The Donut – Mike Delaney for FAWM25

Back in the fifties Near the Lighthouse Gas Station Was the first Dunkin’ Donuts In all of this great nation

On the new Southern Artery The first Dunkin’ shop Now more than 12,000 Will their growth ever stop?

Chorus: Let’s hear it for the donut As well-known as a haircut Made Quincy famous Eat a donut—it’s painless It fills your stomach And warms your soul Honor the donut But don’t forget about the hole

Way back in the eighteen hundreds There’s another donut story It’s really pretty neat And put Quincy in its glory

Hanson Crockett Gregory Was the young cook on a schooner He made an important invention It was more than a rumor

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He used lard to fry dough But there was a fatal flaw The outside would be cooked But the inside was raw

He was a wise young cook And made a critical cut Took out the middle of the dough And invented the… dough-nut

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He became a ship’s Captain Lived decades without a care Ending in the Quincy’s Sailor’s Home In a grave he’s buried there.

When his gravestone went missing His Dunkin’ Donuts friends Got him a brand new one So you can see it once again

So, remember Captain Hanson Crockett Gregory And his important role Keep him in your heart…and your arteries… Whenever your donut has a hole!