The Great Historical Bum-The Chad Mitchell Trio

[ti:The Great Historical Bum] [ar:The Chad Mitchell Trio] [al:Live At The Bitter End] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Great Historical Bum - The Chad Mitchell Trio [01:37.03]I was born about ten thousand years ago [01:38.92] [01:40.04]There ain't nothin' in this world that I don't know [01:42.48] [01:43.27]I saw Peter Paul and Moses playin' ring around the roses [01:46.66]And I'll whup the guy what says it isn't so [01:48.76] [01:49.84]Well I'm just a lonesome traveler a great historical bum [01:52.84] [01:53.54]Highly educated through history I have come [01:56.79]I built the Rock of Ages it was in the year oh one [01:59.96]And that's about the biggest thing that Man has ever done [02:03.22]I saw Adam and Eve driven from the door [02:05.17] [02:06.17]I'm the guy that picked the figleaves that they wore [02:09.34]And from behind the bushes peepin' saw the apple they was eatin' [02:12.54]And I swear that I'm the one that et the core [02:14.98] [02:16.16]Now I built the garden of Eden it was in the year oh two [02:19.28]Joined the apple pickers union and I always paid my dues [02:22.22] [02:22.81]I'm the man that signed the contract to raise the risin' sun [02:25.98]And that's about the biggest thing that Man has ever done [02:29.14]I taught Samson how to use his mighty hand [02:31.33] [02:32.71]I showed Columbus to this happy land [02:34.61] [02:35.59]And for Pharaoh's little kiddies I built all the pyramiddies [02:38.57] [02:39.09]And to the Sahara carried all the sand [02:41.21] [02:42.18]Now I was strawboss on the pyramids and the tower of Babel too [02:45.78]I opened up the ocean let the mighty children through [02:49.09]I fought a million battles and I never lost a one [02:52.43]And that's about the biggest thing that Man has ever done [02:55.66]I taught Solomon his little ABC's [02:57.38] [02:58.63]I'm the first one to eat Limburger cheese [03:01.14] [03:02.32]And while floating down the bay with Methuseleh one day [03:05.54]I saw his whiskers floating in the breeze [03:07.89] [03:08.66]Now I fought the revolution that set this country free [03:11.86] [03:12.46]It was me and a couple of Indians that dumped the Boston tea [03:15.86]I won the battle of Valley Forge and the battle of Bully Run [03:19.07]And that's about the biggest thing that Man has ever done [03:21.76] [03:22.28]Now Queen Elizabeth she fell in love with me [03:24.53] [03:25.50]We were married in Milwaukee secretly [03:27.17] [03:29.06]But I got tired and shook her and ran off with General Hooker [03:31.66] [03:32.25]To go shootin' skeeters down in Tennessee [03:33.99] [03:35.29]I was born about ten thousand years ago [03:37.53] [03:38.59]There ain't nothin' in this world that I don't know [03:41.03] [03:41.91]I saw Peter Paul and Moses playin' ring around the roses [03:45.21]And I'll whup the guy what says it isn't so [03:47.47] [03:48.41]Well I'm just a lonesome traveler a great historical bum [03:51.32] [03:52.15]Highly educated through history I have come [03:55.33]I built the Rock of Ages it was in the year oh one [03:58.60]And that's about the biggest thing that Man has ever done [04:01.84]I saw Adam and Eve driven from the door [04:04.56] [04:05.30]It was me and a couple of Indians that dumped the Boston tea [04:08.62]I won the battle of Valley Forge and the battle of Bully Run [04:11.79]And that's about the biggest thing that Man has ever done