Union Songs

Do the slowly-chokie

A poem by David Peetz©2005 David Peetz

You put your right arm in
You shove your right arm up
You bend your right arm back
It gets twisted all about
You do the slowly-chokie
And you sign up here
That's what it's all about

You put your right foot in
You try to pull it out
You feel the trap shut tight
And you writhe your foot about
You do the slowly-chokie
And you sign up here
That's what it's all about

Oh-oh the slowly-chokie
Oh-oh the slowly-chokie
Oh-oh the slowly-chokie
That's what it's all about

You stick your neck right out
You look around real fast
You bend your head right down
And you kiss the boss's arse
You do the slowly-chokie
And you sign up here
That's what it's all about

Notes

Many thanks to David Peetz for permission to add this poem to the Union Songs collection. David is the resident bard for Workers Online where this poem was first published with the following introduction:

"While the details of John Howard's new industrial relations laws, designed to slowly choke workers into submission, are yet to be officially announced, his Minister for Workplace Deprivations, has been busy working on a campaign to accompany the new laws. Centrepiece of the campaign is a wonderful new dance, designed to teach workers the steps involved in signing individual contracts under the forthcoming regime. And there's a catchy tune to sing with the dance. It's to the tune of that old hit, "Do the Hokie Pokie", but with the words updated, with the help of resident bard David Peetz, for the Workplace of Howard's Future."

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