《The Black Rats of London》歌词

歌曲： The Black Rats of London

所属专辑：The Essential Bruce Hornsby

歌手： Bruce Hornsby and The Noi

时长： 04:19

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The Black Rats of London - Bruce Hornsby and The Noisemakers[00:00:00]

In our beautiful pursuit of manifest destiny[00:00:28]

We give ourselves great credit[00:00:32]

We thank the Good Lord so earnestly[00:00:34]

But something's been omitted[00:00:36]

By the writers of history[00:00:39]

Now stand up all unsung heroes who[00:00:41]

Made this world for you and me[00:00:43]

(Jamestown)[00:00:44]

Night crawlers cleared the forests[00:00:45]

Of seedlings nuts and leaves[00:00:47]

And everything everywhere dried up[00:00:50]

And the natives got the dry heaves[00:00:52]

Mosquitoes brought malaria[00:00:54]

And bees brought their hives[00:00:56]

And the Indians got less scarier[00:00:58]

With yellow skin and eyes[00:01:00]

Hoorah hooray the black rats of London[00:01:03]

They crossed the sea for you and me[00:01:07]

Let's raise a glass so thankfully[00:01:09]

Hail Hail hooray the black rats of London[00:01:12]

Made the long treacherous passage too[00:01:16]

Spread their natural juices a gift to you[00:01:18]

Well a gift to you[00:01:24]

(Yorktown)[00:01:28]

Parasites decimated the red army[00:01:29]

Of Cornwallis and his flock[00:01:31]

Standing weakly on Yorktown battlefield[00:01:33]

With measles and small pox[00:01:35]

Horses hogs chickens and dogs[00:01:38]

And John Rolfe's prized worms[00:01:40]

Divine intervention bacterial strains[00:01:42]

From imported English dirt[00:01:44]

Hoorah hooray the black rats of London[00:01:47]

They crossed the sea for you and me[00:01:51]

Let's raise a glass so thankfully[00:01:53]

Hail Hail hooray the black rats of London[00:01:55]

Made the long treacherous passage too[00:02:00]

Spread their natural juices a gift to you[00:02:02]

Their natural juices yes a gift to you[00:02:08]

Hoorah hooray[00:02:16]

Hoorah hooray[00:02:25]

Hail Hail hooray[00:02:29]

Hoorah hooray hooray hooray hooray[00:02:34]

Hoorah hooray the black rats of London[00:02:39]

They crossed the sea for you and me[00:02:43]

Let's raise a glass so thankfully[00:02:45]

Hail Hail hooray the black rats of London[00:02:47]

Made the long treacherous passage too[00:02:51]

Spread their natural juices a gift to you[00:02:54]

The black rats of London[00:02:58]

They crossed the sea for you and me[00:03:00]

Let's raise a glass so thankfully[00:03:02]

Hail Hail hooray the black rats of London[00:03:04]

Made the long treacherous passage too[00:03:09]

Spread their natural juices a gift to you[00:03:11]

Yes a gift to you[00:03:16]

Hey[00:03:19]

Pat yourself on the back you did a great job[00:03:22]

And the black rats of London[00:03:25]

Made such a glorious vicious mob[00:03:28]

Sorry Rene it's just not true[00:03:39]

Parameciums have feelings too[00:03:41]

Where were the black rats[00:03:47]

When we needed them the most[00:03:49]

There were slave owners to infect[00:03:51]

And the Joe Mengeles of the American West[00:03:53]