Grenadier companies were first formed in the British Army in 1678; they were finally abolished in 1855 when the military realised after a period of consideration and contemplation that lobbing hand grenades had resulted in as many lobbers being killed by these deadly lumps of metal as those lobbed at. During the intervening 277 years the British demonstrated a gargantuan appetite for self- defeating actions, many of which are celebrated in jingoistic songs. The appetite for self- deception,and the self-inflicted wound amongst us Brits continues unassuaged into the present.
THE BRITISH BREXITEER
(To the
tune of The British Grenadier)
The British Brexiteers
Some
talk of Geoffery Archer,
And some
of Donald Trump,
And there are many others,
who also give us the ‘ump,
But of all the world’s
dissemblers
There’s none that can
compare,
What rot, what rot, what
rot, what rot,
To the British Brexiteer.
Those heroes of iniquity,
Are full of contradictions,
They little care for
others’ fears
And ply us with their
fictions,
But our brave boys they know
it
That all will end in tears,
What rot, what rot, what
rot, what rot,
For the British Brexiteers.
When e’er
they are commanded,
By the
Govenor and his Johnson,
They sally
forth like the aged Don
And seek
remainers to pounce on,
But for
all their smoke and bluster
There’s
nought but muted cheers,
What rot,
what rot, what rot, what rot,
The
British Brexiteers.
And when
the show is over,
To the
Lord Mogg they’ll give thanks,
But Albion
will be busted down
From
officer to other ranks,
Yet they
will shout and holler
And give
themselves a cheer,
What rot,
what rot, what rot, what rot,
For the
British Brexiteer.
Oh what a
tale of woe is this,
Led by the
witless few,
Who, no
doubt, will escape the rout
When their
time is due,
But we
will not forgive them
So dense
beyond compare,
What rot,
what rot, what rot, what rot,
The
British Brexiteer.


