We've Got To Thank Columbus chords by Paddy Roberts
Verse 1
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Back
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in 1492 or 93,
or maybe it was 94,
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it really doesn't affect it.
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A funny little Portuguese,
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or did he come from Ita ly?
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My history, I regret,
is much neglected.
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Decided to leave his home
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and wander across the foe.
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So we've got to thank Columbus
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for lots of little things
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That happen in the world today,
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For he got the notion
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To travel across the ocean
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and ferret out the U .S .A.
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Yes, we've got to thank Columbus
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for lots of little things
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We've learned to love and hold so dear
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That cute nas al twang
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which enhances the English lan guage
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And makes it such a joy to hear
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How strange, it's quite a mystery
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That fate with one decisive stroke
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Should change the course of history
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From old and mild to rum and coke
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Yes, we've got to thank Columbus
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For guys who put us wise
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To everything from A to Z
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Who taught us to holler
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There's only one God, the dollar
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Let's worship it on bended knee
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We've got to thank Columbus
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for thousands of G .I .s
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who never seemed to give a damn.
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Get our teenagers plastered
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and leave them a little bastard
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a souvenir of Uncle Sam.
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That old back -slapping bonhomie,
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The daintiness
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of dames in jeans,
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That subtle new gastronomy,
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Like bubblegum and pork and beans.
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So anyone who comes
from the good old USA
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Will find a welcome on the Met.
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We can't do without him,
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whatever we say about him,
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And we've got to thank Columbus
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for that.
We've Got To Thank Columbus
Paddy Roberts
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