I love to be a British queen
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I am Victoria, you see
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Now where's my British butler
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With my British cup of tea?
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Tea is not from Britain, ma'am
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From India it was brought
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Yes, for your cuppa, thousands died
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And many wars were fought
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British things, my British things
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It seems that tea is not
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British things, my British things
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Can I sweeten it a jot?
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Do tell me sugar's British though
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No, it's Caribbean imported
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For sugar in your cup of tea
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Slavery's been supported
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I know it's wrong, your majesty
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But slaves in Africa
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Worked hard in fields of sugar cane
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To sweeten up your char
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British things, ah British things
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I thought that there were many
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British things, ah British things
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Afraid there's hardly any
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You know your British cotton vest
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What's wrong with it? Explain!
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The cotton's from America
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And picked by... slaves again!
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Your empire's built on fighting wars
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That's how your income's swollen
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Your British things are from abroad
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And most are frankly stolen
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Whatever next? Go on! Pray tell!
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Our British queen is foreign as well?
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It's true, I am of foreign descent
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And your husband, Albert? A German gent!
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At least I've got a British name
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Victoria's Latin... that's a shame!
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British things, ah British things
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There are none, we declare
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All our favourite British things
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Seem to come from elsewhere!
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