God rest ye poor small businessmen
Who’ve managed to survive;
Be glad in this e-con-o-my
That you are still alive;
Give shouts of praise at Christmas time
When folks who buy appear;
There’s a chance… you’ll break even for the year —
For the whole year —
There’s a chance that you’ll break even for the year
The chain stores and con-glom-er-ates
Have brought you to your knees;
High taxes, rent and labor costs
Have caught you in a squeeze;
The cost of goods keeps going up —
Inflation’s running on —
So give thanks
you can buy cheap from Taiwan —
Good old Taiwan —
So give thanks that you can buy cheap from Taiwan