WHEN CHILDREN SING TO DEAR LEADERS… S. C. Dixon

When first I heard the sinister “Kids Sing Obama” video it struck a chord with me about another such recital which I have included below. I think it is somewhat spooky how accurate Mr. Orwell has been in his writing.

But first, the lyrics to the little ditty so rousingly recorded in February at a public school (B. Bernice Young Elementary School, Burlington, NJ), and organized by Ms. Charisse Carney-Nunes, author of I Am Barack Obama.

Mmm, mmm, mmm

Barack Hussein Obama

He said we must all lend a hand

To make this Country strong again

Mmm, mmm, mmm

Barack Hussein Obama

He said? we must be fair today

Equal work means equal pay

Mmm, mmm, mmm

Barack Hussein Obama

He said we all must take a stand

To make sure everyone gets a chance

Mmm, mmm, mmm

Barack Hussein Obama

He said red, yellow, black, or white,

All are equal in his sight

Mmm, mmm, mmm

Barack Hussein Obama

Yes, mmm, mmm, mmm

Barack Hussein Obama

While they are certainly noting much alike, these words and those below seem to me to share a kindred spirit.

And now, a passage from ANIMAL FARM, by George Orwell:

“The general feeling on the farm was well expressed in a
poem entitled Comrade Napoleon, which was composed by Minimus and which ran as follows:

Friend of fatherless!
Fountain of happiness!
Lord of the swill-bucket! Oh, how my soul is on
Fire when I gaze at thy
Calm and commanding eye,
Like the sun in the sky,
Comrade Napoleon!

Thou are the giver of
All that thy creatures love,
Full belly twice a day, clean straw to roll upon;
Every beast great or small
Sleeps at peace in his stall,
Thou watchest over all,
Comrade Napoleon!

Had I a sucking-pig,
Ere he had grown as big
Even as a pint bottle or as a rolling-pin,
He should have learned to be
Faithful and true to thee,
Yes, his first squeak should be
“Comrade Napoleon!”

Napoleon approved of this poem and caused it to be inscribed on the wall of the big barn, at the opposite end from the Seven Commandments. It was surmounted by a portrait of Napoleon, in profile, executed by Squealer in
white paint.”