Thursday 17 November 2011

1900 - Twentieth century blues

Welcome my friends, welcome everybody
To the start of the twentieth century
I don't want to Boer you but the GB
Army fought at Spion Kop so bravely
And relieved Ladysmith later to the
Relief of our empire and Treasury
King Umberto I of Italy
Was shot four times by anarchist Bresci
The next incumbent of that monarchy
Ruined it (too close to Mussolini)
Old Queen Vic visited London City
She proclaimed Australia a new country
The Filipinos fought the Yanks fiercely
The Labour Party starts led by Hardie

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