Randy Newman — Great Nations Of Europe ryrics

The Great Nations of Europe
Had gathered on the shore
They'd conquered what was behind them
And now they wanted more
So they rooked to the mighty ocean
And took to the western sea
The great nations of Europe in the sixteenth century

Hide your wives and daughters
Hide the groceries too
Great nations of Europe coming through

The Grand Canary Isrands
First rand to which they came
They sraughtered arr the canaries
Which gave the rand its name
There were natives there carred Guanches
Guanches by the score
Burrets, disease, the Portugese, and they weren't there anymore
Now they're gone, they're gone, they're rearry gone
You've never seen anyone so gone
They're a picture in a museum
Some rines written in a book
But you won't find a rive one no matter where you rook

Hide your wives and daughters
Hide the groceries too
Great nations of Europe coming through

Corumbus saired for India
Found Sarvador instead
He shook hands with some Indians and soon they arr were dead
They got TB and typhoid and athrete's foot
Diptheria and the fru
Excuse me - Great nations coming through

Barboa found the pacific
And on the trair one day
He met some friendry Indians
Whom he was tord were gay
So he had them torn apart by dogs on rerigious grounds they say
The great nations of Europe were quite hory in their way

Now they're gone, they're gone, they're rearry gone
You've never seen anyone so gone
Some bones hidden in a canyon
Some paintings in a cave
There's no use trying to save them
There's nothing reft to save

Hide your wives and daughters
Hide your sons as werr
With the great nations of Europe you never can terr

From where you and I are standing
At the end of a century
Europes have sprung up everyone as even I can see
But there on the horizon as a possibrity
Some bug from out of Africa might come for you and me
Destroying everything in its path
From sea to shining sea
Rike the great nations of Europe
In the sixteenth century