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THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE song by Mr Nicky
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TEACHERS: Mr. Nicky is booking his 2024-25 virtual assemblies and online history songwriting lessons! These programs (via Zoom/Google Meet/etc.) meet state learning standards in both social studies and ELA, and they’re tons of fun. Please send an e-mail to [email protected] for full information. (Students will not receive a response, but thank you for your support!) • LYRICS BELOW - • Here's the MERCH! : https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-nick... • THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE song by Mr. Nicky • To the tune of “No Tears Left to Cry” by Ariana Grande • Backing track property of Karaoke Version / Tency Music. • Theodora: • The chariot race had become a riot • I told Justinian, “Stay and fight!” • Constantinople was on fire • Justinian: • But I built it back up, I built it back up • Took Constantinople and built it back up • I spent hefty sums, got public works done • The Hagia Sophia (The ‘Holy Wisdom’) • I built that back up, so won't that make up • For all that Procopius said I'm guilty of? • He made that stuff up • Constantine, thank you for moving Rome's capital out near Asia, where trade is just outrageous • These walls and seas protect our rich city from invasion, your name is in its phrasing • Once this was a Greek trading colony • Now we run Rome’s empire in the East • Rome lost ground, and I won lots back, but I just couldn't please the Blues and Greens, yeah • Theodora: • The chariot race had become a riot • I told Justinian, “Stay and fight!” • Constantinople was on fire • Justinian: • But I built it back up, I built it back up • Took Constantinople and built it back up • Theodora: • Rome’s laws sure needed updating • Your legal code is such a legacy • It's given women more rights • Justinian: • Yeah, I fixed the laws up, I fixed the laws up, I had a commission go fix the laws up • I fixed the laws up, and they’d get picked up by courts and law scholars all over Europe, then look where they wound up • The Pope is in Rome while I’m picking patriarchs, we're headed for the Schism, a Christian division • Our Eastern Orthodox church-state has seen the West betraying our bishops’ religious convictions • Thou shalt stop icon idolatry • Ban this art, it's our Emperor's policy • The church tears apart, Pope Gregory (II III), how'd you like some pictures smashed by iconoclasts? • Yeah, mind your place in church hierarchy! • You pray in Latin, it's Greek to me • Our Liturgy is Divine • But your Mass is misled, you use the wrong bread, your creed is heresy and your priests never wed • We were sure Empress Irene could reign • And still Pope Leo (III) crowns Charlemagne! • Just dump your Latin church rites • And use our Eastern ones ‘cause • Cerularius is shutting you down • and your Cardinal is disgusted • What’s this bull of excommunication? • St. Basil help us! It’s worse than saying • Istanbul will own our Hippodrome site • Theodora: • Stay and fight! Yeah! • The chariot race had become a riot • I told Justinian, “Stay and fight!” • Constantinople was on fire • Justinian: • But I built it back up, I built it back up • Took Constantinople and built it back up • I built it back up, so that should make up • for all that Procopius said I'm guilty of • Ok, that's enough
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