THATCHERITES

(by Billy Bragg,
after Robert Burns "Ye Jacobites",
itself adapted from trad.)


	You Thatcherites by name, lend an ear, lend an ear
	You Thatcherites by name, lend an ear
	You Thatcherites by name, your faults I will proclaim 
	Your doctrines I must blame, you will hear, you will hear 
	Your doctrines I must blame, you will hear

You privatise away what is ours, what is ours
You privatise away what is ours
You privatise away and then you make us pay
We'll take it back some day, mark my words, mark my words 
We'll take it back some day, mark my words

	You Thatcherites by name, lend an ear, ...

The scabs they hide their faces in shame, yes, in shame 
The scabs they hide their faces in shame
They hide away in shame but we recall their names
And they know they'll share the blame for it all, for it all 
They know they'll share the blame for it all

	You Thatcherites by name, lend an ear, ...

Your leader, she has gone to the Lords, to the Lords 
Your leader, she has gone to the Lords
Your Leader she has gone, but she's left us Little John 
And he's barely hanging on by his nails, by his nails 
He's barely hanging on by his nails

	You Thatcherites by name, lend an ear, ...

recording: Billy Bragg [YouTube]