In April of seventeen
Seventy-five
This great nation started
Coming alive
Old king George
Didn't like it one bit
So he proceeded to
Throw him a royal fit
He told his generals better
Get them back in line
Make them pay my taxes now
America is mine
Stop that Independence cops
Before it gets around
Or it's gonna be hard
To hold them rebels down
Well, the king was talking
About the men like Paul Revere
And the minute men who held their dream
Of Independence dear
They kept their eyes on the British
They watched them day and night
They knew very soon
They'd get their chance to stand and fight
Yes, they knew that the British
Would be moving any hour
So they arranged a signal
In the Northern Church Tower
Paul was watching
When the tower showed a light
And he started on his midnight ride
He jumped on his horse
Hoofs started a humming
He screamed out his warning
"Redcoats are coming
Better get your guns
And your fighting britches on
They're coming
And they're eight hundred strong"
Next morning at Concord
And Lexington town
The spirit of freedom
Turned the redcoats around
When we praise the men who made
This mighty nation we have here
Then let's remember Paul Revere
Yes, let's remember Paul Revere
I guarantee you something
And I wanna tell you all
That we never would've been here
If it hadn't been for Paul
Yes, sir, I surely doubt us
Ever being here
If it hadn't been for that man on that horse
Named mister Revere