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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