All of the Prime Ministers of the UK in the form of a song
Literally just all of the Prime Ministers of the UK as of January 2022 but in the form of a song. Lyrics included!
Historical facts may have been twisted and simplified for reasons of rhyming. Also got William Cavendish-Bentinck’s name wrong (somehow managed to squeeze an extra syllable in!) As someone who studied English and creative writing instead of history and politics, I know where my priorities lie.
Lyrics by myself. Music faffing by Alex Wilson-Razzell. Sung (badly) by the both of us.
Lyrics:
The office at 10 downing street
For centuries has been the seat
Of people rich and sinister
Great Britain’s Prime Ministers
(The) Man who first began the role
Was our own Robert Walpole
Worked the job for twenty years
then Spencer Compton took the lead
Henry Pelham
Had to fight the Jacobites
Thomas Pelham-
Holles was next but not too bright
Two years later
France and Britain do declare (the)
Seven Years’ War
Then Caven