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The Almighty never created a fairer jewel for Mother Earth than Crater Lake.

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The following song was written and performed by Seasonal Ranger Joe Reyman at various gatherings for several years following the 1975 Crater Lake water crisis.                          (See: June – August 1975 entries)

The C L C * by B. M. Loose

Kaopectate, Pepto Bismo,

And lots of soft TP.

It came out the top and came out the bottom

I was struck by the CLC*

 

First there was ten and then there was twenty

And then about a thousand more

Standing in line, waiting their turn

To get in the bathroom door.

 

Some thought it was the food, others the flu

And water was the rumor of the day,

But they said it’s all O.K.

 

The brought in doctors, they brought in nurses

They brought in engineers too

They thought we had an exotic disease

They thought it was something new.

 

They weren’t here very long

They came up with a cure

Said to get well right away

“Quit drinking out of your sewer”!

 

The experts said there’s critters in the water

Of every shape and size

And I believe what they have to say

Cause experts don’t tell lies.

 

They took my blood, and they wanted a stool

I said I’d do my best

They handed me a little bitty box

I said this would be a mess.

 

When heading home in September

Enjoy your life, and enjoy your love

And enjoy your bowel movements

 

The moral of this story

And my song comes to an end

If you’ve eaten something once already

Don’t eat it again.

 

Kaopectate, Peto Bismo

And lots of soft T.P.

It came out the top, and it came out the bottom

I was struck by the C.L.C.*

 

*(Crater Lake Crud)

 

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