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 USA'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 button 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