The folk song army    (video)    (intro)

 

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1. We are the Folk Song Army,

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    everyone of us cares,

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    we all hate poverty, war and injustice,

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    unlike the rest of you squares.

 

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2. There are innocuous folk songs,

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    yeah, but we regard 'em with scorn,

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    the folks who sing 'em have no social conscience,

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    why,       they don't even care if Jimmy crack corn.

 

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    If you feel dissatisfaction, strum your frustrations away,

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    some people may prefer action,

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    but          give me a folk song         any old day.

 

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3. The tune doesn't have to be clever,

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    and it don't matter if you put a couple extra syllables into a line,

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    it sounds more ethnic if it ain't good English,

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    and it don't even gotta rhyme - -    excuse me - rhyne.

 

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    Remember the war against Franco,

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    that's the kind where each of us belongs,

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    though he may have won all the battles,

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    we had all the good songs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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4. So join in the Folk Song Army,

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    guitars are the weapons we bring

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    to the fight against poverty, war, and injustice.

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    Ready ! Aim ! Sing !

 

(orig. = capo 3rd)    (Tom Lehrer)