The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, "The Rascal King" from Let's Face It (The Last Angry Rude Boy)
Skammentary: "The Rascal King" charted at № 7, proving that The Mighty Mighty Bosstones are not, in point of fact, "one-hit wonders." ("The Impression That I Get," the debut single from Let's Face It, reached № 1.)
Unbeknownst 'til these latter days, the eponymous rascal king was crooked Boston politician James Michael Curley (1874-1958), who served five months of his fourth term as mayor of Boston in federal prison for mail fraud. The epitome of corrupt Democratic machine politics, Curley also served as governor of Massachusetts, United States representative, & Massachusetts state representative. I'm no longer a Republican, but that doesn't mean I've lost any of my disdain for Democrats.
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