You Went The Wrong Way Old King Louie Lyrics - Sherman Allan

+You Went The Wrong Way, Old King Louie 

Louis the Sixteenth was the King of France in 1789. 

He was worse than Louis the Fifteenth. 

He was worse than Louis the Fourteenth. 

He was worse than Louis the Thirteenth. 

He was the worst since Louis the First. 

King Louis was living like a king, but the people were living rotten. 

So the people, they started an uprising which they called the 

French Revolution, and of course you remember their battle cry, 

which will never be forgotten: 

You went the wrong way, Old King Louie. 

You made the population cry. 

'Cause all you did was sit and pet 

With Marie Antoinette 

In your place at Versailles. 

And now the country's gone kablooie. 

So we are giving you the air. 

That oughta teach you not to 

Spend all your time fooling 'round 

At the Folies Bergere. 

If you had been a nicer king, 

We wouldn't do a thing, 

But you were bad, you must admit. 

We're gonna take you and the Queen 

Down to the guillotine, 

And shorten you a little bit. 

You came the wrong way, Old King Louie. 

And now you ain't got far to go. 

Too bad you won't be here to see 

That great big Eiffel Tower, 

Or Brigitte Bardot. 

To you King Louie we say fooey. 

You disappointed all of France. 

But then what else could we expect 

From a king in silk stockings 

And pink satin pants. 

You filled your stomach with chop suey. 

And also crepe suzettes and steak. 

And when they told your wife Marie 

That nobody had bread, she said 

"Let 'em eat cake." 

We're gonna take you and the Queen 

Down to the guillotine, 

It's somewhere in the heart of town. 

And when that fella's through 

With what he's gonna do, 

You'll have no place to wear your crown. 

You came the wrong way Old King Louie. 

Now we must put you on the shelf. 

That's why the people are revolting, 'cause Louie, 

You're pretty revolting yourself!