephone chat

Was certainly not quid pro quo, tit for tat."

Sing too-ra-lie-oo-ra-lie-oo-ra-lie-ay!

The info we gather from witnesses lends

Credence to how Giuliani and friends

Went to Ukraine to push forth their plan.

Rudy's Trump's fixer--his new handyman.

If asked to conspire and if you resist

Helping the president, you'll be dismissed.

The stories we're hearing now help to explain

All that occurred overseas in Ukraine.

Sing too-ra-lie-oo-ra-lie-oo-ra-lie-ay!

Republican stories then started to change.

Of course, we are used to that; that's not so strange.

First, they cried, "False accusation! A slur!"

Now they're saying, yes, quid pro quo did occur.

But that's not a problem, Republicans say.

Whatever Trump did, well, that is okay.

Everyone's making a hullabaloo

Over something that clearly all presidents do.

Sing too-ra-lie-oo-ra-lie-oo-ra-lie-ay!
 

Yes, presidents bargain and presidents deal,

And when it occurs it's for our commonweal.

But when his political gain is the goal,

Abusing his power is out of control.

Their strategy now is for them to attack

Witnesses fiercely and not to hold back.

Let us all hope that one day they'll eat crow

For trying to justify Trump's quid pro quo.

Sing too-ra-lie-oo-ra-lie-oo-ra-lie-ay!

-by Bob B (11-6-19)