Hank Green - Queen Ranavalona I lyrics

Queen Ranavalona the First
Throughout history killers found a way
To gather enough power to put
Millions in their graves

Henry was focused on his wives
While Hitler's war took seven million lives
But, I've got to wonder if
Those guys were worse
Than Queen Ranavalona the First

Oh, Ranavalona, Ranavalona
Ranavalona the First
They call her the mad queen, of Madagascar
She'll sell you into slavery
Or she'll boil you in tar
She'll dress you up in bloody animal
Skins and set dogs on you
A third of her nation died under her rule

If even the reign of a woman was cursed
It was Queen Ranavalona the First
Ranavalona, Ranavalona, Ranavalona the First