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"One united kingdom they fancied wouldn't do |
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To please some grumbling Irishmen, they split it into two |
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Two little kingdoms, but then the Scots, you see |
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Claimed their ancient throne and rights, then they were three |
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Three little kingdoms but then one more |
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For Welshman claimed a parliament and then they were four |
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Four little kingdoms wouldn't do at all |
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One of them was far too big, the others were too small" |
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And this is the price we'll pay |
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Take a lesson from your history |
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Divide and conquer is the game they play |
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And this is the price we'll pay |
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"All across Great Britain ancient hates revived |
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Cornwall wants to rule herself and then they were five |
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Five little kingdoms but London is a fix |
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Raised the Southern English flag, and then they were six |
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Six little kingdoms, the home-rule heaven |
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Caused a rising in the West, and then they were seven |
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Seven little kingdoms, Northmen wouldn't wait |
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Hailed Northumberland and then they were eight" |
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And this is the price we'll pay |
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Take a lesson from your history |
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A house divided simply cannot stand |
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And this is the price we'll pay |
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"And the towns that one may visit via the Eastern county's line |
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Formed East Anglia and then they were nine |
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Nine little kingdoms of Midlands People's land |
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Called themselves a parliament and then they were ten |
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Ten little kingdoms never could agree |
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How to work together and so they went free |
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Ten little kingdoms too weak to stand alone |
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A foreign nation conquered them, then they were gone" |
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And this is the price we'll pay |
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Take a lesson from your history |
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Devolution is the devil's ploy |
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And this is the price we'll pay |
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Ten little kingdoms, ten little kingdoms... |
