Lyrics & Music by: Lynn Ahrens

Performed by: Lynn Ahrens









Rockin'and rollin', splishin'and a-splashin',

Over the horizon, what can it be?



The pilgrims sailed the sea

To find a place to call their own.

In their ship, Mayflower,

They hoped to find a better home.

They finally knocked

On Plymouth Rock

And someone said, "We're there."

It may not look like home

But at this point I don't care.



Oh, they were missing Mother England,

They swore their loyalty until the very end.

Anything you say, King,

It's OK, King,

You know it's kinda scary on your own.

Gonna build a new land

The way we planned.

Could you help us run it till it's grown?



They planted corn, you know

They built their houses one by one,

And bit by bit they worked

Until the colonies were done.

They looked around,

Yeah, up and down,

And someone said, "Hurray!"

If the king could only see us now

He would be proud of us today.



They knew that now they'd run their own land,

But George the Third still vowed

He'd rule them to the end.

Anything I say, do it my way now.

Anything I say, do it my way.

Don't you get to feeling independent

'Cause I'm gonna force you to obey.



He taxed their property,

He didn't give them any choice,

And back in England

He didn't give them any voice.

(That's called taxation without representation,

And it's not fair!)

But when the Colonies complained

The king said: "I don't care!"



He even has the nerve

To tax our cup of tea.

To put it kindly, King,

We really don't agree.



Gonna show you how we feel.

We're gonna dump this tea

And turn this harbor into

The biggest cup of tea in history!



They wanted no more Mother England.

They knew the time had come

For them to take command.

It's very clear you're being unfair, King,

No matter what you say, we won't obey.

Gonna hold a revolution now, King,

And we're gonna run it all our way

With no more kings ...



We're gonna elect a president! (No more kings)

He's gonna do what the people want! (No more kings)

We're gonna run things our way! (No more kings)



Nobody's gonna tell us what to do!



Rockin' and rollin', splishin'and a-splashing,

Over the horizon, what can it be?

Looks like it's going to be a free country.



(Applause