Country music ensembleA Country Song on China and the CCP, by Evan Mantyk (Music Added) The Society April 24, 2024 Human Rights in China, Music, Poetry, Satire 24 Comments . https://classicalpoets.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/the-CCP-song_Mantyk-Eardley.mp3 Lyrics and vocals by Evan Mantyk / guitar by Jeff Eardley . The CCP Song (CCP: Chinese Communist Party) The world ain’t got the balls to take on China And all them greedy nations wanna sign a Free trade pact that isn’t free at all— They’ve shanghaied us to watch our nation fall. I know my underwear is made in China, But I don’t think that I am gonna find a Pair that’s cheap enough and U.S.-made Until I get a job that’s better paid. What can I do? I’ll sing this song to tell The CCP to die then rot in hell. What can I do? I’ll sing this song to tell The CCP to die then rot in hell. I hear they’re killing folks out there in China Just for thinking differently and tryin’ a Live their lives so government ain’t god— I have to say I find that goddamn odd. They’ll steal your organs and your soul in China. It’s true although I know that it sounds kinda Crazy, ask the peaceful Falun Gong Who’ve faced a persecution cruel and long. What can I do? I’ll sing this song to tell The CCP to die then rot in hell. What can I do? I’ll sing this song to tell The CCP to die then rot in hell. The colleges are bought and owned by China And Hollywood is fine to wear a blinda To modern slavery and genocide With itchy palms all opened so damn wide. Don’t ask green advocates about how China Pollutes the most, they’d rather sit and whine a- Bout your car, your stove, your beef, your life— They think they’re sharper than my bowie knife. What can I do? I’ll sing this song to tell The CCP to die then rot in hell. What can I do? I’ll sing this song to tell You socialists, you’ve got a dead skunk smell. What can I do? I’ll sing this song to tell Them communists, “Goodbye, so long, farewell.” . . Evan Mantyk teaches literature and history in New York and is Editor of the Society of Classical Poets. His most recent books of poetry are Heroes of the East and West, and a translation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. NOTE TO READERS: If you enjoyed this poem or other content, please consider making a donation to the Society of Classical Poets. The Society of Classical Poets does not endorse any views expressed in individual poems or commentary. Trending now: 24 Responses Russel Winick January 25, 2024 Evan – Fabulous. It should be a huge hit! Reply Joseph S. Salemi January 25, 2024 CCP money is everywhere, corrupting institutions, businesses, and plenty of individuals. Our fraudulent, unelected Biden administration is totally owned by China. Reply Brian A. Yapko January 25, 2024 Wow, Evan — tell us what you really think! Seriously, I could feel your keyboard on fire along with a speaker (singer?) incandescent with rage. Well-earned rage at that, for the West has sold its soul to a godless, soulless, monolithic empire which cares for nothing and no one and whose sole goal appears to be the consolidation and expansion of power. I’d love to hear this one set to music! Reply Roy Eugene Peterson January 25, 2024 Powerful song with a powerful message about one of the greatest threats of modern times to us and to the world including their own people! Reply Mary Gardner January 25, 2024 Evan, your poem is trenchant and entertaining. I’d like to hear it played and sung. Reply Carl January 25, 2024 Absolutamente, Mary!!! Reply Phil S. Rogers January 25, 2024 Right on target, and hits issues so many liberals try to ignore. “You socialists, you’ve got a dead skunk smell.” What a great line, made me laugh like hell. Reply Daniel Kemper January 25, 2024 Speak it! My favorite line was, “They’ve shanghaied us to watch our nation fall.” Nice turn with “shanghaied.” Hilarious. I think you touched all the bases also, pretty good skill there to get through all the CCP stuff in only a few verses. I wish stuff like this would get played, but then the CCP seems to own the music biz also. Reply Norma Pain January 25, 2024 A fabulous and most enjoyable poem/song, apart from the subject matter which is horrific and inhumane. Cleverly done. Thanks for this one Evan. Reply Cynthia Erlandson January 25, 2024 I couldn’t help smiling at all the fun and clever rhymes for “China”! I’m of two minds because I don’t like country music, but it’s a good poem, able to be both serious and humorous. Reply James Sale January 26, 2024 Yes, totally agree Cynthia: the rhymes on China really make this piece swing! Very ingenious. Reply jd January 25, 2024 Great job, Evan. All so true. I enjoyed the lyrics and the prolific use of “a” for many endings. I couldn’t help noticing a seeming unnecessary apostrophe & “m” in the first word of the second verse though. Reply C.B. Anderson January 25, 2024 I can’t wait to hear it. There are several talented musicians who frequent this site who might be able to come up with a tune in the Country idiom. Reply Evan Mantyk January 25, 2024 Thank you all for your comments! And especially thank you to Mike Bryant who helped edit this piece for me. This has not actually been set to music yet, but hopefully someone will pick it up and run with it. If you are interested, contact me at [email protected] In case there are other people reading who don’t know me, I am a big fan of China’s traditional culture, language, and history. It is not the people I would put in hell but the political party, which is evil beyond evil. I suggest all Chinese people quit the CCP as soon as possible: https://www.tuidang.org/ Reply Julian D. Woodruff January 26, 2024 Dang it if this don’t win some kinda prize. Ya hit th’ol’ CCP between the eyes. Reply Roy Eugene Peterson April 24, 2024 That is a great country tune for your super lyrics. Reply Mike Bryant April 24, 2024 Mannnn…. Evan! What a great, heartfelt song and great collaboration with Jeff Eardley. I gotta say, Oliver Anthony better watch his back. I wonder… when you are a big, rich country music star, will you still talk to us poor, struggling poets??? Reply Margaret Coats April 24, 2024 My memories of “country” include so, so many mournful cadences. This is a piece that shows what singers do when the mourning becomes so overwhelming it sets them on fire! Reply Jeff Eardley April 24, 2024 They say that most guitars are made in China. The one I play on this is so much finer. Hand-crafted by an Englishman, it’s true. Not by some dodgy sweatshop in Tangwu. Reply Evan Mantyk April 26, 2024 I think we have another song verse here! People may not realize this, but apparently Tangwu, China is known for producing much of the world’s stock of guitars. Brilliant wording. Thank you, Jeff, for that and your exceptional guitar work, which exceed my singing abilities by many degrees. Reply Jeff Eardley April 27, 2024 And thank you Evan. A new career awaits you. I will be looking out for the album. Best wishes. David Whippman April 26, 2024 Cleverly rhymed. Johnny Cash meets Ogden Nash! (Actually that’s a poem in itself.) Reply Evan Mantyk April 26, 2024 You’re a poet and you don’t even know it… it’s terrible but I had to say it. Reply The Society April 29, 2024 Well apparently this struck enough of a chord (pun unintended), for someone to translate it into Chinese: https://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2024/4/29/%E3%80%90%E5%BA%86%E7%A5%9D5.13%E3%80%91%E8%AE%A9%E4%B8%AD%E5%85%B1%E5%8E%BB%E6%AD%BB%E5%90%A7-475695.html Reply Leave a Reply Cancel ReplyYour email address will not be published.CommentName* Email* Website Δ This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.
Joseph S. Salemi January 25, 2024 CCP money is everywhere, corrupting institutions, businesses, and plenty of individuals. Our fraudulent, unelected Biden administration is totally owned by China. Reply
Brian A. Yapko January 25, 2024 Wow, Evan — tell us what you really think! Seriously, I could feel your keyboard on fire along with a speaker (singer?) incandescent with rage. Well-earned rage at that, for the West has sold its soul to a godless, soulless, monolithic empire which cares for nothing and no one and whose sole goal appears to be the consolidation and expansion of power. I’d love to hear this one set to music! Reply
Roy Eugene Peterson January 25, 2024 Powerful song with a powerful message about one of the greatest threats of modern times to us and to the world including their own people! Reply
Mary Gardner January 25, 2024 Evan, your poem is trenchant and entertaining. I’d like to hear it played and sung. Reply
Phil S. Rogers January 25, 2024 Right on target, and hits issues so many liberals try to ignore. “You socialists, you’ve got a dead skunk smell.” What a great line, made me laugh like hell. Reply
Daniel Kemper January 25, 2024 Speak it! My favorite line was, “They’ve shanghaied us to watch our nation fall.” Nice turn with “shanghaied.” Hilarious. I think you touched all the bases also, pretty good skill there to get through all the CCP stuff in only a few verses. I wish stuff like this would get played, but then the CCP seems to own the music biz also. Reply
Norma Pain January 25, 2024 A fabulous and most enjoyable poem/song, apart from the subject matter which is horrific and inhumane. Cleverly done. Thanks for this one Evan. Reply
Cynthia Erlandson January 25, 2024 I couldn’t help smiling at all the fun and clever rhymes for “China”! I’m of two minds because I don’t like country music, but it’s a good poem, able to be both serious and humorous. Reply
James Sale January 26, 2024 Yes, totally agree Cynthia: the rhymes on China really make this piece swing! Very ingenious. Reply
jd January 25, 2024 Great job, Evan. All so true. I enjoyed the lyrics and the prolific use of “a” for many endings. I couldn’t help noticing a seeming unnecessary apostrophe & “m” in the first word of the second verse though. Reply
C.B. Anderson January 25, 2024 I can’t wait to hear it. There are several talented musicians who frequent this site who might be able to come up with a tune in the Country idiom. Reply
Evan Mantyk January 25, 2024 Thank you all for your comments! And especially thank you to Mike Bryant who helped edit this piece for me. This has not actually been set to music yet, but hopefully someone will pick it up and run with it. If you are interested, contact me at [email protected] In case there are other people reading who don’t know me, I am a big fan of China’s traditional culture, language, and history. It is not the people I would put in hell but the political party, which is evil beyond evil. I suggest all Chinese people quit the CCP as soon as possible: https://www.tuidang.org/ Reply
Julian D. Woodruff January 26, 2024 Dang it if this don’t win some kinda prize. Ya hit th’ol’ CCP between the eyes. Reply
Mike Bryant April 24, 2024 Mannnn…. Evan! What a great, heartfelt song and great collaboration with Jeff Eardley. I gotta say, Oliver Anthony better watch his back. I wonder… when you are a big, rich country music star, will you still talk to us poor, struggling poets??? Reply
Margaret Coats April 24, 2024 My memories of “country” include so, so many mournful cadences. This is a piece that shows what singers do when the mourning becomes so overwhelming it sets them on fire! Reply
Jeff Eardley April 24, 2024 They say that most guitars are made in China. The one I play on this is so much finer. Hand-crafted by an Englishman, it’s true. Not by some dodgy sweatshop in Tangwu. Reply
Evan Mantyk April 26, 2024 I think we have another song verse here! People may not realize this, but apparently Tangwu, China is known for producing much of the world’s stock of guitars. Brilliant wording. Thank you, Jeff, for that and your exceptional guitar work, which exceed my singing abilities by many degrees. Reply
Jeff Eardley April 27, 2024 And thank you Evan. A new career awaits you. I will be looking out for the album. Best wishes.
David Whippman April 26, 2024 Cleverly rhymed. Johnny Cash meets Ogden Nash! (Actually that’s a poem in itself.) Reply
Evan Mantyk April 26, 2024 You’re a poet and you don’t even know it… it’s terrible but I had to say it. Reply
The Society April 29, 2024 Well apparently this struck enough of a chord (pun unintended), for someone to translate it into Chinese: https://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2024/4/29/%E3%80%90%E5%BA%86%E7%A5%9D5.13%E3%80%91%E8%AE%A9%E4%B8%AD%E5%85%B1%E5%8E%BB%E6%AD%BB%E5%90%A7-475695.html Reply
