Jul 13, 2025, 8:05 PMIn a famous song famously sung by Burl Ives, an insect takes a literal bite out of slavery.
- Jul 13, 2025, 8:05 PM
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Weaselweaselx86@mastodon.socialJul 13, 2025, 8:15 PM"There are innocuous folk songs, yeah
But we regard 'em with scorn
The folks who sing 'em have no social conscience
Why, they don't even care if Jimmy Crack Corn"
-- Tom Lehrer- Jul 13, 2025, 8:30 PM
@weaselx86 Doesn't even have to rhyme.
- Weaselweaselx86@mastodon.socialJul 13, 2025, 8:33 PM
... or have the right number of syllables in each line...
Sometimes in a bit of a hurry
Or tweets coming out in a flurry
I think I've a plan
But it doesn't quite scan
Or rhyme, but I put it out anyway