Marching Through Greenland

1 week ago by @gmcgath

Marching Through Greenland

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Liner Notes

After "Breaking the ICE," I have to give equal time to the other side, don't I? The tune is "Marching Through Georgia" by Henry C. Work.
#filk #political

Lyrics

Marching Through Greenland
Words: Gary McGath, Copyright 2025
Music: Henry C. Work, “Marching Through Georgia”

Bring the gloves and heavy boots, we'll sing another song.
Sing it with a spirit that will show we won't take long.
The island's population isn't sixty thousand strong,
So we'll go marching through Greenland.

Refrain:
Hurrah, hurrah! We'll make our country great.
Hurrah, hurrah! The fifty-second state.
So we'll sing the chorus while we walk or ski or skate,
As we go marching through Greenland.

All the battles that we win will fill a history book,
We'll be hailed as liberators as we enter Nuuk,
Then supply our trip back home with all the stuff we took,
As we go marching through Greenland.

Refrain

We will never shiver as for battle we prepare.
There's no foe too dangerous, no odds we wouldn't dare
When we face a reindeer or a seal or polar bear,
As we go marching through Greenland.

Refrain

Greenland's an expensive toy that Denmark pays to keep.
We'd, of course, economize and hold it on the cheap.
Still we wonder, if the island's price is so damn steep,
Why are we marching through Greenland?

Refrain

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