The Folk Song Army 1965 Tom Lehrer

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 19 Nov 2002

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 will show you the way.
'Cause we all hate poverty, war and injustice,
and chords that are too hard to play.

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 couple extra syllables into a line.
It sounds more ethnic if it ain't good English,
and it don't even gotta rhyme.
[Spoken:] Excuse me rhyne!

[Sung:] 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!

Soft karaoke
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The Folk Song Army 1965 Tom Lehrer
by Tom Lehrer
copyright 1965 and 1966 by Tom Lehrer
sequence and karaoke by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Tuesday 19 November 2002 at 22.37
in association with Doug Grierson
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