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Our Ancient Liberties Lyrics by David Garrison, Brad Oscar, Brooks Ashmanskas, Steve Rosen, Jeff Blumenkrantz, Michael McCormick

Knickerbocker Holiday

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[FIRST COUNCIL MEMBER, spoken]
Maybe the government going to own everything?
[STUYVESANT, spoken]
It's possible
[SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER, spoken]
Maybe one man going to run the whole works?
[STUYVESANT, spoken]
It's possible
And now, perhaps we understand each other—not that it matters
[THIRD COUNCIL MEMBER, spoken]
It's like Julius Caesar, that Italian
[FOURTH COUNCIL MEMBER, spoken]
It's like Attila, that Aryan
[FIFTH COUNCIL MEMBER, spoken]
Now, where we got our ancient liberties?
[COUNCIL]
Ja, where we got our ancient liberties?
Ja, where we got our ancient liberties?
From back before Columbus
As far as Pericles
A Dutchman was a free man
And would not bend his knees
From Spanisher to Britisher
We put the tyrants down
And never was a Hollander
What feared a kingly frown
Now where we got our ancient liberties?
Ja, where we got our ancient liberties?
[FIRST SOLOIST]
Since Adam in the garden
Was eating off the trees
A Dutchman keeps his neck up
To do as he would please
[SECOND SOLOIST]
Now comes another Dutchman
A slicker from the twon
And fetches us with promises
To lay that freedom down
[THIRD SOLOIST]
Now where we got our ancient liberties?
[COUNCIL]
Our ancient liberties? (Our ancient liberties?)
[FOURTH SOLOIST]
One time a man at working
Took comfort in hi soul
He took his long pipe in his hand
When he went forth to bowl
[FIFTH SOLOIST]
And wheresoever his eye was cast
Across the lands und seas
A Dutchman was a citizen
And he could take his ease
[COUNCIL]
Now where we got our ancient liberties?
Ja, where we got our ancient liberties?
Credits
David Garrison

David Garrison

Brad Oscar

Brad Oscar

Brooks Ashmanskas

Brooks Ashmanskas

Steve Rosen

Steve Rosen

Jeff Blumenkrantz

Jeff Blumenkrantz

Michael McCormick

Michael McCormick

About “Our Ancient Liberties” by David Garrison

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