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Oh the world will sing of an English King
A thousand years from now,
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And not because he passed some laws
G
Or had that lofty brow.
G
While bonny good King Richard leads
The great crusade he's on,
D
We'll all have to slave away
G
For that good-for-nothin' John!
G
Incredible as he is inept,
Whenever the history books are kept,
D G
They'll call him the phony king of England.
D G
A pox on the phony king of England!
G
He sits alone on a giant throne,
Pretendin' he's the king,
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A little tyke who's rather like
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A puppet on a string,
And he throws an angry tantrum
D
And then he calls for Mum,
while he's suckin' his thumb.
G
You see, he doesn't want to play.
G
Too late to be known as John the First,
He's sure to be known as John the worst,
D G
A pox on that phony king of England!
Lay that country on me, babe!
G
While he taxes us to pieces
And he robs us of our bread,
D
King Richard's crown keeps slippin' down
G
Around that pointed head,
Ah! But while there is a merry man
D
We'll find a way to make him pay
G
And steal our money back.
A minute before he knows we're there...
G D G
The breezy and uneasy king of England,
D
The snivellin', grovellin',
Measly, weasely,
G D G
Prince John, that phony king of England,
Yeah!