That Ice Cream Truck Song From Your Childhood Is Actually Racist
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The big, white van
creeps down the street
child screams: It’s the ice cream truck!
catchy song continues to play
children yell: Hold
begging their parents
for dollars to
purchase
vanilla
strawberry
even chocolate
they always know
when he’s near
in 1916
Harry C. Browne
made a catchy song
but now it’s clear
the jingle you
couldn’t get out
of your head
said: Nigger’s love watermelons
Ha, ha, ha
the melody
was created in the 19th century
Entitled: Turkey in the straw
even before the 19th century
they got the melody from
some British guy
entitled: The Old Rose Tree
laughs, America!
we can’t even
enjoy ice-cream
