| 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
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