1669-27 Social, Society, & Local News 1927-1945 1
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SO I AM THE MAYOR • :<
TUNE:IF I WERE A RICH MAN
So I am the Mayor, of a deedle, daidle, digguh, digguh,
deedle, daidle town.
No respect. They treat me like a clown, not Mayor
of Miami Beach.
Everyone's mishugeh, in my deedle, daidle, digguh, dugguh,
deedle, daidle town.
Let me tell you, it is not a cinch, being Mayor of Miami Beach.
I spend my evenings, weekends stuck at Bar Mitzvahs,
holding babies for a bris _
And selling bonds for Israel is a chore. • . . -,-
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And all that chicken, lox and bagels at lunches
run by Hadassah, I could miss. -
/ And seeing Elliot Roosevelt is a bore.
You heard what Novack did to poor Sammy Davis, ,
a nice little shvartze Jewish boy -
Poor Hank Meyer hasn't got Gleason here. -
We keep on paying him his 35 thousand, ,
permanently in our employ,
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But what he does for it, it Isn't clear.
We got a swinging image, Hefner and the Bunnies swung -.•
• with the Chamber at the Club,
We zone highrise with no more land to seek. . '
Gone with the beaches and parks and fishes in the ocean.
Oy did we ever flub the dub. \ ,
Gordon Cooper's house is up the creek. 7 .
Cliff O'Key says thank heaven for Councilman Lee Powell. ;.
Have you ever seen our council?They really love me so. I /
Oh shut up, Mayor Dermer. Drop dead, Mayor Dermer.
While I try to fix their booboos day by day. -
Boy oh boy, boy oh boy, boy oh boy. "
Move the sewers to Interama. No more dough Miss Universe.
Ducoff is a dumdopf, so's his friend.
Magnes don't know why tenants are in revolt. i -
The rents only double once a year.
And Jesse Weiss and I love a friendly stab. .
We want the Old Guard and the Demo conventions.
Oh yes, we want to have 'em here. -
Just as long as Miami pays the tab. , -
That's why I'm the mayor, of a deedle, daidle, digguh, I • _
l digguh, deedle, daidle town.
\Show respect. Don't treat me like a clown. I'm Mayor
of Miami Beach.
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Re-Opening friday, Oct. 1st .
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for our 59th year t
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