The French Revolution

The French Revolution

Inequality, the relics of feudalism,
Revolution in France.
Oh, the Three Estates insured nobles favoritism,
Revolution in France.

La, la liberté, égalité, fraternité.
A Revolution.

Don't want no taxes, I'm paying too much.
Let them eat cake, we had a banquet for lunch.
I need my bread, bread, bread,
off withe head.
It went from 8 sous to 12 in a year,
exactly what impoverished peasants had feared
the royals jeered.
Ha, ha, ha, there's more for us.
There was a famine 
the peasants wouldn't pay.
Bad malnutriton and tooth decay.
It went from famine to Napoleon's war
you and me, let's start a revolution.
We will not take this poverty anymore,
you and me, let's start a revolution.
On a tennis court we swore to a constitution.
Revolution in France.
On July 14 we stormed the Bastille; we showed them
revolution in France.


La, la liberté, égalité, fraternité,
French Revolution.


The month of August, 1789,
no feudalism,  Declaration of Rights,
August Decree.
Swept away the two States.
Women of Paris marched down to Versailles 
carryng weapons,
the French king they defied,
you'll give us bread.
Bread, bread or we'll stab you dead.

A new Constitution with a limited monarchy,
it was a bad time for France.
We took on Austria, a war in the Spring,
Europe frightened by our revolution,
we will not take it Luis XIV must die,
tension hightened by our revolution.
Radical political mobs unite to start 
a Revolution in France.
Breech-less sans culottes of the Paris Commune demanded
Revolution in France.


La, la liberté, égalité, fraternité,
French Revolution.

Walk, walk, scaffold, baby,
guillotine was going crazy,
take heads of kings and ladies.
Europe armed for the invading.
Walk, walk, scaffold, baby,
guillotine was going crazy,
Robespierre, Reign of Terror,
did it for the public safety.

I want your loyalty or I'll get my revenge.
I take you out till your rebelion ends.
Don't want no church,
Catholicism's dead,
no room for God.
worship reasons instead
Good ol' Notre Dame became a "temple of Reason".
Revolution in France.
A new Calendar with months named for times and seasons.
Revolution in France.

The terror enden and with Robespierre gone.
Was this the ending of revolution?
Five members of the new Directory ruled,
could it be a permanent solution?
Directory and legislature filled with corruption .
Revolution in France. 
Monarchists and wars would cause even more disruption.
Revolution in France

Oh, oh la la, coup d'etat,
oh, oh, la la, Napoleon's here!