Lyrics Old King Louis the Sixteenth - Allan Sherman

Old King Louis the Sixteenth

+You Went The Wrong Way, Old King Louie\nLouis the Sixteenth was the King of France in 1789.\nHe was worse than Louis the Fifteenth.\nHe was worse than Louis the Fourteenth.\nHe was worse than Louis the Thirteenth.\nHe was the worst since Louis the First.\nKing Louis was living like a king, but the people were living rotten.\nSo the people, they started an uprising which they called the\nFrench Revolution, and of course you remember their battle cry,\nwhich will never be forgotten:\nYou went the wrong way, Old King Louie.\nYou made the population cry.\n'Cause all you did was sit and pet\nWith Marie Antoinette\nIn your place at Versailles.\nAnd now the country’s gone kablooie.\nSo we are giving you the air.\nThat oughta teach you not to Spend all your time fooling 'round\nAt the Folies Bergere.\nIf you had been a nicer king,\nWe wouldn’t do a thing,\nBut you were bad, you must admit.\nWe’re gonna take you and the Queen\nDown to the guillotine,\nAnd shorten you a little bit.\nYou came the wrong way, Old King Louie.\nAnd now you ain’t got far to go.\nToo bad you won’t be here to see\nThat great big Eiffel Tower,\nOr Brigitte Bardot.\nTo you King Louie we say fooey.\nYou disappointed all of France.\nBut then what else could we expect\nFrom a king in silk stockings\nAnd pink satin pants.\nYou filled your stomach with chop suey.\nAnd also crepe suzettes and steak.\nAnd when they told your wife Marie\nThat nobody had bread, she said\n«Let 'em eat cake.»\nWe’re gonna take you and the Queen\nDown to the guillotine,\nIt’s somewhere in the heart of town.\nAnd when that fella’s through\nWith what he’s gonna do,\nYou’ll have no place to hang your crown.\nYou came the wrong way Old King Louie.\nNow we must put you on the shelf.\nThat’s why the people are revolting, 'cause Louie,\nYou’re pretty revolting yourself!