Tip:
Highlight text to annotate it
X
Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary Triple Alliance did form
When Great Britain joined up with France and with Russia
The Triple Entente it was born To each enter fighting should one be invaded
Obliged morally to take part They thought for sure that peace was secure
For who'd be so foolish to start? In Austria-Hung'ry though trouble was brewing
The Slavs they were making a scene: Bosnians, Slovaks, Ukrainians, Croats and
Serbs, Czechs and Poles and Slovenes Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary
Triple Alliance did form When Great Britain joined with France and
with Russia The Triple Entente it was born
The Slavs they were feeling so nationalistic So tired of Austrian rule
So Black Hand's assassin, a Serb named Gavrilo Killed Archduke Franz Ferdie in June
Austria-Hungary now very ang-ary War soon on Serbs did declare
The Serbs called their big slavic brothers the Russians
Who set off for war ill-prepared Germany came to her ally's assistance
With hope in a quick westward thrust But the British blockaded, came to France's
aid and The bloodbath had truly begun
Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary Triple Alliance did form
When Great Britain joined up with France and with Russia
The Triple Entente it was born After the outbreak of Great War's destruction
Alliances prove to have flaws Italia switches, the Sultan, he hitches
To Germany's doomed warring cause So Germany, Turkey, and Austria-Hung'ry
As powers so Central did fight So oil might flow from Baghdad you know
To keep the big zeppelins in flight The Allies, I say, led by the UK,
Italia, Russia, and France Would prove to be wiser, surrounding the Kaiser
Thanks also to US and Japan Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary
Triple Alliance did form When Great Britain joined up with France and
with Russia The Triple Entente it was born