Pete Seeger - Listen, Mr. Bilbo lyrics

Listen, Mr. Bilbo, listen to me I'll give you a lesson in history Listen and I'll show you that the foreigners you hate Are the very same people made America great In 1492 just to see what he could see Columbus, an Italian, looked out across the sea He said, Isabella babe, the world is round And the U.S.A.'s just a-waiting to be found In 1609 on a bright summer's day The Half Moon set anchor in old New York Bay Henry Hudson, a Dutchman, took a good look around He said, "Boys, this is gonna be a helluva town" Listen, Mr. Bilbo, listen to me I'll give you a lesson in history Listen and I'll show you that the foreigners you hate Are the very same people made America great When the King of England started pushing Yankees around We had a little trouble up in Boston town There was a brave Negro, Crispus Attucks was the man Was the first one to fall when the fighting began Colin Kelly was a pilot flying down low Levine pushed the bu*ton that let the bomb go They sunk the Haruna to the bottom of the sea It was foreigners like those kept America free Listen, Mr. Bilbo, listen to me I'll give you a lesson in history Listen and I'll show you that the foreigners you hate Are the very same people made America great Now Bilbo, you're taking one heck of a chance Your good friends, the Duponts, came over from France Another thing, I'm sure, will be news to you The first Mister Bilbo was a foreigner, too Listen, Mr. Bilbo, listen to me I'll give you a lesson in history Listen and I'll show you that the foreigners you hate Are the very same people made America great Well, you don't like Negroes, you don't like Jews If there is anyone you do like, it sure is news You don't like Poles, Italians, Catholics, too Is it any wonder, Bilbo, that we don't like you Listen, Mr. Bilbo, listen to me I'll give you a lesson in history Listen and I'll show you that the foreigners you hate Are the very same people made America great