You Went the Wrong Way, Old King Louie - Allan Sherman

Louis the Sixteenth was the King of France in 1789

He was worse than Louis the Fifteenth

He was worse than Louis the Fourteenth

He was worse than Louis the Thirteenth

He was the worst since Louis the First

King Louis was living like a king

But the people were living rotten

So the people

They started an uprising which they called the

French Revolution

And of course you remember their battle cry

Which will never be forgotten:

You went the wrong way Old King Louie

You made the population cry

'Cause all you did was sit and pet

With Marie Antoinette

In your place at Versailles

And now the country's gone kablooie

So we are giving you the air

That oughta teach you not to

Spend all your time fooling 'round

At the Folies Bergere

If you had been a nicer king

We wouldn't do a thing

But you were bad you must admit

We're gonna take you and the Queen

Down to the guillotine

And shorten you a little bit

You came the wrong way Old King Louie

And now you ain't got far to go

Too bad you won't be here to see

That great big Eiffel Tower

Or Brigitte Bardot

To you King Louie we say fooey

You disappointed all of France

But then what else could we expect

From a king in silk stockings

And pink satin pants

You filled your stomach with chop suey

And also crepe suzettes and steak

And when they told your wife Marie

That nobody had bread she said

Let 'em eat cake

We're gonna take you and the Queen

Down to the guillotine

It's somewhere in the heart of town

And when that fella's through

With what he's gonna do

You'll have no place to hang your crown

You came the wrong way Old King Louie

Now we must put you on the shelf

That's why the people are revolting

'Cause Louie

You're pretty revolting yourself