Randy Newman – The Great Nations Of Europe (Ukulele)

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 The Great Nations of Europe, had gathered on the shore;

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 They'd conquered what was be-hind them, and now they wanted more.

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So they looked to the mighty ocean, and took to the Western Sea;

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The great Nations of Europe, in the 16th centu-ry.

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 Hide your wives and daughters, hide the groceries too;

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The great Nations of Europe comin' through.

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The Grand Ca-nary Islands; first land to which they came.

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They slaughtered all the ca-naries there,

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Which gave the land its name.

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There were natives there, called Guanches,

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 Guanches by the score.

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 Bullet's, di-sease, the Portugese; they weren't there any-more.

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Now they're gone, they're gone, they're really gone;

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You've never seen any-one so gone.

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There's pictures in a mu-seum, some lines written in a book,

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But you won't find a live one, no matter where you look.

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 Hide your wives and daughters, hide the groceries too;

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The great Nations of Europe comin' through.

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Co-lumbus sailed for India; found Salvidor in-stead.

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He shook hands with some Indians, and soon they all were dead.

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They got TB and Typhoid and athletes foot, dip-theria and the flu;

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'Scuse me; great nations comin' through.

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Bal-boa found the Pa-cific, and on the trail one day,

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He met some friendly Indians, whom he was told were gay. So...

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He had them torn a-part by dogs, on re-ligious grounds they say;

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The great Nations of Europe, were quite holy in their way.

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Now they're gone, they're gone, they're really gone;

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You've never seen any-one so gone.

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Some bones hidden in a canyon, some paintings in a cave;

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There's no use tryin' to save them; there's nothin' left to save.

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 Hide your wives and daughters, hide your sons as well;

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With the great Nations of Europe, you never can tell.

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 Where you and I are standing, at the end of a centu-ry;

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 Europe's have sprung up everywhere, as even I can see.

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But there on the ho-rizon, is the possi-bili-ty,

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That some bug from out of Africa, might come for you and me.

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De-stroying everything in its path, from sea to shining sea.

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Like the great Nations of Europe, in the 16th centu-ry.