Breakfast with Bwana

Breakfast with Bwana

JANUARY 8, 2005

WITH A LITTLE BIT OF BLOOMIN' LUCK:

Prefatory comment: My reaction to the drafting of General Luck to do a review in Iraq, inevitably led to thinking of the wonderful song from My Fair Lady. Herewith my adaptation.


The Lord above gave Dubya a war to fight
So he could go to Iraq and bring freedom
The Lord above gave Dubya a war to fight
But, with a little bit of luck, with a little bit of luck
Iyad Allawi will start to lead them
(With a little bit, with a little bit)
(With a little bit of luck Allawi will start to lead them)

The Lord above made Iraqis for saving
To see if they could be freed from Saddam
The Lord above made Iraqis for saving
But, with a little bit of luck, with a little bit of luck
When election day comes they'll give a damn
(With a little bit, with a little bit)
(With a little bit of luck they'll give a damn)

Oh you can unite the Shia, Sunni and Kurd
But with a little bit of luck they'll get the word



The Shiite sect was made to serve and pray
To share with Sunnis faith and money from oil
The Shiite sect was made to serve and pray
But, with a little bit of luck, with a little bit of luck
The Kurds won't bring it to a boil
(With a little bit, with a little bit)
(With a little bit of luck Kurds won't bring it to a boil)
(With a little bit, with a little bit)
(With a little bit of bloomin' luck)
The Lord above made America to spread freedom
No matter where on land or sea or foam
The Lord above made America to spread freedom
But, with a little bit of luck, with a little bit of luck
NOT FOR ISLAMISTS WITH A MOSQUE AND DOME!!
(With a little bit, with a little bit)
(With a little bit of luck not with mosque and dome)

They're always throwing insurgents at you
But, with a little bit of luck the US can win

Oh it's a crime for us to go nation buildin'
And fill the world with death and doubt
Oh it's a crime for us to go nation buildin'
But, with a little bit of luck, with a little bit of luck
Before the Shiite hits, we'll declare victory and pull out
(With a little bit, with a little bit)
(With a little bit of luck we'll declare victory and pull out)
(With a little bit, with a little bit)
(With a little bit of bloomin' luck)


A government was meant to support its troops
Providing bullets and armor for their tanks
A government was meant to support its troops
But, with a little bit of luck, with a little bit of luck
We'll manage not to deplete their ranks
(With a little bit, with a little bit)
(With a little bit of luck we won't deplete their ranks)

(He doesn't have a clue as to why we're losing)
(A retired General given lots of rope )
(He doesn't have a clue as to why we're losing)
(But, with a little bit of luck, with a little bit of luck)
(He'll dig up the same old dope)
(With a little bit, with a little bit)
(With a little bit of luck it's the same old dope)
(With a little bit, with a little bit)
(With a little bit of bloomin' luck)



Apologies to:

With A Little Bit Of Luck
Stanley Holloway, Gordon Dilworth, and Rod McLennan
Words and Music by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe

-From the Broadway musical "My Fair Lady."

Cheerz... Bwana