Susan Senator

Here’s a parody I came up with while riding my bike today. Inspired by budget difficulties for our state agencies under EOHHS (Executive Office of Health and Human Services), it’s called “Old Deval,” (our governor) and it is sung to the tune of “Old MacDonald had a farm.”

But first, here’s a glossary:

1) DDS = Department of Developmental Services  (under the aegis of EOHHS, along with Mass Rehabilitation and Mass Department of Mental Health)

2) ID = Intellectual Disability

3) Aspie = Person with Asperger’s

4) ASD = Autism Spectrum Disorder

And now, on with the song!

Old Deval had to fund E-O-H-H-S:

He had to fund the DDS …

E-O-H-H-S

With some ID her and some Aspies there

Here ASD, there ASD, everywhere ASD

Old Deval had to fund E-O-H-H-S

 

He had to fund Mass Rehab…

E-O-H-H-S

With no job coach here and no support staff there

Here a cut, there a cut

Everywhere the budget’s cut

Old Deval had to fund E-O-H-H-S

He had to fund Mental Health…

E-O-H-H-S

With some stigma here, and no nurse care

Where’s the home, nowhere’s the home

So that is why the street’s their home,

no job coach here, no support staff there

Here a cut, there a cut, everywhere the budget’s cut

ID here and Aspies there

Here ASD, there ASD there, Everyone’s got ASD

Old Deval had to fund… E-O-H-H-S!