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in recent months is the folk song of protest.

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it takes a certain amount of courage to get up in a

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favor of the things that everybody else in the audience is against, like

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peace, and justice, and brotherhood, and so on

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the nicest thing about a protest song

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88-string guitar

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We are the Folk Song Army

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We all hate poverty, war, and injustice

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Unlike the rest of you squares.

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Why, they don't even care if Jimmy Crack Corn.

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Strum your frustrations away

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But give me a folk song any old day.

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And it don't even gotta rhyme

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Remember the war against Franco?

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That's the kind where each of us belongs.

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So join in the Folk Song Army

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Guitars are the weapons we bring

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To the fight against poverty, war, and injustice.

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Tom Lehrer: The Folk Song Army (concert live) (1965)
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ALTERNATE LYRICS (0:59): Hooray for the Folk Song Army, We will show you the way. 'Cause we all hate poverty, war, and injustice, And chords that are too hard to play. The first part of the video (my signature slide) is overlaid by the final bars of "Aegukga", which I played on my keyboard. The main part of the song is one of Tom Lehrer's live performed songs, "The Folk Song Army". It is part of Tom's third published live performance album, "That Was The Year That Was". But I obtained the actual music from the box set, "The Remains of Tom Lehrer", which was released in 2000. Enjoy. And the last part is the main theme of "The Phantom of the Opera", by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Simply the 'cherry on top', and my personal song. Sorry I gave so much information about the music earlier. I don't want to get screwed by stupid WMG again. They are a bunch of arse-holes. And to make sure I am not screwed, have them read the following credits: Recorded at the hungry i, San Francisco, CA (7/26/65-7/31/65) Produced by JIMMY HILLIARD Engineered by DON GEIS From the album "That Was The Year That Was," Reprise #RS-6179 (1965) "The Remains of Tom Lehrer" Compilation ℗ 2000 Warner Bros. Records Inc. & Rhino Entertainment Company.

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