A US-mocking version of Dominic Behan‘s The Sea Around Us, written by Simon Oak in the first week of Donald Trumps second term as president. The first verse and the first line of the chorus are Dominic’s own.

Lyrics

They say that the lakes of Killarney are fair
No stream like the Liffey could ever compare
If it’s water you want you’ll get nothing more rare
Than the stuff they make down by the ocean

Chorus after every verse:
The sea, oh the sea, oh a ghrá geal mo chroí
Long may it stay between Trumpland and me
The Proud Boys now free by presidential decree
Thank God there’s an ocean between us

In front of the mirror Musk tries a salute
His arm like a Nazi would make him look cute
The outrage will outweigh every other dispute, thank God there’s an …

Out of the gym comes the bold Dana White
Into curly Mark’s office to set Facebook right
The former fact checkers now shout Fight, Fight, Fight! Thank God …

The Mexican Gulf now enjoys its new name
The canal to the Pacific is part of the game
Don Junior loves to see Greenland again, thank God there’s an …

Big tariffs will make poor Americans rich
And Ursula will no longer rob ’em, the bitch
All wars will be ended by the turn of a switch, thank God there’s an …

The news there is free in the hands of the few
And there’s no need know if the stories are true
In Trumpland the voters all know what to do, thank God there’s an …

The Colombian field worker gets a long holiday
And the proud US Army helps her out in one way
Those handcuffs are handy but they caused a delay, thank God …

In a packed private prison in the Land of the Free
Sits the poor refugee with a child on her knee
They’re glad to contribute to the shareholder’s fee, thank God there’s …

Thank God there’s an ocean between us!