Even more disturbingly, he chews on it. Alas! ...
A lesson in meters by the way, for those of us who have issues holding 6/8 and 3/4 apart: The verses and the chorus are 6/8 except at the very end of each line, in case of the chorus the "Amer-ri-ca" which is 3/4. So now you know.
I fear the whole classy scene would today fall under "racial stereotyping".