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Albion Begat Columbia?

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Albion begat Columbia?
Irish boys in the lumber yard
Strong stock – many, many Angle,
many Saxon made lightbulbs dangle

America built by Christian?
Good houses put here by Puritan
In Arizona there’s a chasm,
in stout English hearts a spasm

Albion begat Columbia
or was it Asian, Apache? African, Arawak? We
struck a match, we started something swinging
Ring in the new, brown, yellow, red, white, and blue
Communist, caveman, conservative
Constitution – cool, now we have to live

After the biggest clash
we threw the most expensive bash
African delivered freedom from the last
Now, for sustenance, citizens sift through our trash

Alien bloodlines congregated
and laid down railway from state to state,
defended our right to agitate
Before ballgames we hum hymns we love to hate

All Benjamin’s children’s children
learn the lies of histories
composed in Pluto’s reverie
Love thy neighbor – will ever we?

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from Eric Blowtorch Plays Himself​!​!, track released January 1, 2013

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Eric Blowtorch Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Singer/guitarist/songwriter Eric Blowtorch sings, plays, and writes reggae, ska, rocksteady, soul, rock 'n' roll, funk, Latin, disco, hip-hop, Anglo-Afropop, and jazz songs with rhythm, melody, passion, and original comic timing. E. B. plays solo, in small combos, and with a band, Eric Blowtorch and the Bodyguards. ... more

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