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Song Parodies -> "The Collapse of an Empire"
Original Song Title:
"Basket Case"
(MP3)Original Performer:
Green Day
Parody Song Title:
"The Collapse of an Empire"
Parody Written by:
Rebecca Suzan
The Lyrics
This was written for a school project relating to turn-of-the-century China, touching on such events as The Boxer Rebellion/peasant uprisings and the Opium Wars.
Did you hear the news?
The opium is gone
and the peasants have started a civil war
They are angry at
the Manchu government
because of suppression and poverty
The common people were fed up
They took it in to their own hands
It all kept adding up
The Manchu’s are breaking up
Will they win the wars or will they lose?
The peasants formed a group
The “Boxers” they were called
They rebelled against Western influence
Then a turning point
A revolution
Finally a Republic was formed
The common people were fed up
They took it in to their own hands
It all kept adding up
The Manchu’s are breaking up
Will they win the wars or will they lose?
Grasping to control
So they better hold on
The common people were fed up
They took it in to their own hands
It all kept adding up
The Manchu’s are breaking up
Will they win the wars or will they lose?
The opium is gone
and the peasants have started a civil war
They are angry at
the Manchu government
because of suppression and poverty
The common people were fed up
They took it in to their own hands
It all kept adding up
The Manchu’s are breaking up
Will they win the wars or will they lose?
The peasants formed a group
The “Boxers” they were called
They rebelled against Western influence
Then a turning point
A revolution
Finally a Republic was formed
The common people were fed up
They took it in to their own hands
It all kept adding up
The Manchu’s are breaking up
Will they win the wars or will they lose?
Grasping to control
So they better hold on
The common people were fed up
They took it in to their own hands
It all kept adding up
The Manchu’s are breaking up
Will they win the wars or will they lose?
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Opium War is when the drug dealers won
this is a great song relating to war and revolution i was looking for a great song to place for a pretend myspace page we are doing in history classon some philosphers such as John Locke.!! i really like this song and it relates well to the meaning of his beliefes and what role he played in goverment.! Thank You Rebecca Suzan!!
I remember doing a history base parody for my history class for a homework assignment. It was fun. It was a parody of Move Along by All American Regecks. If I spell the last word in the band than i am sorry.
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