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Woody Guthrie
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Woody Guthrie
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David Glasser
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Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Mister Charlie Lindbergh
He flew to old Berlin
Got him a big Iron Cross
And he flew right back again
To Washington
Washington
[Verse 2]
Mrs. Charlie Lindbergh
She come dressed in red
Said, "I'd like to sleep in
That pretty White House bed
In Washington
Washington"
[Verse 3]
Lindy said to Annie
"We'll get there by and by
But we'll have to split the bed up
With Wheeler, Clark, and Nye
In Washington
Washington"
[Verse 4]
Hitler wrote to Lindy
Said, "Do your very worst"
Lindy started an outfit
That he called America First
In Washington
Washington
[Verse 5]
All around the country
Lindbergh he did fly
Gasoline was paid for
By Hoover, Clark, and Nye
In Washington
Washington
[Verse 6]
Lindy said to Hoover
"We'll do the same as France
Make a deal with Hitler
And then we'll get our chance"
In Washington
Washington
[Verse 7]
Then they had a meetin'
And all the Firsters come
Come on a walk
And they come on a run
In Washington
Washington
[Verse 8]
Yonder comes Father Coughlin
Wearin' the silver chain
Gas on his stomach
And Hitler on the brain
In Washington
Washington
[Verse 9]
Mr. John L. Lewis
Would sit and straddle a fence
But his daughter signed with Lindbergh
And we ain't seen her since
In Washington
Washington
[Verse 10]
Hitler said to Lindy
"Stall 'em all you can
Gonna bomb Pearl Harbor
With the help of old Japan"
In Washington
[Verse 11]
Washington
Then on a December mornin'
The bombs come from Japan
Wake Island and Pearl Harbor
Kill fifteen hundred men
In Washington
Washington
[Verse 12]
Now Lindy tried to join the army
But they wouldn't let him in
Afraid he'd sell to Hitler
A few more million men
In Washington
Washington
[Verse 13]
So I'm a-gonna tell you people
If Hitler's gonna be beat
The common workin' people
Has got to take the seat
In Washington
Washington
[Verse 14]
And I'm gonna tell you workers
'Fore you cash in your checks
They say "America First"
But they mean "America Next!"
In Washington
Washington
Written by: Woody Guthrie