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Intro:
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Oh, come back, proud Canadians
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To before you had TV,
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No hockey night in Canada,
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There was no CBC (Oh, my God!).
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In 1812, Madison was mad,
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He was the president, you know
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Well, he thought he'd tell the British where they ought to go
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He thought he'd invade Canada,
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He thought that he was tough
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Instead we went to Washington....
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And burned down all his stuff!
Chorus:
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And the White House burned, burned, burned,
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And we're the one's that did it!
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It burned, burned, burned,
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While the president ran and cried.
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It burned, burned, burned,
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And things were very historical.
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And the Americans ran and cried like a bunch of little babies
Waa waa waah!
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In the War of 1812!
Verse:
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Now some hillbillies from Kentucky,
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Dressed in green and red,
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Left home to fight in Canada,
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But they returned home dead
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It's the only war the Yankees lost, except for Vietnam
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And also the Alamo... and the Bay of... ham.
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The loser was America,
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The winner was ourselves,
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So join right in and gloat about the War of 1812
Repeat Chorus
Bridge:
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In 1812, we were just sittin' around,
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Mindin' our own business, puttin' crops into the ground.
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We heard the soldiers coming and we didn't like that sound.
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So we took a boat to Washington and burned it to the ground.
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Oh... we... fired our guns, but the Yankees kept-a coming,
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There wasn't quite as many as there was a while ago.
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We fired once more and the Yankees started running,
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Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico, oh, oh....
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They ran through the snow and they ran through the forest,
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They ran through the bushes where the beavers wouldn't go.
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They ran so fast, they forgot to take their culture,
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Back to America, and Gulf and Texaco...oh...oh...oh...
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So, if you go to Washington, its buildings clean and nice,
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Bring a pack of matches, and we'll burn the White House twice!
