This song is full of irony. Some examples of irony is when it says: "They got tb and typhoid and athletes foot, diphtheria and the flu
'scuse me great nations comin through." (18-19) It's ironic because you wouldn't expect great nations to carry such terrible diseases.
How can you tell?
The parts where irony is present are when the description of the nations doesn't match something you would see in a great nation.
What examples are not ironic?
The descriptions that do match a great nation or whatever its talking about, like "and now they wanted more," (2), but there are very little things that are not ironic.
How can you tell?
It isn't ironic when they tell the truth, irony bends the truth and tells lies as if they were true.
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