In the height of Hanson mania, it occurred to me to spoof the entire mess with the tune to Monty Python’s I Like Chinese.
[August 1998]
spoken
The Asian world seems absolutely crackers,
With nuclear bombs to blow us all sky high.
There’s Pakistanis sitting on the trigger.
It’s depressing and it’s senseless, and that’s why…
singing
I like Pauline.
I like Pauline.
Although her aides are all obscene,
She is young and sexy and and at least she’s not Green!
I like Pauline.
I like Pauline.
There’s a lot of farmers who are mad as hell.
You’d better listen to them or you’ll suffer as well.
I like Pauline.
I like Pauline.
If you’re not an abo or a slope,
Then she’s sweet and she’s friendly and she’ll fill you with hope.
I like David O.
He watches where the dollars go.
Think of the many sacrifices he’s made:
There’s… falters ummm… errrr…
spoken Oh never mind.
singing again
I like Pauline.
I like Pauline.
I like the whole One Nation score:
Their rallies, their banners, their Young Hansen corps.
I like Hansonites,
The clan those lefty pinkos fight
If Darwin is anything to shout about,
Then not all the apes have got evolving worked out.
So, I like Pauline.
I like Pauline.
Her hair has such an orange sheen,
And she’s plain, and she’s simple, and still likes the Queen.
(All together!)
verse in Hansonese
Wot huh pleez eck s’plein
Wot huh pleez eck s’plein
Wot huh pleez eck s’plein
Goh bak hoem, goh bak hoem, iu slanti ai goox!
Deutschland uber alles.
Deutschland uber alles
Ein volk, ein vaterland, ein reich
It’s beau-ti-ful one day, nineteen fifty the next!
I like Pauline.
I like Pauline.
music stops; spoken Oh, wait a second… No I don’t.