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national brotherhood week - worm quartet lyrics

[spoken intro]
“historian’s note: in 1965, tom lehrer released national brotherhood week, a musical critique of a yearly event of the same name introduced in the u.s. in the 1930s to promote tolerance and harmony. lehrer’s song questions the effectiveness of such an event as a tool for meaningful change. this song is very much a product of its time and may seem quaint and curious to modern listeners in this enlightened era where we have completely eliminated racism, religious bigotry, and wealth inequality. but it remains a veritable master*class in the art of satire, and as such, worm quartet would like to apologize in advance for ruining it.”

[verse 1]
oh, the white folks hate the black folks
and the black folks hate the white folks
to hate all but the right folks
is an old established rule (but during)

[chorus]
national brotherhood week, national brotherhood week
ta*nehisi coates and david duke are dancing cheek to cheek
it’s fun to eulogise the people you despise
as long you don’t let them in your school

[verse 2]
oh, the poor folks, hate the rich folks
and the rich folks hate the poor folks
all of my folks hate all of your folks
it’s american as apple pie (but during)

[chorus]
national brotherhood week, national brotherhood week
amazon workers get 5*minute breaks to take a leak, so
stand up and shake the hand of someone you can’t stand
you can tolerate him if you try
[verse 3]
oh the protestants hate the catholics
and the catholics hate the protestants
and the hindus hate the muslims
and everybody hates the jews (but during)

[outro]
national brotherhood week, national brotherhood week
it’s national everyone*smile*at*one*another*hood week
be nice to people who are inferior to you
it’s only for a week so have no fear
be grateful that it doesn’t last all year

- worm quartet lyrics

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