When first unto this country a stanger I came,
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I fought the Revolution, peace and quiet was my aim.
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When the Indians attacked us, at least that's what I'm told,
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So we threw them off their land with no thought of greed or gold.
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Then our ships were being boarded, other countries took our men,
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Napoleon was too powerful, the British lost again.
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And then hopelessly outnumbered, we fought our level best,
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and we borrowed from Old Mexico the American South West.
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And when that war was over there was no one left to fight
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So we turned and fought each other--to the historians' delight
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Then for thirty years we rested, and tried to ease the pain,
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until the Cuban sugar crop we gladly freed from Spain.
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Then Europe started feudin', there were profits by the score,
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so the ammunition makers fought the war to end all war,
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but old Hitler started marchin', he practiced over in Spain,
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the Depression was defeated, the world was safe again.
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So we joined the United Nations in hopes that war would cease
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and except for Korea, we almost kept the peace.
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Yes, it's time to really end all wars, the H-Bomb makes it worse
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Besides this song is much too long to add another verse.
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When First Unto This Country
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| Phil Ochs |
