We didn't know said the Burgomeister

About the camps on the edge of town

It was Hitler and his crew

That tore the German nation down

We saw the cattle cars it's true

And maybe they carried a Jew or two

They woke us up as they rattled through

But what did you expect me to do

We didn't know at all

We didn't see a thing

You can't hold us to blame

What could we do

It was a terrible shame

But we can't bear the blame

Oh no not us we didn't know

We didn't know said the congregation

Singing a hymn in a church of white

The Press was full lf lies about us

Preacher told us we were right

The outside agitators came

They burned some churches and put the blame

On decent southern people's names

To set our colored people aflame

And maybe some of our boys got hot

And a couple of niggers and reds got shot

They should have stayed where they belong

And preacher would've told us if we'd done wrong

We didn't know at all

We didn't see a thing

You can't hold us to blame

What could we do

It was a terrible shame

But we can't bear the blame

Oh no not us we didn't know

We didn't know said the puzzled voter

Watching the President on TV

I guess we've got to drop those bombs

If we're gonna keep South Asia free

The President's such a peaceful man

I guess he's got some kind of plan

They say we're torturing prisoners of war

But I don't believe that stuff no more

Torturing prisoners is a communist game

And You can bet they're doing the same

I wish this war was over and through

But what do you expect me to do

We didn't know at all

We didn't see a thing

You can't hold us to blame

What could we do

It was a terrible shame

But we can't bear the blame

Oh no not us we didn't know