Paul Revere

	  		


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 In April of 1775 
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this great nation started coming to life. 
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Old King George didn`t like it one bit, 
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so he proceeded to throw him a royal fit. 

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He told his generals : Better     get `em back in line! 
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Make  `em pay my taxes now, America is mine! 
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Stop that independence talk before it gets around, 
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or it`s gonna be hard to hold them rebels down! 

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    Well, the King was talking `bout the men like Paul Revere, 
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    and the Minutemen who held their dream of independence dear. 
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    They kept their eyes on the British, they watched them day and night, 
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    they knew very soon they`d get their chance to stand and fight. 
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   Yes, they knew that the British would be moving any hour, 
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    so they arranged a signal in the Northend church tower. 
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    Paul was watching when the tower showed a light, 
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    and he started on his midnight ride. 

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    He jumped on his horse,     hooves started a humming, 
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    he screamed out his warning:     Redcoats are comin! 
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    Better get your guns, and your fighting breeches on, 
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    they`re comin` and they`re eight hundred strong. 

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    Next morning at Concord and     Lexington town, 
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    the spirit of freedom turned the  Redcoats around. 
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    When we praise the men who made that mighty nation we have here, 
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   then let`s remember Paul Revere,    yes, let`s remember Paul Revere. 
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I guarantee you somethin  and I wanna tell you all 
that we never would been here if it hadn`t been for Paul. 
Yes Sir I surely doubt us ever bein here 
if it hadn`t  been for that man on that horse named mr revere