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America
David R. Slavitt
God bless mairzy doats
land of salagadoola
stand beside her
and chi-lawa kook-a la goombah
through the night
with a Bah-da- rah-da- boom-foo- dee-ay
from above.
from the hibbidy-gits
to the chickory-chick
to the ting tang walla walla bing bang
white with foam,
God bless my filla-da- gush, filla-ma- rusha,
my chi-baba, chi-wawa, sweet home.