"When Britain really ruled the waves,
In good Queen Bess's time,
The House of Peers made no pretense
To intellectual eminence Or scholar****p sublime
Yet Britain won her proudest bays
In good Queen Bess's glorious days ...
When Wellington licked Bonaparte,
As every child can tell,
The House of Peers throughout the war
Did nothing in particular
And did it very well.
Yet Britain set the world ablaze
In good King George's glorious days.
And while the House of Peers withholds
Its legislative hand,
And noble statesmen do not itch
To interfere in matters which
They do not understand,
As bright will ****ne Great Britain's rays
As in King George's glorious days."
- 'Iolanthe', Gilbert & Sullivan
Sage advice, ignored, Instead, we got...
"Loudly let the trumpet bray,
Tantantara, tantantara!
Proudly bang the sounding br*****,
Tzing, boom!
As upon its lordly way
This unique procession p*****.
Tantantara, tantantara!
Tantara, tantara,
Tzing, boom!
Bow, bow, ye lower middle cl*****!
Bow, bow, ye tradesmen, bow, ye m*****,
Blow the trumpets, bang the br*****,
Tantantara, Tzing boom!
Bow, bow, ye lower middle cl*****!
Bow, bow, ye tradesmen, bow, ye m*****,
Blow the trumpets, bang the br*****,
We are peers of highest station,
Paragons of legislation,
Pillars of the British nation,
We are peers of highest station,
Paragons of legislation,
Tantantara, tantara,
Tzing, boom, tzing, boom!
Tantara, tantara, tzing boom! "
- 'Iolanthe', Gilbert & Sullivan
....and the good ****p SS Great Britain, and her cargo of sovereignty
and independence were lekislatively steered for ****pwreck!
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