An earlier entry in my blog parodied the English Kings & Queens Song from the BBC Horrible Histories series fitting the 44 Presidents of the USA into the tune so I thought I'd try doing the same with UK Prime Ministers... all 53 of them.
It worked quite well except the chorus which is supposed to list all those mentioned in the song so far. The only way I could find to do it was to have two choruses at the end to fit them all in.
Hope you enjoy.
The English Kings & Queens Prime Ministers Song not by Horrible Histories
Bob Walpole’s first, (for) George One And TwoAnd then we’ve got Compton
Henry Pelham’s our number 3
Then Pelham-Holles or Tom
Will Cavendish from Devonshire
Then Pelham-Holles again
John Stuart for King George Three
Then Grenville takes the rein
Watson-Wentworth comes to power then
The Elder Mr Pitt
Augustus Fitzroy was before
Lord North whose face did fit
“Oh is that all?”
“Only 12 innit? We’ve lots more names. Now who’s next?”
Watson-Wentworth comes back now
Petty-FitzMaurice he knows how
Cavendish-Bentinck not as fit
As the Younger Mr Pitt
Henry Addington next to bat
And then Pitt the Younger is back
Wyndham Grenville then before
Cavendish-Bentinck’s in store
Perceval’s the one man killed
By Jenkinson his shoes were filled
Chorus (skip this bit)
Canning, G. stayed least then see
Fred John Robinson
He came before the Iron Duke
And then Charles Grey is on
William Lamb – Victoria’s man
Then Wellesley’s back again
Robert Peel – the copper’s friend
Then William Lamb’s refrain
Bobby’s back but on his track
Lord Russell, that’s right - John
Smith-Stanley is after he
Then Hamilton-Gordon
Henry John Temple then
It’s Smith-Stanley’s return
Temple takes him out but then
John Russell’s back before
It’s Smith-Stanley then Disraeli
He’s the Earl of Beaconsfield
Bill Gladstone then takes the role
But finds Disraeli won’t yield
Gladstone wins but then next in
Is Gascoyne-Cecil. Who?
Gladstone’s back and then guess what
It’s Gascoyne-Cecil’s two
Chorus (skip this bit)
Bill Gladstone’s back and then
Archibald Primrose or Archie
It’s Gascoyne-Cecil’s final turn
Then Balfour or Artie
Campbell-Bannerman - first PM man
Asquith enters the war
Lloyd George is bold takes on this role
And then it’s Andrew Law
Stanley Baldwin is next to win
Then MacDonald takes his position
Stan Baldwin’s back before McDonald’s slack
Means Baldwin’s third inauguration
Chorus (skip this bit)
With Chamberlain World War 2 begins
But he doesn’t stay long
Churchill steps in, with him we win
Then Atlee when he’s gone
Churchill’s back but just can’t hack
Peace so next we have Eden
Harold Macmillan’s next in line
Then Douglas Home succeeds him
(Har)old Wilson then is in office
Ted Heath for one short term
Harold Wil-son then Callaghan’s on
And then it’s Maggie Thatcher’s turn
Chorus (skip this bit)
(She’s our only woman PM, you know)
John Major, Blair, Gordon Brown and
We’ve David Cameron now
And that’s all the prime ministers
We’ve had up until now
Chorus (Pt 1)
Walpole, Compton, Pelham, Pelham-holles
Cavendish, Pelham-holles, Stuart
Grenville, Watson-wentworth, Pitt
Fitzroy, North, Watson-wentworth
Petty fitz-maurice, Cavendish-bentinck
Pitt, Addington, Pitt, Grenville
Cavendish-bentinck, Perceval
Jenkinson, Canning, Robinson
Wellesley, Grey, Lamb, Wellesley, Peel, Lamb
Peel, Russell, Smith-Stanley
Hamilton-Gordon
Temple, Smith-Stanley, Temple
Russell, Smith-Stanley, Disraeli
Chorus (Pt 2)Gladstone, Disraeli, Gladstone, Gas(coyne)-cecil
Gladstone, Gas(coyne)-cecil, Gladstone
Primrose, Gascoyne-cecil, Balfour
Campbell-ban(ner)man, Asquith, Lloyd george
Law, Baldwin, Macdonald, Baldwin
Macdonald, Baldwin, Chamberlain
Churchill, Atlee, Churchill, Eden
Macmillan, Douglas home, Wilson
Heath, Wilson, Callaghan, Thatcher
Major, Blair, Brown, Cameron
That’s all we’ve got for yer
Took two goes to get them in
Just how fast through them can you sing?
All these PMs have come and gone
And now we’re stuck with Cameron!
Gladstone, Gas(coyne)-cecil, Gladstone
Primrose, Gascoyne-cecil, Balfour
Campbell-ban(ner)man, Asquith, Lloyd george
Law, Baldwin, Macdonald, Baldwin
Macdonald, Baldwin, Chamberlain
Churchill, Atlee, Churchill, Eden
Macmillan, Douglas home, Wilson
Heath, Wilson, Callaghan, Thatcher
Major, Blair, Brown, Cameron
That’s all we’ve got for yer
Took two goes to get them in
Just how fast through them can you sing?
All these PMs have come and gone
And now we’re stuck with Cameron!
No comments:
Post a Comment