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Song Parodies -> "We Work Three Shifts"
Original Song Title:
"I Saw Three Ships"
Original Performer:
Traditional
Parody Song Title:
"We Work Three Shifts"
Parody Written by:
John A. Barry
The Lyrics
*Point of sale
We work three shifts when sales begin
For Christmas day, for Christmas day
We work three shifts when sales begin
For Christmas day, in October.
What find we on those shifts of three
For Christmas day, for Christmas day,
From ships that came from far away,
For Christmas sales in October?
Jesus and Mary with plastic hair
For Christmas sales, for Christmas sales.
Jesus and Mary with plastic hair
For Christmas sales in October.
Who made these and other goodies
For Christmas sales, for Christmas sales?
Who made these and other goodies
For Christmas sales in October?
Oh they were made by Chinamen
For Christmas day, for Christmas day.
Oh they were made by Chinamen,
Who've said to Karl Marx: "Move over!"
POS* terminals shall ring
Up Christmas sales, up Christmas sales.
POS terminals shall ring,
Until they crash and lose orders.
And dolls replete with chips shall sing
On Christmas day, on Christmas day.
And dolls replete with chips shall sing
Until they're chewed up by Rover.
And shoppers shall gorge on bling bling
For Christmas day, for Christmas day.
And shoppers shall gorge on bling bling,
Such as a diamond dog choker.
So let us all rejoice and spend
For Christmas day, for Christmas day.
So let us all rejoice and spend
Ourselves right into foreclosure.
For Christmas day, for Christmas day
We work three shifts when sales begin
For Christmas day, in October.
What find we on those shifts of three
For Christmas day, for Christmas day,
From ships that came from far away,
For Christmas sales in October?
Jesus and Mary with plastic hair
For Christmas sales, for Christmas sales.
Jesus and Mary with plastic hair
For Christmas sales in October.
Who made these and other goodies
For Christmas sales, for Christmas sales?
Who made these and other goodies
For Christmas sales in October?
Oh they were made by Chinamen
For Christmas day, for Christmas day.
Oh they were made by Chinamen,
Who've said to Karl Marx: "Move over!"
POS* terminals shall ring
Up Christmas sales, up Christmas sales.
POS terminals shall ring,
Until they crash and lose orders.
And dolls replete with chips shall sing
On Christmas day, on Christmas day.
And dolls replete with chips shall sing
Until they're chewed up by Rover.
And shoppers shall gorge on bling bling
For Christmas day, for Christmas day.
And shoppers shall gorge on bling bling,
Such as a diamond dog choker.
So let us all rejoice and spend
For Christmas day, for Christmas day.
So let us all rejoice and spend
Ourselves right into foreclosure.
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I love it. I work in a retail store and that sounds just about right.
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