There is Nothing Like a Queen (Tune - There is Nothing Like a Dame: South Pacific)
We've had Menzies, we've had Holt, we've had Arthur Caldwell too
Tom M'boya and Tun Razak, and a speech by Lee Kwan Yu
But now we've got a question: can you tell us why it is
If we've had all these we ain't had Liz?
If we have visits from the Heads of States here represented
Why hasn't the leader of our glorious Commonwealth ever been presented?
There is nothing like a queen
Of good British (German) Stock
Nothing would brighten up the scene
Like a visit from our Queen
No-one serves like a queen
Or observes like a queen
The reserves of a queen
We deserves us a queen
There's not a leader in this whole damn world
For whom we'd rather see our flag unfurled
Than our own victorious
Happy and glorious
Long to reign over us
Queen
When we have a world leader the guests come by the score
Just for Sir Robert Menzies some were seated on the floor
And when the Governor General came we had to put up tents
Not to have the Queen for once it don't make sense
Just think of on the night we have the Queen here
Of all the different people trying to be seen here
There would be nothing like the Queen
To help our appeal
Think of all the cash upon the scene
With a visit from our Queen
No-one's endowed like a queen
To draw a crowd like a queen
Money's loud round a queen
She'd do us proud would the Queen
We're not just thinking of financial gain
Even to us it's clearly plain
We could all be televised
With our highly publicised
Queen
We're not greedy; we'll agree to any Royalty we can
Young Charlie, Tony, Margaret, the Queen Mother, Princess Anne
Or Phillip if he promised not one rude four-letter word
But of all the Royal Family the Queen's preferred
Just think of seeing seated in our High Chair
All resplendent in her Jewels of State our Queen there
There would be nothing like the Queen
Eating in our Hall
And nothing goes with 'Cheese and Greens'
Like a prepared speech from a queen
No-one can rise like a queen
Eulogise like a queen
Or relies like our Queen
On "My husband and I's" like our Queen
We want to have our Queen to tea
Before our leaders finally agree
To kick out the Regents
Change our allegiance
To All the Way with L.B.J.
Ideas and first verse by Julian Gardner. This is the first of the IH songs that Julian and I wrote together