The original song is about a village elder going to a town fair to buy presents for his three sons and coming back with no present at all. The modernized one is about townsfolk making a greedy guy a present of a magic fife...
So we had this damn stupid and incapable City Administration, which got us really pissed off. So we up and elected a totally new Mayor complete with his gang. This one proves to be damn smart and active, especially when it comes to cutting trees, street and park, and pouring concrete over every green patch all over the city.
We should be happy...