When Britain Really Ruled the Waves (Iolanthe, Act 2) - Ian Wallace

作曲：Arthur Sullivan/William Gilbert

When Britain really ruled the waves

In good queen Bess's time

The house of peers made no pretence

To intellectual to eminence

Or scholarship sublime

Yet Britain won her proudest bays

In good queen Bess's glorious days

Yet Britain won her proudest bays

In good queen Bess's glorious days

Yes Britain won her proudest bays

In good queen Bess's glorious days

When wellington thrashed Bonaparte

As every child can tell

The house of peers throughout the war

Did nothing in particular

And did it very well

Yet Britain set the world ablaze

In good king George's glorious days

Yet Britain set the world ablaze

In good king George's glorious days

Yes Britain set the world ablaze

In good king George's glorious days

And while the house of peers withholds

It's legislative hand

And noble statesmen do not itch

To interfere with matters which

They do not understand

As bright will shine great Britain's rays

As in king George's glorious days

As bright will shine great Britain's rays

As in king George's glorious days

As bright will shine great Britain's rays

As in king George's glorious days