Our beloved publisher entered the offices of The Martin Chronicles Saturday morning. He was greeted by two reporters who told him their work was inspired by his off-hand comment that Martin's personal-and now City-Attorney Toad V. McMurtry "must feel like he struck oil" with all of the money he is making off Villa Hills' taxpayers.
The reporters asked if they could show their work. Given permission, one picked up a guitar and the other a banjo and performed a song they had written to the tune of the Flatt and Scruggs classic "The Ballad of Jed Clampett". Please feel free to sing along.
The Ballad
of Toad V. McMurtry
Come and
listen to my story ‘bout a man named Toad
Gone to work
a lawyerin’ for a major pant load
Makin' tons of
cash ‘cause he don’t work for free
Fills up
his sack with stacks of money
(Taxpayer
money that is)
Well the
next thing ya know Toad’s tellin’ us what he thinks
People
everywhere say that surely stinks
But that don’t
matter, as all can plainly see
‘Cause no
matter how bad it gets, Toad gets his money.
(Benjamin’s
that is. Long green. Major cash.)
Soon hope
we get to say goodbye to Toad and all his pals
We’d surely
like to thank you all for readin’ all the while.
You’re all
invited to the polls on next year's November Four
To send Toad
and his gang out that City Buildin' door.
(Branch Norwoodians, that’s what they call ‘em now.
Ya’ll don’t
come back now, ya hear?)
We think the song is sure to be a hit. Well, at least it had the entire staff laughing all weekend.
Now get back to work!!!
