Baa Baa Black Sheep

Baa Baa black sheep
Have you any wool?
Yes, sir, yes sir
Three bags full
One for the master
One for the dame
And one for the little boy
Who lives down the lane

Baa Baa black sheep
Have you any wool?
Yes, sir, yes sir
Four bags full
Two for the master
One for the dame
And one for the little boy
Who lives off the lane

Baa Baa black sheep
Have you any wool?
Yes, sir, yes sir
Five bags full
Four for the master
One for the dame
Tender for the little lout
Who lives in the lane

Baa Baa black sheep
Have you any wool?
Yes, sir, yes sir
Six bags full
Five for the master
One for the dame
Scraps for the lazy git
Who lives down the drain

Baa Baa black sheep
Have you any wool?
Yes, sir, yes sir
Seven bags full
Six for the master
One for the dame
Sod all for the shit
Clogging up the drain

Baa Baa black sheep
Have you any wool?
Yes, sir, yes sir
Eight bags full
Seven for the master
One for the dame
Amnesia is best
Charity is pain

Baa Baa black sheep
Have you any wool?
Yes, sir, yes sir
Nine bags full
Nine for the master
One for the dame
Austerity is blessed
Capital must gain

Baa Baa black sheep
Have you any wool?
Yes, sir, yes sir
Ten bags full
Ten for the master
strips teased for the dame
Euthanasia for the rest
Humanity's a stain

Notes:

See the video on YouTube.

Tender is an obscure term for weak wool - see this glossary from Colorado State University . Possibly should just have used the word "threads" instead.

According to Oxfam by 2016 the richest 1% will own more wealth than the rest of us put together. That is over 50% of the entire wealth of the world. And more: just 85 individuals have the same wealth as the bottom half of the world’s population.

Reasearch by PNAS indicates that higher social class predicts increased unethical behavior. And according to the Greater Good Science Center wealth makes people less generous, less compassionate and less empathic.

The pursuit of wealth is destroying the world.

January 2016

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