THE BOOK OF DAMN
YANKEES
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE BOOK OF MANIFEST DESTINY
The Yanks invent rock ’n ’roll
Chapter 144
The Yanks also had a lot of music to talk about,
2Since they had just invented something,
3Something not quite respectable,
4fSomething that maybe wasn’t completely okay,
5gSomething called rock ’n ’roll,
6Which a lot of Yanks didn’t understand,
7And therefore hated,
8Which is the American Way,
9hNot to mention the fact that it probably came from black people,
10Because it was so suggestive about,
11You know,
12iSex,
13Which wasn’t allowed in jAmerica during the Eisenhower administration,
14Because it might wake up Ike.
15And so it came about that the Yanks had a bunch of new stars,
16kWith names like Chuck Berry,
17lAnd Elvis Presley,
18mAnd Pat Boone,
19Which would change the world someday,
20In the not too distant future.
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