Horrible Histories - Pilgrim Rap Lyrics
We're the pilgrim fathersYou may have heard ratherA lot 'bout our notionsCrossing the oceanOn the good ship MayflowerBut it's true our journeyTurned into quite a commotion.People report that we sported these hatsBut that's not true, I mean, would you?Anyway the main thing to sayWe began the USAOur little band of religion fansFrom the East Midlands.We all believed slowlyThat England was becoming less holySo set off for Holland'Cos there we had friendsBut in the end seemed the NetherlandsWould never be the land, we planned.Couldn't stand to remain on that terrainSo again we rearrangedTo start a new nation with our congregationA new and calmer life took a farmer and a builder and his wifeAnd a clerica, to find America.Oh it's a new worldIt wasn't new to the nativesStill we thought we'd claim itYeah, it's the new world.I still remember 9th of NovemberThe year 1620 and we saw plenty of landWe thanked God when we found groundI kept calm but it didn't go as planned.Couldn't land on the sandA month later though, we made itNew Plymouth man, we claimed itThe natives said notBut ran when we shot.Moved there it proved yeahThat life would be tough'Cos we didn't have enoughOf the right stuff.Did you know had no seeds we could growAlthough William Mullins had stacked126 pairs of shoes in his packNow that's whack.A fishing rod, a plough,A pig, or a cowWould have been a much better ideaBut now there's no food for us to eatDoes this mean that we'll meet with de feet!No fun in the new worldI'm glad we've arrived hereBut will we survive hereYeah, in the new world.People were stavingOur numbers halvingAnd when the winter winds blewEven fewer live throughIt wasn't pretty in our new cityBut the natives took pity even thoughThey didn't have to.Man called SquantoShowed us how to grow maizeCatch eel for a mealChopped up in the bazeTribe gave us a feastOur starvation ceasedIn 1621 what they had doneTurned us back from the deadTo the living and to this dayThat's why we have thanks-giving.In Massachusetts built a colony it's trueThey say modern America was founded by our crewIt's a new worldBut we can't call it EnglandLet's call it New EnglandYeah, in the world.My home was in PlymouthLets call it New PlymouthI got an idea let's call this New HampshireWait I'm from NewcastleCan we call it New Newcastle?Nah!It's a new world.
