Good Going, Nancy!

(This poem can be sung to the melody of "Go Go Go, Joseph" from JOSEPH AND HIS AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tze325xsYd4

 

(Narrator)

Nancy P. was looking to

Investigate what happened here

Back on a fateful winter day--

On January 6 this year.

 

(The People)

Hey, Nancy, you're doing what you must.

We want a probe that is robust.

 

Good going, Nancy, do not shy away.

Get to the cause of what happened that day.

Please don't stop, Nancy. You should find out

What the insurgence was really about.

 

(Narrator)

A group that was bipartisan

Was Nancy's goal--was Nancy's plan.

But she found resistance from

Kevin M.--the hatchet man.

 

(The People)

Hey, Nancy, he wants to derail

Everything, for he wants you to fail.

 

So she received from McCarthy some names.

He was intent on still playing his games.

One was Jim Jordan, the worst of the lot;

Another Jim Banks, to spoil the pot.

 

(Nancy P.)

Sorry, guys, but you have proved

That you're not worthy of this task.

I want people willing to

Be serious. That's all I ask.

 

(Narrator)

First, Jim Jordan hoped that he could prove

That Nancy here had made an unfair move.

 

(Jim Jordan)

Investigations like this are a sham.

If you don't want me, I don't give a damn.

If you ask me, I have known all along

That having this probe is both outrageous and wrong.

 

(Nancy P.)

Sorry that you feel that way,

So go back to what you were doing.

But studying attacks on our

Democracy is worth pursuing.

 

(Narrator)

Then Jim Banks stood up to speak his mind.

He and Jordan had been closely aligned.

 

(Jim Banks)

You have made this a partisan mess.

You're doing nothing but causing distress.

Forget all the riots; why can't we move on?

For me it is all just one giant yawn.

 

(Nancy P.)

How bizarre that you both live

In alternate realities.

Too bad that the two of you

Can't see the forest for the trees.

 

You are dangerous; it's clear to see.

I think that most people would agree.

 

(The People)

Don't worry, Nancy, you've done what is right.

Stick to your guns and don't give up the fight.

What those two men have done is quite clear:

Each one of them has his head up his rear.

 

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah…

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah…

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,

Yeah, yeah, yeah, Nancy, you've done what is right.

Stick to your guns and don't give up the fight.

What those two men have done is quite clear:

Each one of them has his head up his rear.

His head up his rear…

His head up his rear…

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!

 

-by Bob B (7-25-21)