Chuck Zumbrun

Tales from Skunk Hill

O, Huntertown!

If you’re from around here [1] you’ve at least heard about Huntertown and their quixotic battle to create their very own sewage plant [2].

To honor the Huntertown Town Council in perhaps one of the most bizarre wastes of the taxpayer money entrusted to public officials ever, I’ve created the following:

Sung to the tune of O Canada

O Huntertown!
Our home and crazy land!
True sewage love in all thy sons demand.

With churning bowels we see it rise,
The Sewage Plant strong and free

To spite the Fort
O Huntertown, we flood the Eel for thee.

IDEM keep our town glorious and free!

O Huntertown, we flood the Eel for thee.

O Huntertown, we flood the Eel for thee.


1. 41.210688,-85.3754639

2. For a less musical but more factual take on this, see The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette

4 responses to “O, Huntertown!”

  1. chuck Avatar
    chuck

    And in the interest of full disclosure I would’ve of never finished this post without Debbie helping me with the “To spite the Fort” line.

  2. Vivian Sade Avatar
    Vivian Sade

    That is brilliant – and very funny!

  3. Brian Graham Avatar
    Brian Graham

    I sang this quietly to myself and for some reason found myself waiting for a faceoff at center ice? 🙄

  4. Missy Avatar
    Missy

    Very nice.

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