Uploaded February 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
World War One was definitely not fun for the young (and old) who fought in it.
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"En la Brisa" Music by Dan-O at DanoSongs.com
A Serb killed Franz Ferdinand
Austria-Hungary’s so irate
Serbia agrees with most demands, Austria won’t negotiate
Russia begins to mobilize to back its fellow Slavs
Germany backs Austria-Hungary and, on Russia, declares war
And they know that Russia and France are friends
So they make the Schlieffen Plan
First go west, fight France, and when they’re done
Turn east and take on the Russians
So what, they’ll have to cross Belgium
This brings in England, an ally
Of France and of Belgium
It looks like Europe
Will fight
World War I
Starts the summer of 1914
But we can all see root problems
Alliance systems
Colonies, militarism, nationalism
War’s begun
Allies stop German swarm
At the Battle of the Marne
Dig a trench, and dive in
Better stay there than go out in No Man’s Land
And after Verdun
Battle of the Somme
Millions dead with just a few miles won
We’ll fight
With new weapons
Subs and tanks and planes and Zeppelins
Scariest weapon’s gas poison
And where’s
The Americans
They’re neutral ‘til Lusitania
And Zimmermann’s note to Mexicans
Yanks coming over there
The Yanks coming over there
Yanks coming over there
The Yanks coming over there
The Russians can their Czar
And pull out of the war
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, here comes the full German might
They fail at the Marne again
Here’s the Americans
Say goodbye to Wilhelm and it’s time to sign
The armistice
The fighting is finally over
Let’s get closure in Paris
Treaty of Versailles
Calls for a new League of Nations
And reparations to Allies
Now that the War to end all Wars
Is over, said and done
And never again we’ll fight
World War One was definitely not fun for the young (and old) who fought in it.
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"En la Brisa" Music by Dan-O at DanoSongs.com
A Serb killed Franz Ferdinand
Austria-Hungary’s so irate
Serbia agrees with most demands, Austria won’t negotiate
Russia begins to mobilize to back its fellow Slavs
Germany backs Austria-Hungary and, on Russia, declares war
And they know that Russia and France are friends
So they make the Schlieffen Plan
First go west, fight France, and when they’re done
Turn east and take on the Russians
So what, they’ll have to cross Belgium
This brings in England, an ally
Of France and of Belgium
It looks like Europe
Will fight
World War I
Starts the summer of 1914
But we can all see root problems
Alliance systems
Colonies, militarism, nationalism
War’s begun
Allies stop German swarm
At the Battle of the Marne
Dig a trench, and dive in
Better stay there than go out in No Man’s Land
And after Verdun
Battle of the Somme
Millions dead with just a few miles won
We’ll fight
With new weapons
Subs and tanks and planes and Zeppelins
Scariest weapon’s gas poison
And where’s
The Americans
They’re neutral ‘til Lusitania
And Zimmermann’s note to Mexicans
Yanks coming over there
The Yanks coming over there
Yanks coming over there
The Yanks coming over there
The Russians can their Czar
And pull out of the war
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, here comes the full German might
They fail at the Marne again
Here’s the Americans
Say goodbye to Wilhelm and it’s time to sign
The armistice
The fighting is finally over
Let’s get closure in Paris
Treaty of Versailles
Calls for a new League of Nations
And reparations to Allies
Now that the War to end all Wars
Is over, said and done
And never again we’ll fight
