Louis the Sixteenth was the King of France in 1789.
He was worse than
Louis the Fifteenth.
He was worse than Louis the Fourteenth.
He was worse
than Louis the Thirteenth.
He was the worst since Louis the First.
King
Louis was living like a king, but the people were living rotten.
So the
people, they started an uprising which they called the French Revolution, and of
course you remember their battle cry, which will never be forgotten:
You went the wrong way, Old King Louie.
You made the population
cry.
'Cause all you did was sit and pet
With Marie Antoinette
In your
place at Versailles.
And now the country's gone kablooie.
So we are giving you the air.
That
oughta teach you not to
Spend all your time fooling 'round
At the Folies
Bergere.
If you had been a nicer king,
We wouldn't do a thing,
But you were bad,
you must admit.
We're gonna take you and the Queen
Down to the
guillotine,
And shorten you a little bit.
You came the wrong way, Old King Louie.
And now you ain't got far to
go.
Too bad you won't be here to see
That great big Eiffel Tower,
Or
Brigitte Bardot.
To you King Louie we say fooey.
You disappointed all of France.
But
then what else could we expect
From a king in silk stockings
And pink
satin pants.
You filled your stomach with chop suey.
And also crepe suzettes and
steak.
And when they told your wife Marie
That nobody had bread, she
said
"Let 'em eat cake."
We're gonna take you and the Queen
Down to the guillotine,
It's
somewhere in the heart of town.
And when that fella's through
With what
he's gonna do,
You'll have no place to hang your crown.
You came the wrong way Old King Louie.
Now we must put you on the
shelf.
That's why the people are revolting, 'cause Louie,
You're pretty
revolting yourself!
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