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Correct Talking Ben Tre Lyrics
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Pete Seeger
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Correct Talking Ben Tre
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Tell you all a story from across the sea 'Bout a little town they call Ben Tre Set on a river bank peaceful as you please Till it got caught between two ideologies Confrontation, western civilization at stake Down by the river came a-marching along The local chapter of the Viet Cong Went into towns with their flags a-wavin' It was easy to see that the town needed savin' They walked into town like they lived there Our boys saw what was going on So they called up the general on the telephone Said, "Which ones are the enemy? We can't tell Said, "I don't know either, blow 'em all to hell" Don't mater much anyway, once you've seen one you've seen 'em all The general watched the fighting about all day Said, "We've got to save that town some way It's time for a humanitarian act We'll call in a full scale bombing attack" Napalm big bombs real pretty just like the 4th of July The houses burned the whole day long Boy, we really cooked them Viet Cong And we burned about two thousand others But they were just old folks, children and mothers Good thing we saved 'emsome of them kids Might've grown up to be communists When the smoke cleared away the town was clean No Viet Cong were to be seen Just 30, 000 grateful friends glad we did right Each one looking for a place to spend the night Not much to do when your house is burned down Guess they stood around singing the Star Spangled Banner
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