They learned to plant potatoes
then killed their dinner guests
far and wide
for they were most inhospitable,
and went home once the party was over
and all the cranberries had been bitterly munched

they kicked all the peasant farmers
off their land
and grew and sold potatoes.

Then they made the peasants
produce textiles from their cottages
and all the while they had been waiting
to capture the citizens of Africa
and take them on a luxurious cruise
en route to the eternal vacation of involuntary hard labor.

Listen, children
to this quaint story
that you may be thankful
for what we are
and what you will be.