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(Flute playing)
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Rockin' and a-rollin', splishin' and a-
splashin', over the horizon.
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What can it be?
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The pilgrims sailed the sea to find
a place to call their own.
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In their ship, Mayflower,
they hoped to find a better home.
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They finally knocked on Plymouth Rock.
And someone said, "We're there."
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It may not look like home,
but at this point I don't care.
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Oh, they were missing Mother England.
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They swore their loyalty
until the very end.
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And anything you say King! It's okay King!
You know it's kind of scary on your own.
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Gonna build a new land the way we plan,
Could you help us run it 'til it's grown?
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(music continues)
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They planted corn, you know,
They built their houses one-by-one.
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And bit-by-bit, they worked,
until the colonies were done.
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They looked around, yeah
up and down,
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and someone said, "Hooray!"
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If the king could only see us now,
he would be proud of us today.
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(King chuckles)
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They knew that now,
they'd run their own land.
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(blows raspberry)
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But George the Third still vowed
he'd rule them to the end!
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Anything I say do it my way, now,
anything I say do it my way.
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Don't you get to feel independent,
'cause I'm gonna force you to obey!
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He taxed their property,
he didn't give them any choice.
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And back in England,
he didn't give him any voice.
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That's called taxation,
without representation,
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and it's not fair.
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But when the colonies complained,
our King said, "I don't care!"
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He even has the nerve to tax
our cup of tea.
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To put it kindly, King,
we really don't agree!
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Gonna show you how it feels,
we're gonna dump this tea,
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and turn this harbor into
the biggest cup of tea in history!
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They wanted no more Mother England.
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They knew the time had come
for them to take command.
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It's very clear you're being unfair, King,
no matter what you say, we won't obey.
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Gonna hold a revolution now, King,
and we're gonna run it all our way!
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With no more king!
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[talking] We're gonna elect a president!
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No more king!
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[talking] He's gonna do what
the people want.
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No more king!
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[talking] We're gonna run things our way.
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No more king!
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[talking] No one's gonna tell us
what to do!
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Rockin' and a-rollin',
Splishin' and a-splashin'
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Over the horizon,
what can it be?
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Looks like it's going to be...
A free country!
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(cheering)
