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didn't we use to have it all
the fame glory gold and castled halls
ruled the world ruled the seas
had so many on their knees

they worshipped and dreaded
hoped and feared
the British are coming!
the Spanish are here -

where did it all go Arthur?
where did it go

in the hands of your child?
to his lands oh so wild?
from across the Atlantic
he'd beaten us all

you remember, eh?
1779, 1815...
1898, i can never forget
(you lost your empire so much later, lucky lucky you
but fifty years is nothing to us, ya?
¡Viva España! heh heh, too drunk, too nostalgic you say...)

i wonder what you raised
he only got stronger from the modern wars -

you say he grew on his own?
you started him on the path didn't you -
- oh England, don't give me that face

we're both too old for this

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