Annie's Rap

 HE SETTLERS WANTED TO MAKE NEW HOME

SO ACROSS THE APPALACHIAN THEY DECIDED TO GO

THE INDIANS GOT ANGRY SO OUT BROKE A WAR

AT LEAST THE FRENCH DON'T HAVE ALL THAT LAND ANYMORE

KING GEORGE WANTED TO COMPROMISE

BUT THE COLONISTS REFUSED TO APOLOGIZE

SO ACROSS THEY WENT AGAIN

THEY WERE CONFIDENT BUT THEN

THEY WERE PUT IN DEPT AND COULDN'T MAKE A BARGAIN

SO KING GEORGE STARTED UNFAIR TAXES

ON THINGS LIKE SUGAR AND MOLASSES

ON PAPER, STAMPS, AND ENVELOPES

AND TAX COLLECTORS COULDN'T COPE

THE TAXES STARTED VIOLENCE

 THEY COULDN'T TAKE THE SILENCE

THEY PUSHED AND SHOVED, A GUN WENT OFF

PEOPLE THOUGHT IT WAS BECAUSE OF A SCOFF

THE TEA ACT MADE EAST INDIA LOTS OF RICHES

AND WITH THE OTHER TAXES THE WOMEN HAD TO DO THEIR OWN STITCHES 

JUST PAY THE TAX OR NO TEA THEY SAID

AND DON'T COMMIT TREASON OR YOUR BE HUNG OR BEHEAD

BARRELS OF TEA WERE THROWN INTO THE OCEAN

THE SONS OF LIBERTY CAUSED QUITE THE COMMOTION

THEY DRESSED UP AS THE MOHAWK TRIBE

IT MUST HAVE BEEN HARD TO DESCRIBE

BECAUSE ALL THESE PEOPLE WERE ON THE PATRIOTS SIDE

THE INTOLERABLE/COERCIVE ACTS

BROUGHT BRITISH SOLDIERS INTO PEOPLES HOUSES

-IT MUST HAVE BEEN PACKED

THEN THEY BLOCKADED THE HARBOR

JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT THEY COULDN'T PUSH IT ANY FARTHER-

THE PATRIOTS REALLY WANTED TO GAIN ALL OF THEIR RIGHTS BACK

SO THEY WROTE A PETITION JUST TO GET KING GEORGE ON THE RIGHT TRACK

THEY WANTED THE RIGHT TO GATHER TOGETHER

AND THEY EVEN SET FOR PARLIAMENT TO ANSWER

AT THE BATTLE OF LEXINGTON AND CONCORD WAS VERY UNWISE

BECAUSE THE BRITISH FAILED TO STEAL THE SUPPLIES

ONCE THEY CAME THE STARTED TO FIGHT A WAR

BUT WHEN THEY CAME BACK ALL THE GUNS WENT OUT THE DOOR

SO THE PATRIOTS FORMED A STRONG ARMY

Now, let's hope they are set free!