Skyclad - Ten Little Kingdoms lyrics

'One united kingdom the fancied wouldn't do To please some grumbling Irishme, they split it into two Two little kingdoms, but then the Scots, you see Claimed their anciant throne and rights, then they were three Three little kingdoms but then one more For Welshman claimed a parliament and then they were four Four little kingdoms wouldn't do at all ! One of them was far too big; the others were too small' And this is the price we'll pay Take a lesson from your history 'Divide and conquer is the game they play' And this is the price we'll pay 'All across Great Britain anciant hates revived Cornwall wants to rule herself, and then they were five Five little kingdoms, but London is a fix Raised the 'southern english' flag, and then they were six Six little kingdoms, the 'Home rule' heaven Caused a rising in the West, and then they were seven Seven little kingdoms Northmen wouldn't wait Hailed Northumbria and then they were eight' And this is the price we'll pay Take a lesson from your history 'A house divided simply cannot stand' And this is the price we'll pay 'And the towns that one may visit via the Eastern county line Formed East Anglia and then they were nine Nine little kingdoms never could agree How to work together and so they went free Ten little kingdoms too weak to stand alone A foreign nation conquered them, then they were gone' And this is the price we'll pay Take a lesson from your history 'Devolution is the devil's ploy' And this is the price we'll pay