by Woody GuthrieI was born about ten thousand years agoThere ain't nuthin' in this world that I don't knowI saw Peter Paul and Moses playin' ring-around-the-rosesAnd I'll whup the guy what says it isn't soWell, I'm just a lonesome traveler, a great historical bumHighly educated through history I have comeI built the Rock of Ages, it was in the year oh oneAnd that's about the biggest thing that Man has ever doneI saw Adam and Eve driven from the doorI'm the guy that picked the figleaves that they woreAnd from behind the bushes peepin' saw the apple they was eatin'And I swear that I'm the one that et the coreNow I built the garden of Eden, it was in the year oh twoJoined the apple-pickers union and I always paid my duesI'm the man that signed the contract to raise the risin' sunAnd that's about the biggest thing that Man has ever doneI taught Samson how to use his mighty handI showed Columbus to this happy landAnd for Pharaoh's little kiddies I built all the pyramiddiesAnd to the Sahara carried all the sandNow I was strawboss on the pyramids and the tower of Babel tooI opened up the ocean, let the mighty children throughI fought a million battles and I never lost a oneAnd that's about the biggest thing that Man has ever doneI taught Solomon his little ABC'sI'm the first one to eat Limburger cheeseAnd while floating down the bay with Methuseleh one dayI saw his whiskers floating in the breezeNow I fought the revolution that set this country freeIt was me and a couple of Indians that dumped the Boston teaI won the battle of Valley Forge and the battle of Bully RunAnd that's about the biggest thing that Man has ever doneNow Queen Elizabeth she fell in love with meWe were married in Milwaukee secretlyBut I got tired and shook her and ran off with General HookerTo go shootin' skeeters down in Tennessee[Repeat first two verses]