LYRICS:

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.

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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 fans from the East Midlands.

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We all believed slowly that England was becoming less holy
So set off for Holland 'cause 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 wife
And a clerica, to find America.

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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.

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I still remember 9th of November
The year 1620 and we saw plenty of land
We thanked God when we found ground
I kept calm but it didn’t go as planned.

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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.

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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 stacked 126 pairs of shoes in his pack
Now that’s whack!

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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?!

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No fun in the new world
I’m glad we’ve arrived here
But will we survive here?
Yeah, in the new world.

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People were staving our numbers halving
And when the winter winds blew even fewer live through.
It wasn’t pretty in our new city, but the natives took pity

Even though they didn’t have to.

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Man called Squanto showed us how to grow maize
Catch eel for a meal, build shelter in the baze
Tribe gave us a feast, our starvation ceased
What they had done turned us back from the dead to the living

And to this day that’s why we have Thanksgiving.

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In Massachusetts built a colony it’s true
They 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 England
Yeah, in the world.

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My home was in Plymouth, let's call it New Plymouth.
I got an idea, let’s call this New Hampshire.
Wait I’m from Newcastle, can we call it New Newcastle? - Nah.
It’s a new world.