Maggie

Dedicated to a leader who, though far from perfect, still had the vision and courage to soldier on in the face of great adversity and bring her country to prosperity. In the end she was brought down by the treachery of cowards and political pygmies unfit to clean her shoes.


You can’t do this you can’t do that it simply isn’t done
We Union men rule this land and will to kingdom come
Why she said should this be so you’ll ruin our country’s life
The whole land is stagnating with all these strikes and strife

You’ve got two men for every job and other stupid rules
The rest of Europe laughs at us a bunch of British fools
Everything that we produce to export’s too expensive
All because you want to spread your power so extensive

The rubbish piled upon the streets rotting uncollected
The dead are left unburied their relatives disrespected
And all because some union men want a bit more power
Their leaders live in luxury and expect us to all cower

Well they said it’s us in charge unchallenged by any man
You may have noticed I’m a woman with quite another plan
And so she took the unions on and broke them in a year
She curtailed their arrogance and taught them how to fear

And when a dictator far away some small islands invaded
Gutlessness and cowardice by some was then paraded
“Oh let us give it up them we must grovel and appease
They won’t be quite so nasty if we get down on our knees”

But she was having none of it though some said she was barmy
She gathered up her forces bold and sent her little army
And though they suffered casualties they took the heavy blows
And sent the enemy home again with a very bloody nose

Not everything she did was right this much I will admit
But undeniable was her strength of character and grit
Our country was the better for a leader just like she
With steely determination she kept our peoples free

The Thatcher’s and the Churchill’s always have great fault
But they stride on with purpose great and never call a halt
To bury them with dignity is the least we should expect
And let the world see how we treat those who deserve respect