[Baynton]
We're the Pilgrim Fathers
You may have heard rather
A lot about our notion
Crossing the ocean
On the good ship Mayflower
Though it's true our
Journey turned into
Quite a commotion

[Willbond]
People report that
We sported these hats
But that's not true
I mean, would you?
Anyway, the main thing to say
We began the USA
Our little band of religion fans
From the East Midlands

[Baynton]
We all believed slowly
That England was becoming less holy
So set off for Holland
Cause there we had friends
But in the end
Seemed the Netherlands
Would never be the land
We'd planned
[Willbond]
Couldn't stand to remain
On that terrain
So again, we rearranged
To start a new nation
With our congregation
A new and calmer life
Took a farmer, and a builder, and his wife
And a clerica
To find America

[Howe-Douglas]
Oh, it's a New World
It wasn't new to the natives
Still we thought we'd claim it
Yeah, it's the New World

[Baynton]
I still remember
Ninth of November
The year 1620
And we saw plenty of land
We thanked God
When we found ground
I kept calm
But it didn't go as planned
[WIllbond]
Couldn't land on the sand
A month later though
We made it
New Plymouth man
We claimed it
The natives said not
But ran when we shot

[Baynton]
Moved there it proved yeah
That life would be tough
Cause we didn't have enough
Of the right stuff
Did you know
Had no seeds we could grow
Although William Mullins had stacked
126 pairs of shoes in his pack
Now that's whack

[Rickard]
A fishing rod, a plough
A pig or a cow
Would have been a much better idea
But now there's no food
For us to eat
Does this mean that
We'll meet with defeat?
[Howe-Douglas]
No fun in the New World
I'm glad we've arrived here
But will we survive here?
Yeah, in the New World

[Baynton]
People were starving
Our numbers halving
When the winter winds blew
Even fewer lived through
It wasn't pretty
In our new city
But the natives took pity
Even though they didn't have to

[Rickard]
Man called Squanto
Showed us how to grow maize
Catch eel for a meal
Build shelter in the bays
Tribe gave us a feast
Our starvation ceased
In 1621 what they had done
Turned us back
From the dead to the living
And to this day
That's why we have Thanksgiving

[Howe-Douglas]
In Massachusetts
Built a colony it's true
They say modern America
Was founded by our crew
It's a New World
But we can't call it England
Let's call it New England
Yeah, it's a New World

[Baynton]
My home was in Plymouth
Let's call this New Plymouth

[Willbond]
I got an idea
Let's call this New Hampshire

[Farnaby]
Way, I'm from Newcastle
Can we call it New Newcastle?

[Howe-Douglas/Baynton/Willbond/Rickard]
Nah

[Howe-Douglas]
It's a New World