Nugget Man

Robert C. Baker died on a Monday
 We all know his work, although few knew his name
 Cornell professor who taught poultry science
 Forever enshrined in the poultry Hall of Fame
 84 years worth of food innovations:
 Chicken dogs, turkey dogs and turkey ham
 Beyond them all stands Baker’s greatest creation
 For Baker begat chicken nuggets for man

O, Nugget Man
 O, Nugget Man
 Headin’ on down to that old Promised Land
 Happy the meals all have been since the day
 That the Nugget Man came our way

Robert C. Baker, way back in the ‘50s
 Changed the way children and college kids eat
 When he invented a way to get breading
 To adhere much better to raw chicken meat
 His new method led fast food chains in the ‘80s
 To develop and market a new bite-sized snack food
 Made from mechanically recovered meat and anti-foaming products
 Reconstituted meat slurry and extra chicken skin for its binding properties

O, Nugget Man
 O, Nugget Man
 Headin’ on down to that old Promised Land
 Guts, feet and beaks now don’t get thrown away
 Since the Nugget Man came our way

The King of the Burgers is mourning with Popeye
 The Colonel arranged a 21-gun salute
 The Church’s are silent, but for Wendy’s weeping
 And Ronald has hung up his big yellow clown suit

Robert C. Baker’s last will was specific
 That his bones be removed, and he be ground up real fine
 And to place his remains into small cardboard coffins
 And bury the pieces six at a time

O, Nugget Man
 O, Nugget Man
 Headin’ on down to that old Promised Land
 Dipped into his honey-mustard filled grave
 We’re glad the Nugget Man came our way
 We’re glad the Nugget Man came our way
 Nugget Man