God rest ye merry Walmart Shoppers
Let nothing you dismay
Remember Sales our Saviour
Was born on Black Friday
To save us all from inflation’s power
When we were gone astray
O tidings of TVs and Toys,
Consumption and Toys
O tidings of Consumption and Toys
In Nassau, in New York State,
Thus tragedy was born
We trampled thru the door
And stomped to death a worker
Upon this blessed morn
From Capitalism our Earthly Father
The corporate media came
And promoted this Black Friday
Brought tidings of the same:
So in Hyped Greed was born
A worker’s death in Shame
Now to the Corporations sing praises
All you within this mall’s space
And with true avarice
The commodity embrace
This holy tide of Shopping
Has even death defaced
O tidings of TVs and Toys,
Consumption and Toys
O tidings of Consumption and Toys
Jon Flanders is a member and former president of IAM LL 1145 and a member of the Troy Area Labor Council, AFL-CIO.