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