The Sixty Second Scribe
The Queen is dead - and across our whole nation
Protest was deemed worthy of eternal damnation
So for those who felt that hereditary monarchy
Had no place in a modern democratic society
There was no opportunity for peaceful demonstration.
God save the King - a new proclamation
Protest was deemed worthy of eternal damnation
As the changeover happened immediately
Just as god had decreed it apparently
So there was no opportunity for peaceful demonstration.
Some months have passed - the King’s coronation
Protest was deemed worthy of eternal damnation
As those who protested, were arrested, we see
Protest is illegal now, apparently
So there was no opportunity for peaceful demonstration.
Monarchist or not, speak out in condemnation
Lest Niemoller’s warning, with slight adaptation
“They came for the republicans initially,
So how long must pass till they’re coming for me?”
And there’ll be no opportunity for peaceful demonstration.