In the Dark

I’ve always been fascinated by Nursery Rhymes. Some people think these are little more than nonsense but in fact they are full of interesting historical insights and offer important advice for the time in which they were written. One such poem, for example, delivers a stern warning against the consequences of placing sleeping babies in the upper branches of trees during windy weather.

In the light of recent events I thought I would continue this old tradition by posting a nursery rhyme of topical relevance. Here it is:

Verse:

The Grand Old Duke of York
He gave twelve million quid
To a girl he never met
For a thing he never did.

Chorus:

And when he was up he **censored**

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