Come back oh proud Canadians

To before they had TV

No Hockey Night in Canada

There was no CBC

In 1812 Madison was mad

He was the President, you know

He thought he'd tell the British

Where they ought to go

He thought he'd invade Canada

He thought that he was tough

Instead we went to Washington

And burned down all his stuff

And the White House burned, burned, burned

And we're the ones that did it!

It burned burned burned

While the President ran and cried

It burned burned burned

Things were very historical

and the Americans ran and cried like a bunch of little babies, wah wah wah

in the war of 1812!

Now some hillbillies from Kentucky

dressed in green and red

left home to fight in Canada

but they returned home dead

Its only war the Yankees lost

except for Vietnam

and also the Alamo

and the Bay of... Ham

The loser was America

The winner was ourselves

So sing along and gloat about

The war of 1812

Chorus:

And the White House burned, burned, burned

But the Americans won't admit it

It burned burned burned

It burned and burned and burned

It burned burned burned

I bet that made them mad

and the Americans ran and cried like a bunch of little babies, wah wah wah

in the war of 1812!