From: William (williamweb@hotmail.com)
Date: Fri Dec 13 2002 - 10:14:40 MST
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Extropes,
Because I think it eloquently explains how US Americans think about
ourselves and others, I'm posting the lyrics of a Saturday morning
educational song for US kids. It was played a lot during commercials
in between cartoons that I watched in elementary school.
The song is called "No More Kings" and is performed by a music
group called (appropriately) SchoolHouse Rock.
You can buy it at www.amazon.com at:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000DGSW/qid=1039799312/sr=2-1/ref=
sr_2_1/104-2225461-9151116 or download it with WinMX at www.winmx.com.
- Bill.
P.S. I do not intend to argue about whether the views expressed in
the song are accurate or anything else. I am just interested in
aiding understanding of the US to anyone on this list who is interested.
Rockin' and a-rollin', splishin' and a-splashin'
Over the horizon, what could 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 missing Mother England
They swore their loyalty until the very end.
"Anything you say king, it's OK 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 III 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 feeling 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
We're 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.
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