Just watched Our Nixon on CNN, and my favourite part was this little rag at the end! A cute little ditty by sung by Barbara Foster and written by Myron Ace, its theme denounces the Washington/political tourist crowd that bombarded San Clemente after Richard Nixon moved to San Clemente’s coastal hamlet and bought the Cotton’s estate. To this day the home is still known as the Western White House.
I don’t think this song has ever gotten the attention it just got now on CNN! I get the feeling it’s gonna be sung a lot more often now with its catchy chorus of “Mr Nixon, you’re to blame” and Nixon’s image associated with the Watergate Scandal that seemed like everybody around Nixon went to jail for except Nixon.
Mr Nixon, you’re to blame… Mr Nixon you’re to blame…
I just got hooked on that tune after viewing Our Nixon on CNN. As everyone else
Do you know the lyrics or where could I find it?
Unfortunately, I don’t. I can’t believe it’s not online somewhere! However, I think the singing is clear enough that if you listened and wrote it down phrase by phrase, you’d be able to get it.
Yeah, impossible to find it on the web and as a non native speaker, if you don’t get some parts, the understandig is compromised.
Remind me later this week and I’ll try to get it for you then. I’m a bit swamped with work and stuff for the next few days. Not just a 2 minute listen and type for me. Not that fast. 🙂
Thank you very much. It’s just a kind of related historic curiosity. You don’t have to have all this work.
Here you go, Marcos. Enjoy!
https://digitalcitizen.ca/2016/09/19/lyrics-for-san-clementes-not-the-same-mr-nixon-youre-to-blame-by-barbara-foster/