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"When Britain really ruled the waves,
In good Queen Bess's time,
The House of Peers made no pretense
To intellectual eminence
Or scholarship sublime
Yet Britain won her proudest bays
In good Queen Bess's glorious days ...

When Wellington licked Bonaparte,
As every child can tell,
The House of Peers throughout the war
Did nothing in particular
And did it very well.
Yet Britain set the world ablaze
In good King George's glorious days.

And while the House of Peers withholds
Its legislative hand,
And noble statesmen do not itch
To interfere in matters which
They do not understand,
As bright will shine Great Britain's rays
As in King George's glorious days."
- 'Iolanthe', Gilbert & Sullivan

Sage advice, ignored, Instead, we got...

"Loudly let the trumpet bray,
Tantantara, tantantara!
Proudly bang the sounding brasses,
Tzing, boom!
As upon its lordly way
This unique procession passes.
Tantantara, tantantara!
Tantara, tantara,
Tzing, boom!

Bow, bow, ye lower middle classes!
Bow, bow, ye tradesmen, bow, ye masses,
Blow the trumpets, bang the brasses,
Tantantara, Tzing boom!
Bow, bow, ye lower middle classes!
Bow, bow, ye tradesmen, bow, ye masses,
Blow the trumpets, bang the brasses,

We are peers of highest station,
Paragons of legislation,
Pillars of the British nation,
We are peers of highest station,
Paragons of legislation,
Tantantara, tantara,
Tzing, boom, tzing, boom!
Tantara, tantara, tzing boom! "
- 'Iolanthe', Gilbert & Sullivan

....and the good ship SS Great Britain, and her cargo of sovereignty
and independence were legislatively steered for shipwreck!

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In article
<10f6c96d-5944-46c8-8f1c-33259a019654@k13g2000hse.googlegroups.com>,
Whileyouslept <whileyouslept@live.ca> wrote:

> "When Britain really ruled the waves,
> In good Queen Bess's time,
> The House of Peers made no pretense
> To intellectual eminence
> Or scholarship sublime
> Yet Britain won her proudest bays
> In good Queen Bess's glorious days ...
>
> When Wellington licked Bonaparte,
> As every child can tell,
> The House of Peers throughout the war
> Did nothing in particular
> And did it very well.
> Yet Britain set the world ablaze
> In good King George's glorious days.
>
> And while the House of Peers withholds
> Its legislative hand,
> And noble statesmen do not itch
> To interfere in matters which
> They do not understand,
> As bright will shine Great Britain's rays
> As in King George's glorious days."
> - 'Iolanthe', Gilbert & Sullivan
>
> Sage advice, ignored, Instead, we got...
>
> "Loudly let the trumpet bray,
> Tantantara, tantantara!
> Proudly bang the sounding brasses,
> Tzing, boom!
> As upon its lordly way
> This unique procession passes.
> Tantantara, tantantara!
> Tantara, tantara,
> Tzing, boom!
>
> Bow, bow, ye lower middle classes!
> Bow, bow, ye tradesmen, bow, ye masses,
> Blow the trumpets, bang the brasses,
> Tantantara, Tzing boom!
> Bow, bow, ye lower middle classes!
> Bow, bow, ye tradesmen, bow, ye masses,
> Blow the trumpets, bang the brasses,
>
> We are peers of highest station,
> Paragons of legislation,
> Pillars of the British nation,
> We are peers of highest station,
> Paragons of legislation,
> Tantantara, tantara,
> Tzing, boom, tzing, boom!
> Tantara, tantara, tzing boom! "
> - 'Iolanthe', Gilbert & Sullivan
>
> ...and the good ship SS Great Britain, and her cargo of sovereignty
> and independence were legislatively steered for shipwreck!
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