Saturday 2 November 2013

The Prime Ministers Song - Horrific Histories

Another excerpt from my Horrific Histories collection today.
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 Two
And 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!

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