I've got an invitation to the Boston Tea Party I'm letting you know in case you want to come with me I heard from some friends that it's going down in history Don't think about it twice Just say yes
Whoa! Uh oh! No taxation without representation Whoa! Uh oh! These patriot's they know how to show a good time. Whoa! Uh oh! What Georgie gonna think when he wakes up in the morning? Pass me the quill, dear Hancock.
Thomas Jefferson, he has got a way with words He really makes you believe that this dream's gonna work (Maybe if you forget that these Brits rule the world) I'll sign the declaration It's all I have left to believe in
Whoa! Uh oh! Paul Revere he says the British are coming! Whoa! Uh oh! Can't you hear, the belfry's bells are ringing Whoa! Uh oh! Pick up guns we're off to Lexington Hoofbeats are flying out to the night.
Wait. Here I stand. At this Battle of Bunker Hill. Stop. Close your eyes.
What happend to our sanity? Civility? Humanity?
(It went out the door with our freedom.)
Whoa! Uh oh! We don't need a King we have our own voices Whoa! Uh oh! Life and Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness Whoa! Uh oh! Save the date, July 4th 1776 US of A, it's independence.
I wrote these intentionally as lyrics to a rock song, but I felt that they were clever enough to be also considered as a poem. I wrote this during the Revolutionary War portion of my history class. I'm a real history nerd :D