This song is from the 1959 Broadway musical “Fiorello.” It’s about politics—especially as it related to the former mayor of New York–Fiorello Laguardia. In this song, he ran for Congress as a reformer, trying to upend the Tammany Hall machine. What a surprise when be won. The “politics and poker” crowd who nominated him can’t figure out how he got elected. —PG
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