Dew-Eyed Anthem Man
Oh my old Queen's the Monarch
She wears the Monarch's mules
She keeps cor-blimey corgis
And she owns the old Crown Jewels
She looks a proper bwana
In her great big ballroom gown
They cut her civil list in two
So she gave them half-a-crown
Oh my old Queen's etc.
One day whilst on a walkabout
She passed a man in floods
She gave a wave and asked if he
Was one of Nature's duds
"Ma'am, Woodhead is my name," he said
"I'm OFSTED's head, boo-hoo!"
She cried, "How like Pinocchio! -
And I'm a puppet too!"
Oh my old Queen's etc.
[June 1998]