Horrible Histories - Mary Tudor Song Lyrics
King Henry 8th my father hoped I have some Tudor brothers mum had no sons,So rather I got plenty of step mothers when at last prince Ed was born theCrown I bid adieu they said as king he must be sworn boys go first in theQueue but there's no worry if at first you don't succeed when Ed died ISwept aside the rest and was decreedMary the first that's me Tudor lady and queen of England not to be confusedWith Mary queen of Scots not the same see though weirdly she's a cousin toMeSome tried to say Lady Jane Grey should be queen after Ed but EnglandWanted me hooray so poor Jane lost her head the Protestants were sayingThat my ruling made them sick 'cause when it comes to praying my tastesWere catholic they revolted, challenged me fuelled my great desire to tie300 to a steak light touch paper then retireMary the first that's me called the bloody queen of England not what IIntended tried to be good you see but history only remembers I was aCatastropheMarried Phillip king of Spain who then left me England he thought was aPain especially 'cause he told me to attack France with troops and when theFrench advanced we lost Calais oops through out my reign it rained andRained it poured upon the poor the harvest failed no food remained and fluKilled many more burned Protestants and wed a fool led armies to defeatBurned more Prots I say more rule was short but not that sweet I had noKids called half sis Liz as a big queen Bess to be so long as she wouldRule the land as a catholic queen like meLizee didn't listen she made the country Protestant meaning my legacy wasRuined see everything I tried to achieve went down the swannyBit embarrassing really
