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At O'Grady's Erie Bar
in Jackson Heights
Barry, Harry, Larry, and Gary
were known as
The Inebriatos
The bar was
under an elevated subway
and the neighborhood
was partly under
the poverty level
Pops O'Grady
was partly under
the poverty level
Pops O'Grady
set aside a corner table
for the Inebriatos
Barry, Harry, Larry, and Gary
had the blues
and their table
was painted blue
Their table also contained
forty empty bottles
of Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer
After deciding not to smash
the juke box because someone
had just played
twelve times in a row,
the Inebriatos
started talking about
HER
HER
😢 😢😢😢
Barry, Harry, Larry and Gary
Barry, Harry, Larry and Gary
all loved the same girl
The girl
lived in a castle
and regarded the four
nineteen-year-old boys
nineteen-year-old boys
as lower than the dust
beneath her chariot wheels
The castle was in a neighboring town
and the girl's name was
IRIS
The neighboring town was
CORONA
Naturally,
rhyming came easy for
Barry, Harry, Larry, and Gary
and so they sang:
Her parent were doctors
from Arizona
who bought a castle
in Corona
The castle would never be
visited by us
but in it lived a girl
named Iris
Just her name:
it gives us shivers
just to touch her,
we'd donate our livers
Our hearts are broken,
our mouths always cussing
despite always having
Flora from Flushing
What will become
of us
stricken by
the Corona Iris
She don't know
how it feels
to be crushed by
her chariot wheels
What will become
of us
stricken by
the Corona Virus
She don't know
how it feels
to be crushed by
her chariot wheels
What will become
of us
stricken by
the Corona Virus
...
...
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Footnotes
THE ORIGINAL CORONA VIRUS
JACKSON HEIGHTS, NY, 1958
is the copyrighted property
of LCSoL
Especially the lyrics
to the song
I apologize to anyone
offended by geographical liberties
regarding the Borough of Queens
has determined that the castle owned
by the family of Iris Wantagh
morphed into a parking lot
for Shea Stadium
They also determined
Flora from Flushing
became a distinguished
high school principal
in Los Angeles
They also determined
Flora from Flushing
became a distinguished
high school principal
in Los Angeles
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