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On the banks of the Elbe my love and I sat down to neck,
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And he took out his ball-pen and he wrote me out of a cheque;
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And he said, 'my little gretchen, how'd you like to make a wreck
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Of the whole bloody universe, my darling?'
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O, the banks they are rosy and market's doing fine.
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The bulls and bears are pasturing from Wall Street to the Rhine.
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The bombs are in the stockpile., only waiting for a sign
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From my Johnny, lovely Johnny, with his ball-pens.
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O, my heart is sad and lonely for the boys in shirts of brown,
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And the lads who wore the blackshirts on the streets of Berlin town.
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For they sere sure the boyos who could drag a country down,
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O, me Johnny there was nothing that could beat 'em.
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O, the banks they are rosy and market's doing fine.
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The bulls and bears are pasturing from Wall Street to the Rhine.
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The bombs are in the stockpile., only waiting for a sign
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From my Johnny, lovely Johnny, with his ball-pens.
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O, they took my little Adolf, ay,and Hermann Göring too,
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And Rudy Hess and Himmler that was loyal, brave and true.
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They began the fight for freedom, but there's one will see it through
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It's me Johnny, lovely Johnny, with his ball-pens.
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O, the banks they are rosy and market's doing fine.
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The bulls and bears are pasturing from Wall Street to the Rhine.
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The bombs are in the stockpile., only waiting for a sign
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From my Johnny, lovely Johnny, with his ball-pens.
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There's a place they call the Congo, and it's full of heathen blacks
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Who had the nerve to try and get the Belgians off their backs;
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But gallant little Belgium up and gave them such a whack,
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And my Johnny smiled and gently whispered freedom.
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O, the banks they are rosy and market's doing fine.
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The bulls and bears are pasturing from Wall Street to the Rhine.
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The bombs are in the stockpile., only waiting for a sign
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From my Johnny, lovely Johnny, with his ball-pens.
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There's darling General Franco and the heirs of Syngman Rhee,
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There's Battista (late of Cuba) and another two or three;
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Each one a freedom-fighter and they love democracy,
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And they're friendly, O so friendly with my Johnny!
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O, the banks they are rosy and market's doing fine.
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The bulls and bears are pasturing from Wall Street to the Rhine.
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The bombs are in the stockpile., only waiting for a sign
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From my Johnny, lovely Johnny, with his ball-pens.
Johnny is so lavish with the things he gives to me,
There's missiles, bombs and atom-subs, all kinds of finery.
And he calls me "Little Gretchen, the Soul of Liberty"
While he's fiddling with the buttons of his ball-pens.
INSERT CHORUS
- 1. Chord Gitar Ewan MacColl - The Banks They Are Rosy Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar G#)
- 2. Ganti Chord Gitar Ewan MacColl - The Banks They Are Rosy Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar G#)
- 3. Author Lagu Andra Ramadhan