What A Friend We Have in Rhoda!

(Sung, fervently, to: What a Friend We Have in Jesus)



What a friend we have in Rhoda

What a leader! What a boss!

Giving twice what is required,

Double talk and double-cross.

See her gang of toadies 'round her

Grabbing all that they can take,

See her march out on her mission

Upright, straight as any snake.



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What a friend we have in Rhoda!

Any fool can plainly see

When you have a friend like Rhoda

You don't need an enemy.



Mouthing liberal convictions,

Tho' of principles bereft,

She's politically dyslexic

Veering right while speaking left.

Loyal supporters, faithful comrades

She leaves bleeding in the dust,

As she charges madly onward

Seeking unions she can bust.



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Just to scratch her itch for power,

She is toiling, night and day,

Giving old Consumers Union

Brand-new, shiny feet of clay.

The poor and homeless have her weeping

Tears like any crocodile,

Don't expect that help's forthcoming

That just isn't Rhoda's style.



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Note: A song that arose from a recent, but bitter, labor dispute

in which Rhoda H. Karpatkin, Executive Director of formerly-

liberal, formerly pro-Labor Consumers Union did a pretty fair job

of union-busting. This odd situation created the odder one of seeing

Consumers Union make the AFL/CIO boycott list twice in four years.

Written by Richard Greenhaus



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