We're the pilgrim fathers
You may have heard rather
A lot 'bout our notions
Crossing the ocean
On the good ship Mayflower
But it's true our journey Turned into quite a commotion.
People report that we sported these hats
But that's not true, I mean, would you?
Anyway the main thing to say
We began the USA
Our little band of religion fansFrom the East Midlands.
We all believed slowly
That England was becoming less holy
So set off for Holland'Cos there we had friends
But in the end seemed the Netherlands Would never be the land, we planned.
Couldn't stand to remain on that terrain
So again we rearranged
To start a new nation with our congregation
A new and calmer life took a farmer and a builder and his wifeAnd a clerica, to find America.
Oh it's a new world It wasn't new to the natives
Still we thought we'd claim it Yeah, it's the new world.
I still remember 9th of NovemberThe year 1620 and we saw plenty of land
We thanked God when we found groundI kept calm but it didn't go as planned.
Couldn't land on the sand
A month later though, we made it
New Plymouth man, we claimed it
The natives said not
But ran when we shot.
Moved there it proved yeah
That life would be tough'Cos we didn't have enough
Of the right stuff.Did you know had no seeds we could grow
Although William Mullins had stacked126 pairs of shoes in his pack
Now that's whack.
A fishing rod, a plough,
A pig, or a cow Would have been a much better idea
But now there's no food for us to eat
Does this mean that we'll meet with de feet!
No fun in the new world I'm glad we've arrived here
But will we survive hereYeah, in the new world.
People were staving Our numbers halvingAnd when the winter winds blew
Even fewer live throughIt wasn't pretty in our new city
But the natives took pity even thoughThey didn't have to.
Man called SquantoShowed us how to grow maizeCatch eel for a meal
Chopped up in the bazeTribe gave us a feast
Our starvation ceasedIn 1621 what they had doneTurned us back from the dead
To the living and to this dayThat's why we have thanks-giving.
In Massachusetts built a colony it's trueThey say modern America was founded by our crew It's a new world But we can't call it England Let's call it New EnglandYeah, in the world.
My home was in PlymouthLets call it New PlymouthI got an idea let's call this New HampshireWait I'm from NewcastleCan we call it New Newcastle?Nah! It's a new world.
