Listen, Mr. Bilbo (mr. Bigot) Lyrics - Peter, Paul & Mary

Listen, Mr. Bigot, listen to me, I'll give you a lesson in history 

Listen while I tell you that the foreigners you hate 

Are the very same people made America great 

Oh, listen Mr. Bigot, uh-huh, oh, listen Mr. Bigot 

In 1492, just to see what he could see 

Columbus, who was an Italian set out across the sea 

He said, "Isabella, baby, the world is round 

And the USA's just awaitin' to be found" 

Hey, listen, Mr. Bigot, listen to me, I'll give you a lesson in history 

Listen while I tell you that the foreigners you hate 

Are the very same people made America great 

Oh, listen Mr. Bigot 

(Well, some of my best friends are) 

Listen Mr. Bigot 

(Oh, they like to live with their own kind) 

Well, when the King of England started pushin' Yanks around 

They had a little trouble up in Boston town 

But a brave, black, Crispus Attucks was the man 

The first one to fall when the fightin' began 

Listen, Mr. Bigot, listen to me, I'll give you a lesson in history 

Listen while I tell you that the foreigners you hate 

Are the very same people made America great 

Oh, listen Mr. Bigot 

(They can't help it, it's their cultural point of view) 

Listen Mr. Bigot 

(They all look alike to me) 

Now Bigot, you're taking one hell of a chance 

Your good friends the Duponts, came over from France 

Another thing, I'm sure will be news to you 

The first Mr. Bigot was a foreigner too 

Listen, Mr. Bigot, listen to me, I'll give you a lesson in history 

Listen while I tell you that the foreigners you hate 

Are the very same people made America great 

You don't like blacks, you don't like Jews 

Well, if there's anyone you do like, it sure is news 

You don't like Poles, Hispanics too 

Well, anyway they serve you up, we don't like you 

Listen, Mr. Bigot, listen to me, I'll give you a lesson in history 

Listen while I tell you that the foreigners you hate 

Are the very same people made America great 

(Listen, Mr. Bigot) 

Well, there we were on the beach 

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Just trying to get some sun and up comes a, a busload of them 

(Listen, Mr. Bigot) 

Well, first they got these boxes that play this music 

(Listen, Mr. Bigot) 

I mean, it's not even in English 

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Then they take out these stoves or hibachi's or something 

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The smoke was dreadful, the smell was even worse 

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I wouldn't let my daughter marry one, ya know? 

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