Uploaded November 2014 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Sectionalism, compromise, and Taylor Swift. Let's sing about the reasons for the Compromise of 1850 and its effects!
And new videos will now be released on Tuesdays!
Thought we were okay
We said with Missouri
No more slavery (no no)
above 36 30 (no no)
After the Mexican War,
We had so much more,
Land than we had had before (woah woah),
Stretch from shore to shore (woah woah),
And we moved west and
Destiny manifesting,
Gotta let the rest in,
They want to be states but that will upset this tie,
And the South will want them slave, slave, slave, slave, slave,
And the North will want them free, free, free, free, free,
And here comes Henry Clay, Clay, Clay, Clay, saying compromise, compromise!
And Calhoun wants them slave, slave, slave, slave, slave,
And Webster wants them free, free, free, free, free,
And here comes Henry Clay, Clay, Clay, Clay, saying compromise, compromise!
So California's free,
No slave trade in DC,
Two new territories,
with popular sovereignty,
A Fugitive Slave Law (what about the one we got),
Worse than the one before (better warn Dred Scott),
In Kansas-Nebraska,
They're having massacres,
Territories bleeding,
Sumner took a beating,
South may be seceding if we mess with their so-called "states rights!"
The South still wants their slaves, slaves, slaves, slaves, slaves,
And the North wants to be free, free, free, free, free,
And that all may go away, way, way, way, cause we compromised, compromised!
And this is gonna lead, lead, lead, lead, lead,
Southern states to secede, -cede, -cede, -cede, -cede,
'Cause we all agreed, -greed, -greed, -greed, to the compromise, compromise!
Hey, hey, hey, just think, while you've been sitting home reading Harriet Beecher Stowe and Uncle Tom's Cabin,
You could have been in Illinois listening to this sick speech:
A house divided cannot stand,
I believe this government can't endure,
permanently, half slave, half free,
It'll become all one thing, or all the other!
New videos every Tuesday!
Like on FaceBook: facebook.com/MrBettsClass
Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/MrBettsClass
"En la Brisa" Music by Dan-O at DanoSongs.com
Sectionalism, compromise, and Taylor Swift. Let's sing about the reasons for the Compromise of 1850 and its effects!
And new videos will now be released on Tuesdays!
Thought we were okay
We said with Missouri
No more slavery (no no)
above 36 30 (no no)
After the Mexican War,
We had so much more,
Land than we had had before (woah woah),
Stretch from shore to shore (woah woah),
And we moved west and
Destiny manifesting,
Gotta let the rest in,
They want to be states but that will upset this tie,
And the South will want them slave, slave, slave, slave, slave,
And the North will want them free, free, free, free, free,
And here comes Henry Clay, Clay, Clay, Clay, saying compromise, compromise!
And Calhoun wants them slave, slave, slave, slave, slave,
And Webster wants them free, free, free, free, free,
And here comes Henry Clay, Clay, Clay, Clay, saying compromise, compromise!
So California's free,
No slave trade in DC,
Two new territories,
with popular sovereignty,
A Fugitive Slave Law (what about the one we got),
Worse than the one before (better warn Dred Scott),
In Kansas-Nebraska,
They're having massacres,
Territories bleeding,
Sumner took a beating,
South may be seceding if we mess with their so-called "states rights!"
The South still wants their slaves, slaves, slaves, slaves, slaves,
And the North wants to be free, free, free, free, free,
And that all may go away, way, way, way, cause we compromised, compromised!
And this is gonna lead, lead, lead, lead, lead,
Southern states to secede, -cede, -cede, -cede, -cede,
'Cause we all agreed, -greed, -greed, -greed, to the compromise, compromise!
Hey, hey, hey, just think, while you've been sitting home reading Harriet Beecher Stowe and Uncle Tom's Cabin,
You could have been in Illinois listening to this sick speech:
A house divided cannot stand,
I believe this government can't endure,
permanently, half slave, half free,
It'll become all one thing, or all the other!
New videos every Tuesday!
Like on FaceBook: facebook.com/MrBettsClass
Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/MrBettsClass
"En la Brisa" Music by Dan-O at DanoSongs.com
