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Singing the late Klamath water blues

Klamath Falls Herald and News

Letter to the Editor

April 16, 2009

Sitting around waiting for irrigation waters, thinking maybe I’ve got the late water blues.

That sounds like a country song title?

Maybe it’s time the Klamath Basin has a theme song denoting our water woes. The police have made their song “Bad boys, Bad boys” quite popular.

Ours could go like this: “I hear that old Klamath roaring, taking our water out to sea, singing those late water blues.
 
“The big bucket has a hole in it; ain’t no water here for me; Just singing those late water blues.

“You can hear those old hydros whining please don’t dynamite me.

“The deep well pumps are grinding and grumbling, why you picking on me?”

Maybe the Herald and News and KLAD could get behind this and shepherd it through the system. Make a contest out of it. Maybe readers could submit verses to the paper. It needs to be kept in good humor, but I think its time has come.

I know a couple of people who have produced country music, Bill Middlebrooks of Merrill and Gavin Rajnus of Malin. They might take a shot.

I’m sure KLAD would give it a spin if it has merit, and it may gain legs nationally due to past publicity.

It needs something about government agencies, Indian tribes and environmentalists. Those folks don’t always have a sense of humor, but they can get use to it.

We also need to mention sucker fish, the Endangered Species Act, off-Project water users, headgates, and of course, the Bureau of Reclamation. Obama’s Bureau for at least the next four years.

Warren Haught 

Klamath Falls
 

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