In America you'll get food to eat    Won't have to run through the jungle    And scuff up your feet    You'll just sing about Jesus and drink wine all day    It's great to be an American    Ain't no lions or tigers-ain't no mamba snake    Just the sweet watermelon and the buckwheat cake    Everybody is as happy as a man can be       Climb aboard, little wog-sail away with me    Sail away, sail away    We will cross the mighty ocean to the Charleston Bay    Sail away, sail away    We will cross the mighty ocean to the Charleston Bay       In America every man is free    To take care of his home and his family    You'll be (as) happy as a monkey in a monkey tree    You're gonna be an American    Sail away, sail away    We will cross the mighty ocean to the Charleston Bay    Sail away, sail away    We will cross the mighty ocean to the Charleston Bay