I was going to wait for the 4th of July to post this but I am going to spend most of the 4th in airports and jets as I am flying to England. So I might as well post this now. Oh, I have received some email inquiring about my nationality, I am a Briton living in the colonies, err, Canada ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- Oh come back proud canadians To before you had TV No Hockey Night In Canada There was no CBC (OH MY GOD!) In 1812 Madison was mad he was the president you know He thought he'd tell the British Where they ought to go
He thought he'd invade Canada He thought that he was tough Instead we went to Washington And burned down all his stuff.
And the White House burned, burned, burned And we're the ones that did it it burned, burned, burned While the President ran and cried it burned, burned, burned And things were very historical And the Americans ran and cried like a bunch of little babies Wah, wah wahhhhh! In the war of 1812.
Well Hillbillies from Kentucky Dressed in green and red left home to fight in Canada But they returned home dead It's the only war the Yankees lost except for Vietnam And also the Alamo And the Bay of...Ham The loser was America, The winner was ourselves, So join right in and gloat about, The war of 1812.
And the White House burned, burned, burned And we're the ones that did it It burned, burned, burned, While the President ran and cried It burned, burned, burned, And things were very historical. And the Americans ran and cried like a bunch of little babies Wah, wah wahhhhh! In the war of 1812.
In 1812 we were just sitting around Minding our own business, putting crops into the ground. We heard the soldiers coming, And we didn't like that sound. So we took a boat to Washington And burned it to the ground!
Ooooohhh.. We fired our guns and the Yankees kept a coming, There wasn't quite as many as there was a while ago. We fired once more and they began a running, Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
They ran through the snow, And they ran through the forest. They ran through the bushes where the Beavers wouldn't go. They ran so fast they forgot to take their culture. Back to America and Gulf and Texaco.
If you go to Washington It's buildings clean and nice Bring a pack of matches And we'll burn the White House twice!
And the White House burned, burned, burned But the Americans won't admit it. It burned, burned, burned, It burned and burned and burned. It burned, burned, burned, I'll bet that made them mad And the Americans ran and cried, like a bunch of little babies Wah, wah wahhhhh! In the war of 1812.