Anyone remember the old Mad Magazine article "Who Killed The Country?"

[Aristus]

It was back in the late seventies or early eighties and was a riff on "Who Killed Cock Robin?" Some of the great verses were (and this is all from memory here, folks) :

Who killed the country?
We, said the people
Standing idly by,
while we watched it die
We killed the country

Who ignored its cry?
I, said the Congress
Once I got elected,
problems I neglected
I ignored its cry

Who watched it drown?
I said the conglomerate
Hawking junk and trash
With a great big splash
I watched it drown

Who wrung its neck?
I, said the Slum
With the rope I knotted
While the cities rotted
I wrung its neck

Who called the morgue?
I, said the phone company
Someone's died, I said
Then the line went dead
I called the Morgue.

Anyone else remember this article and any additional verses?

Thanks.

[Tummler]

1. I remember!

Man, I need to dig up some of my late '70s MAD Magazines ...

[Aristus]

2. Remember any of the verses?

The more I think about it, the more relevant it becomes to me.

[Tummler]

3. Found the whole thing on someone's blog

Wish I knew the issue number so I could easily look it up . . . I can still visualize some of the artwork for this piece.

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Who killed the Country?
"We," said the people-
"Standing idly by
While we watched it die.
We killed the Country."

Who clogged its lungs?
"I," said the factory-
"Spewing out my smoke
Till I heard it choke,
I clogged its lungs."

Who heard it gasp?
"I," said the hospital-
"Once it got my bill,
It grew deathly ill.
I heard it gasp."

Who struck it down?
"I," said the union-
"Like a driving blast of thunder,
Driving small firms under.
I struck it down."

Who warped it's brain?
"I," said the network-
"With my shows designed
For a pre-school mind.
I warped its mind."

Who pierced it's heart?
"I," said the bank-
"Ruthlessly I bled it
With my easy credit.
I pierced its heart."

Who held the knife?
"I," said the court-
"Setting muggers free
When they copped a plea.
I held the knife."

Who ignored its cry?
"I," said the congress-
"Once I got elected,
Problems I neglected.
I ignored its cry."

Who broke its bones?
"I," said the conglomerate-
"Crushing competition
Worsened its condition.
I broke its bones."

Who wrung its neck?
"I," said the slum-
"With the rope I knotted
While the cities rotted.
I wrung its neck."

Who carried it off?
"I," said the auto-maker-
"In my car I hauled it
Till the plant recalled it.
I carried it off."

Who watched it drown?
"I," said the ad agency-
"Hawking junk and trash
With a great big splash.
I watched it drown."

Who spread the news?
"I," said the post office-
"True a month had passed,
Still, for me that's fast.
I spread the news."

Who called the morgue?
"I," said the phone company-
"'Someone's died,' I said,
Then the line went dead.
I called the morgue."

[Aristus]

5. Wow. It's as good as I remembered it.

Someone posted the whole thing on a blog, huh? Great piece.

[MarianJack]

4. I Don't Remember that...

... but I remember the "Alfred E Neuman '68" slogan. "You could do worse. You always have!".

That fits the last 3+ years to an absolute T!