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The John Birch Society Lyrics By The Chad Mitchell Trio

    oh we’re meetin’ at the courthouse at eight o’clock tonight
    you just walk in the door and take the first turn to the right
    be careful when you get there we hate to be bereft
    but we’re takin’ down the names of everybody turnin’ left

    oh we’re the john birch society the john birch society
    here to save our country from a communistic plot
    join the john birch society help us fill the ranks
    to get this movement started we need lots of tools and cranks

    now there’s no one that we’re certain the kremlin doesn’t touch
    we think that westbrook pegler doth protest a bit too much
    we only hail the hero from whom we got our name
    we’re not sure what he did but he’s our hero just the same

    oh we’re the john birch society the john birch society
    socialism is the ism dismalest of all
    join the john birch society there’s so much to do
    have you heard they’re serving vodka at the wctu

    well you’ve heard about the agents that we’ve already named
    well mca has agents that are flauntedly unashamed
    we’re after rosie clooney we’ve gotten pinkie lee
    and the day we get red skelton won’t that be a victory

    oh we’re the john birch society the john birch society
    norman vincent peale may think he’s kidding us along
    but the john birch society knows he spilled the beans
    he keeps on preaching brotherhood but we know what he means

    4
    we’ll teach you how to spot ’em in the cities or the sticks
    for even jasper junction is just full of bolsheviks
    the cia’s subversive and so’s the fcc
    there’s no one left but thee and we and we’re not sure of thee

    4
    oh we’re the john birch society the john birch society
    here to save our country from a communistic plot
    join the john birch society holding off the reds
    we’ll use our hand and hearts and if we must we’ll use our heads

    5
    do you want justice warren for your commissar
    do you want mrs krushchev in there with the dar
    you cannot trust your neighbor or even next of kin
    if mommie is a commie then you gotta turn her in

    5
    oh we’re the john birch society the john birch society
    fighting for the right to fight the right fight for the right
    join the john birch society as we’re marching on
    and we’ll all be glad to see you when we’re meeting in the john
    in the john in the john birch society

    Artist: The Chad Mitchell Trio

    Year: 1962

    Decade: 60s

    Language: en

    Word Count: 244