In Memory of Columbia University

The Night They Drove King’s College Down

(sung to the tune of The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down)

Katrina Armstrong’s the name

And I rode on the #1 train

Then Trump’s Schutzstaffel men came

And they trampled our rights again

Month of March back in ‘25

We were already sick of the jive

By month’s end, Columbia fell

It's a time I remember, oh so well

The night they drove King’s College down

With all the dog whistles ringing

The night they drove King’s College down

And all the fascists were singing

They went, "Na na na na na na.  Nana nana nana nana."

Backed by the Board who assured me

Then one day they called to me

"Katrina, quick, come and see,

You’re gonna sign this decree!"

Now, I didn’t care when they fired Shafik

And I don't care ‘bout the memos they leak

Even to us, half a billion’s real cash

Time comes, we’re all gonna kiss some ass

The night they drove King’s College down

With all the dog whistles ringing

The night they drove King’s College down

And the fascists were singing

They went, " Na na na na na na.  Nana nana nana nana."

Like Charles Wharton before me

I’m a no-show prez

And like the spineless around me

Who when asked, always says

We’re gonna do what’s right, come what may

Unless it looks like we’ll run out of cash before May

I swear by the school below my feet

You can't raise King’s College up

When it’s in defeat

The night they drove King’s College down

With all the dog whistles ringing

The night they drove King’s College down

And the fascists were singing

They went, " Na na na na na na.  Nana nana nana nana."

The night they drove King’s College down

With all the dog whistles ringing

The night they drove King’s College down

And the fascists were singing

They went, " Na na na na na na.  Nana nana nana nana."