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iluvtennis

(21,582 posts)
Fri Jul 17, 2026, 06:38 PM 3 hrs ago

In 1941, Irving Berlin wrote this song as a protest piece against Hitler

It was a song to give people hope that someday the monster will be dead and gone...

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We need a revival of this song for the orange cretin occupying the people's house.
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In 1941, Irving Berlin wrote this song as a protest piece against Hitler (Original Post) iluvtennis 3 hrs ago OP
Here's a link to the sheet music if you want to learn it. Ocelot II 3 hrs ago #1
Rec every time it's posted, can't see it too many times these days Warpy 2 hrs ago #3
Nice. usonian 2 hrs ago #2
Originally recorded by Glenn Miller & Orchestra. . . DinahMoeHum 1 hr ago #4
I love it Racygrandma 1 hr ago #5

Ocelot II

(132,131 posts)
1. Here's a link to the sheet music if you want to learn it.
Fri Jul 17, 2026, 06:44 PM
3 hrs ago
https://www.sheetmusicsinger.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/When-That-Man-Is-Dead-and-Gone-1941.pdf

To make the song timely we can just change the lyrics in the last four measures on p. 4 as follows:

Some fine day the news will blare
Satan with peculiar hair

Warpy

(114,827 posts)
3. Rec every time it's posted, can't see it too many times these days
Fri Jul 17, 2026, 07:46 PM
2 hrs ago

and the words will be easy to update, like

One fine day the news will break

That the big fat orange fake

His bargain went so wrong

Now that he's dead and gone.

and I'm sure other people can do much better than that.

usonian

(27,595 posts)
2. Nice.
Fri Jul 17, 2026, 07:18 PM
2 hrs ago

Here are two renditions of Spike Jones "In the Fuhrer's face"



Contemporary version.
Timely!
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Original (nice)
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