THE BALLAD OF THE WALL - (Parody of) The Battle of New Orleans | Don Caron

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Comments by Chris Joosse from Quora

The idea of a wall at the border presupposes that walking across the border is how illegal immigration occurs. But it’s not how that works. The majority of people who live in the US without documentation came legally on a temporary visa, and just stayed.

A wall doesn’t fix that. These people never walked across a border, they flew in or crossed at border points of entry- legally.

The point of the wall was never to stop immigration, it was only ever to conjure a picture of America humiliating Mexico, by “making them pay for it”. And Trump’s base ate it up, they loved the idea of mighty America sticking it to Mexico.

LYRICS TO THE BALLAD OF THE WALL
Lyrics by Don Caron - Music: "The Eighth of January" (Old American fiddle tune).

In 2018 they plan a little trip
to plug up all the leaks along the southern border strip.
They plan to surprise ‘em and to make a big arrest
cause the president he told ‘em that they didn’t send their best

They passed some laws but illegals kept a comin'.
There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago.
They gathered ‘em up and started to deport ‘em
down to the border and back to Mexico.

They gathered a militia and they named it after ice
Wanted to be positive it didn’t sound too nice
They searched in the churches and the schools and the mall
And the president announced that he was gonna build a wall.

The prez made rules but the courts overturned ‘em.
He was ill-convinced that illegals had to go.
He made some threats and that was disconcertin’
So they headed for the border and back to Mexico.

You’d think we’d see why we wouldn’t want a wall
Those people pay their taxes, 12 billion all in all.
They pick all the fruit and the veggies from the field
It’s pretty clear they end up on the raw end of the deal

But the spread some lies, try to make em look like bad guys
sayin’ that they’re criminals and on the public dole
When it comes to fake news that one gets the grand prize
Always change reality to fit the current goal

Well we chase em through the briars
and we chase em through the brambles
‘cause we need someone to blame when our economy is slow
We’d better face the fact that our thinking is in shambles
And our problems ain't coming from a place called Mexico.

Now the fruit is hanging in the bushes and the trees
and the farmers are a beggin’ won’t someone pick it please
billions of dollars just a rottin’ on the ground
and the gringos won’t do it - not a single worker found

I wonder what we’ll do when they all just stop a comin'
They handle all the jobs that we refuse to do
Best of luck to you if it’s a farm that your runnin'
'cause chances are you’re never gonna find another crew.

Well we chased em through the briars
and we chased em through the brambles
And why we wanna do that I guess I’ll never know
We’d better face the fact that our thinking is in shambles
And our problems ain't coming from a place called Mexico.

History of the Original Song - The Battle of New Orleans

Most people who know and love the iconic tune "The Battle of New Orleans," believe it was written by folk singer Johnny Horton, who made it famous when it hit number one on the charts in 1959. The person who actually penned the lyric was singer/songwriter James Corbitt Morris (1907-1998). His stage-name was Jimmy Driftwood and he was best known for his songs "The Battle of New Orleans" and "Tennessee Stud."  He wrote over 6,000 songs and more than 300 of them were recorded and released by other artists.

The melody for "The Battle of New Orleans" is based on an American fiddle-tune titled "The 8th of January," which was the date of the Battle of New Orleans.

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