photo: William Jordan 2004

GEORGE SHRUB ON SWEATSHOPS
A medley of counter-melodies

(Flintstones:)
Sweatshops, we've got sweatshops
We're a modern stone age family

(My Bonnie:)
My money lies over the ocean
My money lies over the sea
My money lies over the ocean
Invested in sweat equity

(guess this one:)
There was a young woman who sewed a shoe
Phil Knight made a billion While she made two
Dollars a day

(Hokey Pokey:)
You put your right foot in, you take your business clout
Your put some PR spin and you shake it all about
You put them in the pokey and you pay a buck a day
That's what it's all about

(Home on the Range:)
Oh give me a plant And a good worker ant
And a dear little minimum wage
Where seldom is seen a unionized teen
And the kids hold their bladders all day

(guess this one two:)
Yes we've got sweatshops In Ho Chi Minh City
And that starts with s And it's made in U.S.
If you count Saipan

(semi-original)
Who's a major civic leader in the Northern Marianas
Decorating worker's homes with barbed wire?
Who's the corporate citizen who's up to their old shit again
Building new traditions in Old Saipan
Fall into the trap

While they labor in their cages, live large and with vigor
Don't fret about their wages, wear it three sizes bigger
Relive the stone ages with Tommy Hilfiger
Fall into my lap, my trap, my crap