AND IM PROUD TO BE A SUMERIAN
WHERE AT LEAST I KNOW I’M FREE
TO SELL MY COPPER AT DISCOUNT PRICE
AND IGNORE COMPLAINTS TO ME
@kate I hope you don't mind, but I just gleefully tossed a link to this post into the '"random" channel of our slack instance at New York University's Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, where it is already acquiring boosterish emoji.
And, I'd like to say personally, that I have never seen a better use of that only-good-for-parody-and-derision song.
Thank you! Thank you!
@kate I love it when a deep-cut reference is honestly millennia deep.
@kate anazing. I was singing this deliriously giggly last night as fireworks boomed for several hours. Helped get me through it.
Also, husband started some alternative lyrics/second chorus:
PROUD TO BE A SUMERIAN
WHERE AT LEAST I KNOW I’M FREE
UNTIL I’M CONQUERED BY THE AKKADIANS
BUT FLAT BREAD WILL ALWAYS BE
@kate and I'll proudly smelt ore
Inexpertly, but make them pay the same