Mary Bue VealWatch at the source

Blog about the meaning of the song here:

This activity is made possible in part by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Arrowhead Regional Arts Council, thanks to appropriations from The McKnight Foundation and the Minnesota State Legislature's general and arts and cultural heritage funds.

Veal is written from the perspective of a veal calf destined for slaughter. Veal calves undergo forced separation from their mothers and are fed “milk replacers” purposefully low in iron so that they become anemic and their flesh stays pale. Then the calves live in crates that are 30 inches wide and 72 inches long. These are designed so that the calf can’t barely move let alone exercise, which prohibits normal muscle grown in order to produce soft, tender, “gourmet” veal. They can’t walk, their muscles atrophy, they suffer chronic pneumonia and diarrhea, and after 1 or 2 years of this they go off to slaughter. (And people want to EAT THAT???!)

Here are the lyrics to my song:

i will never see the sun i will never see the sky i’ll stay in my cage forever