[Intro]
An invite…
We thought you might
Come to our tea party
(It’ll be simply lovely)
[Verse]
(All of us)
We’ll play charades
Masquerade
(Indigenous)
[Bridge]
Whole hearted
(Let’s get this party started)
[Chorus]
An invitation
(To a new nation)
Join our tea party
(It’s simply lovely)
[Verse]
Throwing tea
(Into the sea)
In the name of thee
(… a mutiny)
[Bridge]
[Chorus]
[Outro]
Dump a chest?
(Dump the rest)
Dump the trump
(Roasted rump)
ABOUT THE SONG
The Boston Tea Party was a pivotal act of political protest by American colonists against British rule on the night of December 16, 1773. A group of approximately 60 to 150 men, many from the Sons of Liberty, boarded three merchant ships—the Dartmouth, Eleanor, and Beaver—at Griffin’s Wharf. To hide their identities and symbolize their burgeoning “American” identity, they dressed in Native American (Mohawk) attire, using blankets and soot.
Destruction: Over the course of three hours, they smashed open and dumped 342 chests (roughly 92,000 pounds) of British East India Company tea into Boston Harbor. The destroyed cargo was worth about £9,659 at the time, which equates to over $1.7 million in today’s currency.
An outraged British Parliament responded in 1774 with punitive laws (the Coercive Acts), which included closing Boston Harbor and suspending local self-government.
Revolutionary Spark: These harsh measures backfired, unifying the thirteen colonies and leading to the convening of the First Continental Congress and, eventually, the American Revolutionary War.
From the album “Rebellion“