Lannie Rose
1 min readSep 25, 2023

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There's a song called, South America, Take It Away that Bing Crosby and the Andrews sisters used to sing, with sacroilliac in the lyrics:

South America, Take It Away!

Up here in the land of the hot dog stand

The atom bomb and the Good Humor Man

We think our South American neighbors are grand

We love 'em to beat the band

South America, babaloo, babaloo, ayyiyi, babaloo

One favor you can do, ayyiyi, you can do

You beautiful lands below, don't know what you began

To put it plainly, I'm tired of shakin'

To that Pan American plan

Take back your Samba, ay, your Rumba, ay, your Conga, ayyiyi

I can't keep movin', ay, my chassis, ay, any longer, ayyiyi

Now maybe Latins, ay, in their middles, ay, are built stronger, ayyiyi

But all this takin' to the quakin' and this makin' with the shakin'

Leaves me achin', olé

First shake around and settle there

Then you shake around and settle here

Then you shake around and settle there

That's enough, that's enough, take it back

My spine's outta whack, there's a strange click, clack

In the back of my Sacroiliac

...and much more...

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Lannie Rose
Lannie Rose

Written by Lannie Rose

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