Written and Performed by Joel Pollak (R)

Nominee for Congress – 9th District, Illinois

Chicago Tax Day Tea Party

Daley Plaza, Chicago, Illinois

April 15, 2010

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On a cold night in Boston, three ships in the dock

With their valuable cargo still waiting to stock

But the colonists wont pay the duty on tea

And the governor wont let the ships out to sea

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Sing – hey, hey, what do we say?

American freedom is here to stay!

Hey, hey, what do we say?

Dont tax our freedom away!

Now the Crown has been adding new fees by the score

And the people dont think they can bear any more

Yet they dont have a vote, so they dont have a say

And theyre starting to talk about breaking away

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Now the people have gathered round the Old Meeting House

If the governor listens, theyll still hear him out

But Sam Adams, he reads the report with a frown

So the people decide that the tea must do down

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So they don their disguises and clamber aboard

And the governors tea is soon tossed overboard

And the news spreads throughout the thirteen colonies

That our countrys new motto is Dont Tread On Me.

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Now today we have gathered–young, old, black, and white

And weve all got the vote, so we dont need to fight

But if Washington taxes our future away

Then well throw them all out on Election Day!

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