Little Wheel Spin and Spin....

So I attended my sister's wedding down in Richmond, and for those of you who know me well, you understand the great expression of affection it is towards my sister that I did not open my trap and give a speech that I'm sure would have mortified her, Charles, and the rest of the "flock". The following is meant as no disrespect to Virginia or Charles, who I think make a fine pair and have a great future ahead of them, despite the surrounding hokum of a Southern Baptist ceremony that flies in the face of everything I hold to be true and good. I am pained to realize that this probably will be taken as disrespect, but all I can hope for is the understanding of the difference of letting it out here, versus letting it out at the ceremony itself and making a scene.

Buffy Sainte-Marie sums up my feeling about those who buy into all that. The recorded track is a little sharper sounding than this. I hope this video stays up for a while, however I strongly encourage purchasing her music, particularly this song. Lyrics after...



Little Wheels Spin and Spin Big wheels turn around & around (4x)

1. Merry Christmas Jingle Bells
Christ is born and the devil’s in hell
hearts they shrink Pockets swell
Everybody know and nobody tell

Little Wheels Spin and Spin Big wheels turn around & around (4x)

2. Oh the sins of Caesar’s men
cry the pious citizens
who petty thieve the 5 & 10s
and the big wheels turn around and around

Little Wheels Spin and Spin Big wheels turn around & around (4x)

3. Blame the angels, blame the fates,
Blame the Jews or your sister Kate
Teach your children how to hate
and the big wheels turn around and around

Little Wheels Spin and Spin Big wheels turn around & around (4x)

4. Turn your back on weeds you’ve hoed
silly sinful seeds you’ve sowed
Add your straw to the camel’s load
Pray like hell when your world explode

Little Wheels Spin and Spin Big wheels turn around & around (4x)

5. Swing your girl fiddler say
Later on the piper pay
Do see do, swing and sway
Dead will dance on judgement day

Little Wheels Spin and Spin Big wheels turn around & around (4x)