Horrible Histories - Flame lyrics

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In 776BC Olympics were begun

Greece was the only country, so naturally we won

Cheats built bronzes of God Zeus were we honest winners

The answer’s no we had more statues than you’ve had hot dinners

Our games meant truce was called in war a peace every 4 years

But wrestling was so violent that bouts could end in tears

No girls allowed to watch or run that might sound rude

But makes sense when I tell you we competed nude

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It’s gonna burn forever

Love for Olympic heroes

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We’d like one next however

Sadly it’s Emperor Nero

Hey watch it you two, alright

I went from Rome to Greece so I could play them at their games

IN 67AD you know I won Olympic fame

Told them to include a contest based on poetry

Not much good for sportsmen no, but brilliant for me

Crashed my racing chariot but still awarded gold

Hey my Olympics my rules

To argue would be bold

I won every medal that was up for grabs

The crowd loved it well they had to or I would have had them stabbed, OK?

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Olympic champion that’s me

My games were emperors own round

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Think I was bad in 393

Christian Rome had them banned

It’s over, it's over, it's over, it's over, it's over, it's over

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WAIT not so fast

I’m Baron de Coubertin, a famous French historian

I read of the Olympic Games thought I should try restoring them

They’d be just like the old days I said but did propose

That unlike Greeks Victorians should do them wearing clothes

In 1896 we launched the games in dear old Greece

Hoped it would make men more morale as well as less obese

We built a stadium so we could start to play

Games of the modern Olympics which we still have today

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I’m on my personal glory

But no-one remembers my name

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So here to finish our story

A man who has gold plated fame

I’m Jesse Owens fastest man in 1936

I took home 4 gold medals yeah, but that’s just the basics

What you should know about the fact I was victorious

Is, it made hey Hitler mad ha it made him furious

Hitler said Berlin should be the games Germanic base

So he could show the world Aryans were the master race

I won in 4 events he had to back pedal

His evil theory destroyed with every medal

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It’s gonna burn forever

Olympics are never in doubt

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A fire of sporting endeavour

You realise it’s actually gone out

Olympic, Olympic

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