The power of Spain being spent/(Spain now being “decadent”)/The Dutch,too, were free/(Ironically)To colonize new continents..///
But first they must deal with Britain/Which her own colonies was a-gittin’/And even the Swedes/Felt colonial “needs”../In the West, then, the Dutch were soon smitten///
But don’t think theDutch quit the game:They colonized all the same../They got Indonesia/And (this one will please ya)/For South Africa’s woes they’re to blame..///
What lessons has history taught?“Liberation”, it seems, comes to naught./Someplace always aflame/(All that’s changed is the name)/In an endless “turf war” we are caught…“When elephants fight, the grass suffersl..”
The power of Spain being spent/(Spain now being “decadent”)/The Dutch,too, were free/(Ironically)To colonize new continents..///
But first they must deal with Britain/Which her own colonies was a-gittin’/And even the Swedes/Felt colonial “needs”../In the West, then, the Dutch were soon smitten///
But don’t think theDutch quit the game:They colonized all the same../They got Indonesia/And (this one will please ya)/For South Africa’s woes they’re to blame..///
What lessons has history taught?“Liberation”, it seems, comes to naught./Someplace always aflame/(All that’s changed is the name)/In an endless “turf war” we are caught…“When elephants fight, the grass suffersl..”