Allan Sherman - You Went The Wrong Way, Old King Louie lyrics

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You Went The Wrong Way, Old King Louie<br />

Louis the Sixteenth was the King of France in 1789.<br />

He was worse than Louis the Fifteenth.<br />

He was worse than Louis the Fourteenth.<br />

He was worse than Louis the Thirteenth.<br />

He was the worst since Louis the First.<br />

King Louis was living like a king, but the people were living rotten.<br />

So the people, they started an uprising which they called the<br />

French Revolution, and of course you remember their battle cry,<br />

which will never be forgotten:<br />

You went the wrong way, Old King Louie.<br />

You made the population cry.<br />

'Cause all you did was sit and pet<br />

With Marie Antoinette<br />

In your place at Versailles.<br />

And now the country's gone kablooie.<br />

So we are giving you the air.<br />

That oughta teach you not to<br />

Spend all your time fooling 'round<br />

At the Folies Bergere.<br />

If you had been a nicer king,<br />

We wouldn't do a thing,<br />

But you were bad, you must admit.<br />

We're gonna take you and the Queen<br />

Down to the guillotine,<br />

And shorten you a little bit.<br />

You came the wrong way, Old King Louie.<br />

And now you ain't got far to go.<br />

Too bad you won't be here to see<br />

That great big Eiffel Tower,<br />

Or Brigitte Bardot.<br />

To you King Louie we say fooey.<br />

You disappointed all of France.<br />

But then what else could we expect<br />

From a king in silk stockings<br />

And pink satin pants.<br />

You filled your stomach with chop suey.<br />

And also crepe suzettes and steak.<br />

And when they told your wife Marie<br />

That nobody had bread, she said<br />

"Let 'em eat cake."<br />

We're gonna take you and the Queen<br />

Down to the guillotine,<br />

It's somewhere in the heart of town.<br />

And when that fella's through<br />

With what he's gonna do,<br />

You'll have no place to hang your crown.<br />

You came the wrong way Old King Louie.<br />

Now we must put you on the shelf.<br />

That's why the people are revolting, 'cause Louie,<br />

You're pretty revolting yourself