The world was passing by the old cracker
The fair winds of change struck him as blacker
He thought, 'I'll have me some fun'
So he pulled out his shotgun ~
He's a happy, progressive car-jacker
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Note: 'Cracker' is a pejorative term for a South-
erner whose sympathies (still) lie with the
Confederate States of America.
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