Zach Sherwin
Mussolini Miscellany
[Intro]
Bongiorno, party people!
It's your man Napkins
With the rap jams
That can get a 20th century European history fan's hands clappin'!
Lights, camera, action!

[Verse 1]
From 1922 until 1943
Benito Mussolini was the dictator of Italy
Known as Il Duce and founder of the Fascists
He signed a pact with Hitler and fought with the Axis
But Italy was little-equipped for the conflict
They lost the war, the people were despondent
They blamed Mussolini for their woes and destitution
So after they deposed him, they chose to execute him
Now I could give you lots of dry Mussolini details
But man, I keep it poppin' for my fellas and my females
Don't want to bore you with the info that I give ya
So let's get this party started with some Mussolini trivia

[Chorus]
Mussolini miscellany
He's so freaky, he's so crazy
Got that Fascist Party started
Let's get this party started
So move your boo-tay
While I groove ya with minutiae
'Bout that dude they called Il Duce, baby
Mussolini miscellany
[Verse 2]
Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini
He's got four names when he's introduced completely
So his initials are B-A-A-M
And that's kinda fun, 'cause it sorta spells "BAM!"
Now Mussolini liked to eat Italian cuisini
No sushi, no tacos, no hummus and tahini
He liked chicken tetrazzini, linguini, and fettuccine
And zucchini; rhyming in Italian's very easy
And the Duce was a cat-lovin' fella
With a pet lion cub that he called Italia Bella
He brought her with him on his morning drive every day
And they'd go roam around Rome in his Alfa Romeo
He liked downhill skiing, his height was five-seven
He stabbed two kids by the age of eleven
And if I rubbed a magic lamp and it produced a genie
I'd wish to be as neato as Benito Mussolini
Oh!

[Chorus]
Mussolini miscellany
He's so freaky, wild, and zany
Killed off his opposition
It's on and poppin', listen
Just move your boo-tay
While I tell you what was kooky
Strange, and goofy 'bout Il Duce, baby
Mussolini miscellany
[Verse 3]
His favorite cocktail, which made him quite the merry chap
Was Chianti mixed with sherbet, a strawberry frappe
And all Italians knew that was his signature libation
So after World War II, it had some bad associations
I read that a man in a restaurant was once killed as a traitor
By a mob of angry Mussolini haters because
He asked a waiter to bring him one of those berry-juice-a-tinis
I guess you pay your dues when you booze like Mussolini
And Mussolini really liked to use the Musso-weenie
He talked a lotta ladies into losing their bikini
He even had a lover at his side when he died
They were fleeing for their lives in 1945
But they were caught and shot and brought to a plaza
Where a crowd of people beat their bloody bodies like piñatas
Hung from the ankles, dangled from the noose obscenely
You're two kinds of screwed when you're seduced by Mussolini
Oh!

[Chorus]
Mussolini miscellany
He is a strange one, ain't he?
He governed Italy shittily
So move your boo-tay
While I tell you 'bout that Duce
Who was so ill that they called him Il Duce
[Outro]
Mussolini! Started fascism in nineteen-nineteeny
Mussolini! Was the leader of an oppressive regimey
Mussolini! He invaded Ethiopia and poison-gassed the people
Yo, Napkins, was that cruel of him? Extremely
Mussolini! Was the ally of the Nazis in a treaty
Mussolini! He deported Jews in yarmulkes and beanies
Mussolini! Was remembered as a tyrant and a meanie
But he had two pet dogs named Charlie and Pitini
Aww!
Bam! That's Mussolini miscellany
That's right, y'all, it's Mussolini miscellany
Fascism, my nizm