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Arise Sir John

from Get Back To Work! by Andrew London

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Imaginary conversation between HRH Queen Elizabeth II and the Right Honourable John Key, ex Prime Minister of New Zealand, on the occasion of his investiture as a Knight of The Realm.

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Arise, Sir John, You’ve been such a good servant We can’t thank you nearly enough…
for ensuring the wealthy stayed fiscally healthy,
keep on with that trickle-down theory, good stuff!
Your homeless and poor seem to like it outdoors, they sleep on the street now I see…
there’s no way in Hell you’d have that in Parnell, eh?
Arise, Sir John, have some tea?

Arise sir John, yes there’s been some dissent, conservationists can be a bore;
it seems they’re not happy, with streams full of crap,
E. coli levels up from Taihape to Gore
But the butter & cheese’n milk powder your friesians produce is quite simply extreme;
those Canterbury Plains have such nice braided drains,
Arise Sir John, milk or cream?

Arise, Sir John, the Empire salutes you, and here’s to your future good health!
for restoring Our knighthoods and titular honours,
it seems only right you should have one yourself.
We’ve got bridges to mend with that flag referendum, or were you just pulling Our hair?
Your record impresses, like a waitresses’ tresses
Arise Sir John, put it there!

We’re done with our thanking, carry on merchant-banking….
Arise Sir John, Arise Sir John, Arise Sir John, put it there!

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from Get Back To Work!, released June 1, 2021
Andrew London: piano and vox
Janet Holborow: cello

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New Zealand singer/songwriter of mainly (but not exclusively) satirical original songs in a mainly (but not exclusively) 1940s swing genre.

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