New Times, New Rhymes

 
Here's an old scout camp song, just the way I remember it from my youth... well, maybe I revised it a bit to reflect current events...

           Old Scout Camp Song

         Updated For New Times

There's a hole in the bottom of the sea,
There's a hole in the bottom of the sea,
There's a hole,
There's a hole,
There's a hole in the bottom of the sea!

There's a drill in the hole in the bottom of the sea,
There's a drill in the hole in the bottom of the sea,
There's a drill,
There's a drill,
There's a drill in the hole in the bottom of the sea!

There's a pipe on the drill in the hole in the bottom of the sea,
(etc.) ...

There's some oil in the pipe on the drill in the hole in the bottom of the sea,
(etc.) ...

There's a leak of the oil in the pipe on the drill in the hole in the bottom of the sea,
(etc.) ...

There's a spark at the leak of the oil in the pipe on the drill in the hole in the bottom of the sea,
(etc.) ...

There's a BOOM! at the spark at the leak of the oil in the pipe on the drill in the hole in the bottom of the sea,
(etc.) ...

There's a slick from the BOOM! at the spark at the leak of the oil in the pipe on the drill in the hole in the bottom of the sea,
(etc.) ...

There's a beach 'neath the slick from the BOOM! at the spark at the leak of the oil in the pipe on the drill in the hole in the bottom of the sea,
(etc.) ...

There's a bird on the beach 'neath the slick from the BOOM! at the spark at the leak of the oil in the pipe on the drill in the hole in the bottom of the sea,
(etc.) ...

(And if BP and Halliburton get their way, once again...)

There's a hole in the bottom of the sea,
There's a hole in the bottom of the sea,
There's a hole,
There's a hole,
There's a hole in the bottom of the sea!

- Steve Bates