Yellow Banana
[Authors note: This was written around 4 weeks ago; the result of 48 hours of shock and anger following an Honest Penman being "put into the 'Pen'". ]
“Yellow Banana” (with apologies to the Beatles…)
In this island where we’re STILL being torn
Lived one man wrote a tale of Truth, you see.
But THEY took 20 years of his life
In this land of a Banana Republic
So they sailed on (the King; & his Princes & sons)
(Will they never be downed by the spineless Party of Green?)
but those Blues live on, enjoying the people’s waves
In their yellow banana ……..
We all live in their yellow banana
Yellow banana, yellow banana
We all live in our yellow banana
Yellow banana, yellow banana
And THEIR friends are all aboard
(Half the island just scared or bored –
Many more just lie to the next doors)
So please understand, I’m begging, what I say:
THEY all thrive in this yellow banana …
Yellow banana …, yellow banana …
THEY all connive in this yellow banana …
Yellow banana …, yellow banana …
{Full cheat ahead Mrs. Boatswain[*], full cheat ahead
Full cheat ahead it is, Mah’ King.
Cut the Internet Cable, stop the Writers who’re Able
Aye, aye, Raja Thuma,
aye, aye Princes & Mah’ King}
And they live a life of ease,
Most of us fooled by their false Royal creed
(‘tho 300,000 have little to feed)
Sickly sky of Blue and spineless sea of Green
(Sky of chee chee Blue, sea of weak watery Green)
In our yellow banana
(In our yellow banana; AHO)
We all live in their yellow banana
Their yellow banana, yellow banana
We all live in our yellow banana
Our yellow banana, yellow banana
We’re all crying in this yellow banana
Yellow banana, yellow banana
We’re all dying in this yellow banana
Yellow banana, yellow banana
(// Rep-eat Rep-ublic)
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[* Boatswain = "officer on a ship responsible for RIGGING"...]
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Last night I nearly died,
I nearly died of laughter,
I’ll never, ever watch the news,
On Rupavahini here after!
I’ll tell those morons in charge,
How ‘Rupavahini News’ nearly caused my death!
There should be a ‘Surgeon Generals WARNING!’
“Rupavahini News may be harmful to your health!”
President Bean – erm was the news hilarious for a particular reason specific to that bulletein, or are you referring to the general comic relief that the Rupavahini news generates?
Na, Na, Na, Na…Na, Na,Na,Na…Hey,Hey,Hey…Goodbye!
smoulderingjin…just the general comic relief.
hey…u should also listen to ‘Apay Ratta Yanna Attha’ on SLBC radio every morning at 8.30 am. I got a hernia listening to it.
….thanks to Sun Tzu…i’m learning to know my enemy every morning…try listening in the morning…but call Celynco…before you do.
First they banned the sale of meat,
and I didn’t speak up, because I was a vegetarian.
Then they banned the sale of alcohol,
and I didn’t speak up, because I was a teetotaler.
When they shut down movie theatres,
I didn’t speak up, because I had a DVD at home.
When they censored television and blocked the internet,
I didn’t speak up, because I didn’t watch T.V. or browse the web.
When they killed the ‘Leader,’
I didn’t speak up, because I read the ‘Daily Noise.’
When they imprisoned Tamils on suspicion of being terrorists,
I didn’t speak up, because I was not a Tamil.
When they shooed away the beggers and bashed up the gays,
I didn’t speak up, because I was neither gay nor a begger.
When they put away the prostitutes,
I didn’t speak up, because I was a married man who stayed cloistered at home.
I didn’t raise my voice, I didn’t make a fuss.
It’s funny there was no one left to notice, when they came for me!
brilliant satirical verse by Mr Bean. we desperately need more humour to keep our sanity in this crazy sri lanka
President Bean
Thanks, for a delightful post..
A funny take on the fast and furious deterioration of the basic human rights in Sri Lanka..
A bit sad ..but peppered with a great humor, I LOL a lot.. hilarious !!!!! !:)