I was born a hundred thousand years ago

This was one of those old songs that probably was a campfire favorite. Its lyrics have shifted and changed down the years. I have loved the tall tales that the singer brings forth. Hope your child does too.

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I was born a hundred thousand years ago, There ain’t nothin’ in this world that I don’t know.

I saw Peter, Paul and Moses, Play ring around the roses,

And I’ll wallop the guy who says it isn’t so.

1.

I knew Adam and Eve before they knew the score, It was I who designed the fig leaves that they wore,

And when the apples they were stealing, behind the bushes I was kneeling,

And I swear I am the guy who ate the core.

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2.

Emperor Nero was a personal friend of mine, The way he played the fiddle was divine,

But when he ordered Rome to burn, It was I who got my gun

And shot him with a bullet to the spine.

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3.

Cleopatra was a constant date of mine, We played Rummy on her barge down the Nile,

And when Chubby Julius Caesar, wanted Cleo for a breather,

I was made the God Father of the child.

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4.

I’ll tell you how America came to be, I was with Collumbus when he sailed across the sea

 He fell sick the day we landed, Returned home empty handed,

And by rights the whole damn place belongs to me.

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5.

I have a really long long tale to tell, You must admit I do it rather well,

Now this part is the best, And I put you to the test,

You had better clap or you can go to hell.

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