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<Standard Introduction Sequence>
*** HISTORY ROCK *** (1974)
No More Kings
Music & Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens
Sung by: Lynn Ahrens
- Rockin' and a-rollin',
- Splishin' and a-splashin'
- Over the horizon,
- What can it be?
- The pilgrims sailed the sea
- to find a place to call their own.
- In their ship Mayflower,
- They hoped to find a better home.
- They finally knocked on Plymouth Rock
- And someone said, "We're there!
- It may not look like home,
- But at this point I don't care."
- Oh, they were missin' Mother England
- They swore their loyalty until the very end.
- "Anything you say king, it's okay king,
- You know it's kind of scary on your own.
- Gonna build a new land the way we planned
- Could you help us run it till it's grown?"
- They planted corn you know,
- They built their houses one by one.
- And bit by bit they worked
- Until the colonies were done.
- They looked around, yeah, up and down,
- And someone said, "Hurray!
- If the king could only see us now,
- He would be proud of us today."
- They knew that now they'd run their own land,
- But George the Third still vowed
- He'd rule them till the end.
- "Anything I say, do it my way now,
- Anything I say do it my way.
- Don't you get to feelin' independent,
- Cause I'm gonna force you to obey."
- He taxed their property,
- He didn't give them any choice.
- And back in England,
- He didn't give them any voice.
- <That's called taxation without representation, and it's not fair.>
- But when the colonies complained,
- The king said, "I don't care!"
- "He even has the nerve to tax our cup of tea!
- To put it kindly king, we really don't agree.
- Gonna show you how we feel,
- We're gonna dump this tea...
- And turn this harbor into
- The biggest cup of tea in history!"
- They wanted no more Mother England.
- They knew the time had come for them to take command.
- "It's very clear you're being unfair, king,
- No matter what you say we won't obey.
- Gonna hold a revolution now, king,
- And we're gonna run it all our way!"
- With no more kings...
- <We're gonna elect a president!>
- No more kings...
- <He's gonna do what the people want!>
- No more kings...
- <We're gonna run things our way!>
- No more kings...
- <No one's gonna tell us what to do!>
- No more kings!
- Rockin' and a-rollin',
- Splishin' and a-splashin'
- Over the horizon,
- what could it be?
- Looks like it's going to be
- A free country.
- Splishin' and a-splashin'
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David Strauss / dss2k@virginia.edu (PsiCop P12+ & B5 Waiter, Fresh Air)
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