Despite what you might have heard, this song is NOT at all against short people. You are not supposed to sympathize with the narrator. He's supposed to be seen as a bigot.
But a lot of people didn't understand that. Including the Maryland legislature, who attempted to BAN the song. Clearly, on First Amendment grounds, that was a failure.
Still, this was Newman's first big hit. And it endures to this day.
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