The election campaign

Hmmm...African Politics..

Hark hark

The clarions bark

The Johns are coming to town 

To bicker and twitter, to mutter and flutter

Who then will calm us down

Hark hark

The clarions bark

The beggars are coming to town

The greedy, the needy, the beady, the seedy

All here to run us down

Hark hark

The clarions bark

The dredgers are coming to town

To reduce and confuse, to abuse and misuse

O Lord we're going down

Hark hark

The clarions bark

The hackers are coming to town

To plot and corrupt, to fake what is not

Our hope is all locked down 

Reviews

[barleygirl]

This is so awesome, especially since we in the US are also mired in a nasty presidential election which consists of almost NOTHING about issues, but as always, personal attacks & so on. Your bouncy, playful, non-serious approach really brings out the ridiculousness of it all. I love the "hark hark, the clarions bark" . . . normally I don't go for repetition, but in this case, it mimics real life, so we have to hear it out, repetitions & all the other nonsense. I also love "the Johns are coming to town" -- altho I understand from your authors note that the names are "John" . . . but in our country, "Johns" are also how we refer to the men who use prostitutes, so this phrase holds double meaning (& very apt reference). I think this is how most of us feel about politicians & their gyrations.

[Anima Akuffo]

This is about politics in Ghana. The "johns" refer to our past four presidents - each called John. The current one running for president is also called John.