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