Canada, (fl. 1999)
SPAM Song
- Verse 1:
- Early in the mornin’
- Once the factory’s awake
- The workers all suit up
- And the oven’s set to bake
- The conveyors all start movin’
- And the grinders start to grind
- And as the workers monitor
- The workers all soon find
- CHORUS
- Joy to the man that grinds the pig!
- And joy to the one that cans it!
- Joy to the oven that cooks the beast!
- And sends us our little spamlets!
- Verse 2:
- All the guys at Hormel foods
- Grind gaily and with glee
- From dawn to dusk they never stop
- To find the time to pee.
- They pack and mash the chunky bits
- Through rain and sleet and snow
- For angry bosses and low wages but
- When they work they know
- CHORUS
- Verse 3:
- The times may change
- And the tastes might too.
- The people don’t want
- No porky goo.
- But the Spamjacks can
- With one thing on the mind
- They hope and pray
- That people might find
- CHORUS (and repeat)
About the Poet:
Matt Ross (fl. 1999) Canadian poet and as of 1999 was a secondary school student at G. P. Vanier Secondary School in Courtenay, British Columbia. No information is available on Reg Franklin.
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