[Leica] A Few Words from Stan Freberg

[jshul at comcast.net (Jim Shulman)]

>From Stan Freberg's 

Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America (1961)

 

"Everybody Wants to be an Art Director"

 

A Song with Besty Ross http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/flaglife.html and
George Washington http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington 

 

George:

Look at the colors you chose 
The best you could do I suppose 
A peppermint stripe with royal blue 
The same as the British colors too 
Now how will we tell whose side is who? 
Look at the colors you chose 
Why couldn't it have been puce 
Lavender over chartreuse 
Or possibly some exotic shade 
A delicate orange, mauve, or jade 
Instead of the choice that has been made 
Why couldn't it have been possibly cinnamon 



Betsy:

Everybody wants to be an art director 
Everybody wants to call the shots 
Everybody wants to be a flag dissector 
Changing all my stars to polka dots 
Everybody thinks that they're the final word 
On what is strictly out and what is in 
Howdja like a flag that features fleur-de-lis 
On ochre corrugated tin!