Lyrics:
The Folk Song Army
(Tom Lehrer)
We are the Folk Song Army,
Ev'ryone of us cares
We all hate poverty, war, and injustice,
Unlike the rest of you squares
There are innocuous folk songs,
But we regard them with scorn
The folks who sing 'em have no social conscience
Why, they don't even care if Jimmy Crack Corn
If you feel dissatisfaction,
Strum your frustrations away,
Some people may prefer action,
But give me a folk song any old day
The tune don't have to be clever,
And it don't matter if you put a coupla extra syllables into a line
It sounds more ethnic if it ain't good English,
And it don't ever gotta rhyme---excuse me---rhyne
Remember the war against Franco?
That's the kind where each of us belongs
Though he may have won all the battles,
We had all the good songs
So join in the Folk Song Army,
Guitars are the weapons we bring
To the fight against poverty, war, and injustice
Ready! Aim! Sing!
Copyright Tom Lehrer
@music @folksong @politic
filename[ FSARMY
RG
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(Tom Lehrer)
We are the Folk Song Army,
Ev'ryone of us cares
We all hate poverty, war, and injustice,
Unlike the rest of you squares
There are innocuous folk songs,
But we regard them with scorn
The folks who sing 'em have no social conscience
Why, they don't even care if Jimmy Crack Corn
If you feel dissatisfaction,
Strum your frustrations away,
Some people may prefer action,
But give me a folk song any old day
The tune don't have to be clever,
And it don't matter if you put a coupla extra syllables into a line
It sounds more ethnic if it ain't good English,
And it don't ever gotta rhyme---excuse me---rhyne
Remember the war against Franco?
That's the kind where each of us belongs
Though he may have won all the battles,
We had all the good songs
So join in the Folk Song Army,
Guitars are the weapons we bring
To the fight against poverty, war, and injustice
Ready! Aim! Sing!
Copyright Tom Lehrer
@music @folksong @politic
filename[ FSARMY
RG
===DOCUMENT BOUNDARY
