Текст и слова песни Chad Mitchell Trio – The Bragging Song (The Great Historical Bum)
by Woody Guthrie
I was born about ten thousand years ago
There ain t nuthin in this world that I don t know
I saw Peter Paul and Moses playin ring-around-the-roses
And I ll whup the guy what says it isn t so
Well, I m just a lonesome traveler, a great historical bum
Highly educated through history I have come
I built the Rock of Ages, it was in the year oh one
And that s about the biggest thing that Man has ever done
I saw Adam and Eve driven from the door
I m the guy that picked the figleaves that they wore
And from behind the bushes peepin saw the apple they was eatin
And I swear that I m the one that et the core
Now I built the garden of Eden, it was in the year oh two
Joined the apple-pickers union and I always paid my dues
I m the man that signed the contract to raise the risin sun
And that s about the biggest thing that Man has ever done
I taught Samson how to use his mighty hand
I showed Columbus to this happy land
And for Pharaoh s little kiddies I built all the pyramiddies
And to the Sahara carried all the sand
Now I was strawboss on the pyramids and the tower of Babel too
I opened up the ocean, let the mighty children through
I fought a million battles and I never lost a one
And that s about the biggest thing that Man has ever done
I taught Solomon his little ABC s
I m the first one to eat Limburger cheese
And while floating down the bay with Methuseleh one day
I saw his whiskers floating in the breeze
Now I fought the revolution that set this country free
It was me and a couple of Indians that dumped the Boston tea
I won the battle of Valley Forge and the battle of Bully Run
And that s about the biggest thing that Man has ever done
Now Queen Elizabeth she fell in love with me
We were married in Milwaukee secretly
But I got tired and shook her and ran off with General Hooker
To go shootin skeeters down in Tennessee
[Repeat first two verses]
I was born about ten thousand years ago
There ain t nuthin in this world that I don t know
I saw Peter Paul and Moses playin ring-around-the-roses
And I ll whup the guy what says it isn t so
Well, I m just a lonesome traveler, a great historical bum
Highly educated through history I have come
I built the Rock of Ages, it was in the year oh one
And that s about the biggest thing that Man has ever done
I saw Adam and Eve driven from the door
I m the guy that picked the figleaves that they wore
And from behind the bushes peepin saw the apple they was eatin
And I swear that I m the one that et the core
Now I built the garden of Eden, it was in the year oh two
Joined the apple-pickers union and I always paid my dues
I m the man that signed the contract to raise the risin sun
And that s about the biggest thing that Man has ever done
I taught Samson how to use his mighty hand
I showed Columbus to this happy land
And for Pharaoh s little kiddies I built all the pyramiddies
And to the Sahara carried all the sand
Now I was strawboss on the pyramids and the tower of Babel too
I opened up the ocean, let the mighty children through
I fought a million battles and I never lost a one
And that s about the biggest thing that Man has ever done
I taught Solomon his little ABC s
I m the first one to eat Limburger cheese
And while floating down the bay with Methuseleh one day
I saw his whiskers floating in the breeze
Now I fought the revolution that set this country free
It was me and a couple of Indians that dumped the Boston tea
I won the battle of Valley Forge and the battle of Bully Run
And that s about the biggest thing that Man has ever done
Now Queen Elizabeth she fell in love with me
We were married in Milwaukee secretly
But I got tired and shook her and ran off with General Hooker
To go shootin skeeters down in Tennessee
[Repeat first two verses]
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