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Terrible Tudors, Gorgeous Georgians
Slimy Stuarts, Vile Victorians
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Woeful Wars, Ferocious Fights
Dingy Castles, Daring Knights
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Horrors that defy description
Cut-throat Celts, Awful Egyptians
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Vicious Vikings, Cruel Crimes
Punishment from ancient times
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Roman, rotten, rank and ruthless
Cavemen, savage, fierce and toothless
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Groovy Greeks, Brainy Sages
Mean and measly Middle Ages
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Gory Stories, we do that
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And your host, a talking rat
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The past is no longer a mystery
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Welcome to Horrible Histories.
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Hello there.
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Welcome to the Savage Songs special,
which has given me a brilliant idea.
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All I've got to do
is write a catchy song
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and I'll be as famous as the great
Greek leader, Alexander the Great.
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Alexander is my name
Macedonia's most famous commander
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History calls The Great
But I prefer The Greatest
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A king aged only 20
When my dad assassinated
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Advisors called for calm
But frankly peace is overrated
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Crushed rebels in Greek city states
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So thousands of them martyrs
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Made short labour of my neighbours
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And that was just for starters
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Alexander
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Full-time fighter
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Made my home rule secure
But that wasn't enough
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I wanted more, more, more
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And so began my master plan
to conquer by invasion
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Started with Dad's enemy
The famous Persian nation
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Ruler Darius had far more troops
An inconvenience
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But I won, then thrashed Egypt
I'm a military genius
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Founded Egypt's Alexandria
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Named for the greatest man alive
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I was now Pharaoh
and King of Persia
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Not bad for 25
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Alexander
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Victorious fighter
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The Greatest sounds flat
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How about The Living God?
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Yeah, I'll buy that
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My loyal followers said
"That's the stuff"
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But I, a born warrior, said,
"It's not enough
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"Let's take India
Last man there's a fool"
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Started wearing Persian clothes
Boy, I looked so cool
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But made my troops suspicious
Men called me too ambitious
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Said they wouldn't follow me
Guitar solo, Ptolemy...
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Cos of me, Ptolemy, he'll go far
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He'll found the dynasty
that ends with Cleopatra
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Then there's Hephaestian
My best friend, of course
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Unless you count Bucephalus
But he's a horse.
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Why the long face, my friend?
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HORSE NEIGHS
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Anyway, together it was going grand
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Till Heph and Bucy died
and my men took a stand
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I wanted to continue
but my hands were tied
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So I sat in my tent and I cried
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Oh-whoa-oh-oh-oh
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Alexander
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No more a fighter
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Adventures had to stop
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Cos 323 BC saw me drop...
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Dead.
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Alexander the Great
may have been famous,
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but was he as rich as Roman
politician Marcus Licinius Crassus?
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I doubt it.
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I'm Marcus Licinius Crassus
No rich man could ever surpass us
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Wanted people to say I was brave
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But I lost my first fight
and hid in a cave
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Living there could be
a pauper's nightmare
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But if you're rich like me
then you don't care.
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I called my slave
to the cave to ask it
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To cook a feast
and lower in a basket
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There's Romans think they're minted
But they ain't rich like me
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You can't call yourself loaded
Till you can buy an army
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Ran Rome with Pompey and Caesar
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They're more famous than me
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But I'm the world's richest geezer
There's no one richer than me!
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I'm minted
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I backed General Sulla
Every day my wallet got fuller
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Took the land off
our enemies to flog it
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Used the cash to fill my pocket
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If I heard of a house on fire
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I'd rush over
Be a quick cash buyer
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My firemen would then
douse the flames
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Boom! Another big house to my name
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There's Romans think they're minted
But they ain't rich like me
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You can't call yourself loaded
Till you can buy an army
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Ran Rome with Pompey and Caesar
They're more famous than me
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But I'm the world's richest geezer
There's no one richer than me.
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I'm minted
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I bought an army
for fighting Spartacus
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At the start my men lost heart-acus
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I killed one in ten
in a killing spree
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So they were more
scared of me than the enemy
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Smashed the slaves
It got real gory
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But then Pompey stole my glory
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To show it was me
that crushed the horde
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Nailed up the slaves
like on a billboard.
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They're splinted
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Not enough to be a politician
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Wanted triumph
Took my army on a mission
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Got owned by the Parthian Persians
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They killed me but
you'll hear two versions
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The famous one's
quite hard to follow
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They gave me
boiling gold to swallow
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But the true way they made me pay?
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They used my head
as a prop in a play.
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Embarrassing
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There's Romans think they're minted
But they ain't rich like me
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You can't call yourself loaded
Till you can buy an army
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Ran Rome with Pompey and Caesar
They're more famous than me
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But I'm the world's richest geezer
There's no one richer than me!
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Ha-ha, love it! Tell me
you don't love it! Ha-ha.
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I haven't actually written
the song yet, this is just a list
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of some of the things I plan to do
when I'm a rock'n'roll star.
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Mainly touring the world
and trashing places.
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A bit like being a Viking.
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Although Vikings weren't
just violent invaders. Oh, no.
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We Vikings have an awful
reputation with your nation
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But when we'd finished
plundering and pillages
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Made nice villages
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Any place name ending "thorpe"
Or "kirk" or "by" was us, you see
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Scunthorpe, Ormskirk,
Wetherby, Scarborough Fair
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We named them, yeah
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We split your isles diagonally
From southeast to northwest
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Our section called the Danelaw
King Alfred ruled the rest
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Think we're scary? No, don't flee
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Conquered Saxons would find we
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Settled and lived in harmony
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Vike-Eng-land
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Though we began as raiders
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So well planned
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You accepted us as traders
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We introduced some new terms
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"Husband", "Gasp", "Egg",
"Awkward", "Nag", "Leg"
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More than 50 words
to leave your lingo
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To your liking, thank a Viking
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Your little town of Swansea city
Named for our King Sweyn
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Waterford and Dublin
Us old Norse Vikings again
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As farmers we made doubly sure
To respect agriculture
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With us, locals felt secure
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Norse-Scot-land
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Large parts of that whole region
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Norse got land
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Were improved by Norwegians
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London Bridge is falling down
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The nursery rhyme
comes from our time
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Vikings played key roles
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In 1014 it was pulled down
by Olafr Haraldsson
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You can call him Ol
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In a dispute with King Canute
Olafr's side won
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Ethelred returned as king
And could be heard proclaiming
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"Here's to you, Olafr Haraldsson"
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Vike-Eng-land
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We swapped our life of violence
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Norse-Scot-land
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To enjoy the sound of silence
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There's no doubt under Viking rule
Britain did improve-y
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Feelin' groovy
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And that's no lie
La, lie, la, la, lie.
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You know, writing a hit song
may not be all that easy.
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I really need to
concentrate on this.
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Look, you watch the story of a
remarkable French teenage girl
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and I'll get on.
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OK
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Pamplemousse
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Baguette and brie
Are you ready?
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I'm Joan of Arc from Domremy
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Religious visions came to me
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God said,
"Save France from the English"
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"And make Dauphin Charles King"
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Dauphin means heir to the throne
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But England claimed
the crown as their own
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We'd had 100 years of war
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This girl had to do something
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So I did it like a dude
Cut my hair
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Gave up wearing dresses
Bought a pair
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Of trousers, no blouses
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Said, "I want to fight Angleterre!"
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Charles let me join
the army, army, army
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Though that might sound
barmy, barmy, barmy
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I proved impressive
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Hit by an arrow and lived
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English troops
I over-ranny-ranny-ranny
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Defeated them at
Patay, Patay, Patay
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We saved Orleans
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And Charles was crowned, tres bon
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Me leading troops, a long shot
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But I was a lucky mascot
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Inspired soldiers with bravery
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Fought injured and survived
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But in 1430
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Burgundians captured me
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King Charles
wouldn't pay my ransom
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No-one told me why
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Being prisoner was not my style
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Tried escaping
from my captors vile
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But then the English
who'd fought me, bought me
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Made me stand trial
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So where was
King Charlie, Charlie, Charlie?
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He'd given up and
left me, left me, left me
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In the English snare
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Whole thing so unfair
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Said "Put me in a
a-huh n-nunnery"
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They said
"Don't be uh-uh, f-funnery
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"If you dress like a male
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We'll put you in men's jail."
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Joan of Arc,
you're charged with sorcery.
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You're just jealous
cos God speaks to me.
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You say you speak to saints
in this discourse.
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What language do they speak?
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French, of course!
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Pah! Now you're in prison.
They have failed ya.
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I say it's God's plan
that you're my jailer!
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Here's a trick question,
in that case.
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Do you think that you are
in God's grace?
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If I am not, may God put me there.
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And if I am, may God so keep me.
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Oh, your smart remarks
go round the houses.
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You're guilty of heresy
and wearing men's trousers.
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Despite my testimony-mony-mony
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Condemned for reasons
phoney-phoney-phoney
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But my will did not break
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So they tied me to a stake
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Burned alive was
my destiny-tiny-tiny
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And here is the irony-rony-rony
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My death led France
to put on war paint
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And crush the English
So now I'm a saint.
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I've got it, I've got
the first line at last!
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God save our gracious Queen...!
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Hang on, that sounds
vaguely familiar. D'oh!
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Time for a song about a monarch.
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Here's Henry VII, the father
of the whole Tudor dynasty.
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Of all the kings called Henry,
I'm the one you've rarely heard
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Shakespeare wrote
four, five, six, eight
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But seven? Not a word
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People think I'm dreary
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To some extent I am
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But look a little closer...
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Glam! Bam! Thank you, ma'am!
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I didn't agree
With King Richard Three
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So I fought him at Bosworth Field
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And won victory
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How cool does this sound?
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I'm the king who found
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Rich's crown in a hedge
on the winning battleground
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The only way to end war
and avert further disaster
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There's got to be a way
to unite York and Lancaster
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I'm the original Tu-tu-tu-Tudor
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Founder of that dynasty
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The man who closes
the Wars of the Roses
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That's right
That's right, that's me
252
00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:15,519
I launched attacks
On Lords who earned stacks
253
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Mine was a noble cause
to tap them all for tax
254
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They paid their share
255
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Was only fair
256
00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:27,199
To make England rich
And me a millionaire
257
00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:29,679
Elizabeth York became
My wife for life
258
00:14:29,680 --> 00:14:31,119
That make me a bore?
259
00:14:31,120 --> 00:14:33,239
Joined our family seat
That's neat
260
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Made my rule secure
261
00:14:35,320 --> 00:14:38,919
I'm the original Tu-Tu-Tu-Tudor
262
00:14:38,920 --> 00:14:42,159
Returning power to the state
263
00:14:42,160 --> 00:14:44,879
Seemed quite toothless
264
00:14:44,880 --> 00:14:46,639
But actually ruthless
265
00:14:46,640 --> 00:14:48,960
I make the monarchy great
266
00:14:52,240 --> 00:14:56,079
Spent a long time fighting
Pretenders to the throne
267
00:14:56,080 --> 00:14:59,919
Lambert Simnel and Perkin Warbeck
Said my throne was their own
268
00:14:59,920 --> 00:15:02,359
They claimed they'd been princes
269
00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:03,919
In the Tower, their rule delayed
270
00:15:03,920 --> 00:15:06,559
I said, "This crown ain't big
enough for the three of us"
271
00:15:06,560 --> 00:15:08,359
And had one slayed
272
00:15:08,360 --> 00:15:12,159
I'm the original Tu-Tu-Tu-Tudor
273
00:15:12,160 --> 00:15:14,559
King of foreign policy
274
00:15:14,560 --> 00:15:17,759
To end hostile relations
275
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With enemy nations
276
00:15:19,240 --> 00:15:21,960
I asked them to make friends
with me
277
00:15:23,720 --> 00:15:27,639
Yeah, the original Tu-Tu-Tu-Tudor
278
00:15:27,640 --> 00:15:30,919
They say dullness my main trait
279
00:15:30,920 --> 00:15:32,839
Well, that's a sad indictment
280
00:15:32,840 --> 00:15:34,959
Cos if you're looking
For excitement
281
00:15:34,960 --> 00:15:40,520
My son was Henry VIII.
282
00:15:42,160 --> 00:15:44,759
I'm getting there,
I'm getting there.
283
00:15:44,760 --> 00:15:48,119
Time for some more inventive types.
284
00:15:48,120 --> 00:15:50,440
With imagination
285
00:15:51,480 --> 00:15:53,959
Inspiration
286
00:15:53,960 --> 00:15:56,679
Innovation
287
00:15:56,680 --> 00:15:59,399
BOTH: And perspiration
288
00:15:59,400 --> 00:16:03,680
ALL: We revolutionised
transportation
289
00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:08,399
Stephenson's the name and my steam
engine the best you will find
290
00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:10,879
It was the Rocket
It was called the Rocket
291
00:16:10,880 --> 00:16:12,799
It pulled a train
To carry passengers
292
00:16:12,800 --> 00:16:14,399
And was the first of its kind
293
00:16:14,400 --> 00:16:17,119
Caused a commotion
Doing the locomotion
294
00:16:17,120 --> 00:16:20,519
Was best by miles
And won top prize
295
00:16:20,520 --> 00:16:23,319
At the Rainhill Trials
296
00:16:23,320 --> 00:16:26,519
The Lords said it was dangerous
Then saw how many tickets could sell
297
00:16:26,520 --> 00:16:29,039
The toffs were off it
Till they saw a profit
298
00:16:29,040 --> 00:16:32,679
And so, he paved the way for me
I'm Isambard Kingdom Brunel
299
00:16:32,680 --> 00:16:34,879
An engineer and famous pioneer
300
00:16:34,880 --> 00:16:37,999
Railways off pat, a massive hat
301
00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:40,199
And to top that
302
00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:43,639
I was a tunnel-building
bridge-creating, hard-grafting
303
00:16:43,640 --> 00:16:46,319
Ship-crafting polymath
In search of a way
304
00:16:46,320 --> 00:16:49,999
To take my train through my tunnel
Cross my bridge to my ship
305
00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:53,439
And sail me fastest to the USA
306
00:16:53,440 --> 00:16:54,999
My steam ship
307
00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:58,679
It made the trip in just 14 days!
308
00:16:58,680 --> 00:17:00,519
There across the ocean
309
00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:02,719
Was clever old me
I'm quite a star
310
00:17:02,720 --> 00:17:04,839
He's Henry Ford
Yes, that's what he's called
311
00:17:04,840 --> 00:17:08,439
My assembly line's the first
To make it cheap to buy a motor car
312
00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:11,359
From Henry Ford
Cars you can afford
313
00:17:11,360 --> 00:17:12,719
I think you'll find
314
00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:14,399
Made just one kind
315
00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:16,719
But never mind
316
00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:18,799
I was the fastest-rating
Car-creating
317
00:17:18,800 --> 00:17:22,519
Introducing mass-producing
Original Model-T guy
318
00:17:22,520 --> 00:17:25,079
We took his engine
A bird wing, some bike skills
319
00:17:25,080 --> 00:17:29,279
Worked until we found out
How machines could fly
320
00:17:29,280 --> 00:17:32,159
Not just a hop
But nonstop
321
00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:34,799
Going to get high, high, high!
322
00:17:34,800 --> 00:17:37,959
I'm Orville, was the brains
The brawn, my brother Wilbur Wright
323
00:17:37,960 --> 00:17:41,439
We refined the plane
To make the first sustained flight
324
00:17:41,440 --> 00:17:42,919
Our engine small
325
00:17:42,920 --> 00:17:44,279
But powerful
326
00:17:44,280 --> 00:17:47,240
ALL: Propelled to a great height!
327
00:17:59,200 --> 00:18:00,679
They were supreme
328
00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:02,199
Our mean machines
329
00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:05,079
The stuff of dreams!
330
00:18:05,080 --> 00:18:07,999
We were creative, inventive
Progress our incentive
331
00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:10,559
Always searching for a solution
332
00:18:10,560 --> 00:18:12,119
We took some steel and a wheel
333
00:18:12,120 --> 00:18:13,879
Made a plane, car and train
334
00:18:13,880 --> 00:18:17,439
And created a revolution
335
00:18:17,440 --> 00:18:20,319
Hard to believe
What we achieved
336
00:18:20,320 --> 00:18:23,319
Looking back
We helped change tack
337
00:18:23,320 --> 00:18:26,279
Transport was duller
We added colour
338
00:18:26,280 --> 00:18:28,160
Well, as long as it's black.
339
00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:37,040
Time to meet someone who could
really write. Good day.
340
00:18:41,560 --> 00:18:42,610
Ooh!
341
00:18:45,080 --> 00:18:49,519
I lived a happy life
Till I was ten years old
342
00:18:49,520 --> 00:18:54,119
When debt landed Dad in prison
And our country house was sold
343
00:18:54,120 --> 00:18:57,679
Lodged with a lady
In her London flat, so cold
344
00:18:57,680 --> 00:19:00,999
Worked at a boot polish factory
Labelling jars
345
00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:02,479
Quite dull, all told
346
00:19:02,480 --> 00:19:09,040
Goodness only knows
I was a miserable so-oh-oul
347
00:19:10,920 --> 00:19:13,159
For a time, I went to school
348
00:19:13,160 --> 00:19:15,239
But then, I found a job
349
00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:17,599
As a clerk to a lawyer
350
00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:19,719
Oh, it made my poor head throb
351
00:19:19,720 --> 00:19:23,919
I failed to be an actor
Despite my loud gob
352
00:19:23,920 --> 00:19:28,359
Ended up reporting speeches
Of the Parliamentary mob
353
00:19:28,360 --> 00:19:31,359
Then, as everybody knows
354
00:19:31,360 --> 00:19:36,839
I started writing pro-oh-ose
355
00:19:36,840 --> 00:19:38,959
Put my life into my books
356
00:19:38,960 --> 00:19:41,119
Friends and enemies and crooks
357
00:19:41,120 --> 00:19:43,359
Legal bosses, up they crop
358
00:19:43,360 --> 00:19:45,319
In The Old Curiosity Shop
359
00:19:45,320 --> 00:19:47,479
Fagin, in Oliver Twist?
360
00:19:47,480 --> 00:19:49,839
A factory pal - you get the gist
361
00:19:49,840 --> 00:19:53,959
And although my memory's
Quite foggy
362
00:19:53,960 --> 00:20:00,639
Got Scrooge from the grave of
Ebenezer Scroo-oo-oo-oo-oo-ooggie
363
00:20:00,640 --> 00:20:04,239
My first book was
An overnight sensation
364
00:20:04,240 --> 00:20:08,999
But I drove myself too hard
To enjoy the adulation
365
00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:12,759
Despite my wealth
My family begged for money
366
00:20:12,760 --> 00:20:15,319
I wrote of it in Chuzzlewit
367
00:20:15,320 --> 00:20:17,719
Which people said was funny
368
00:20:17,720 --> 00:20:20,079
Didn't sell like books before
369
00:20:20,080 --> 00:20:24,040
My family still asked for mo-oh-ore
370
00:20:26,080 --> 00:20:28,199
Little Dorrit is a tale
371
00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:30,439
About my dad in debtor's jail
372
00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:32,359
While Hard Times tells my life
373
00:20:32,360 --> 00:20:34,679
About when I tried to leave my wife
374
00:20:34,680 --> 00:20:38,919
Little Nell's death was my poor
Dear departed sister-in-law
375
00:20:38,920 --> 00:20:43,359
And David Copperfield working
In a factory...
376
00:20:43,360 --> 00:20:49,959
I must confess that that was
Really me-e-e-e-e-e-e-e
377
00:20:49,960 --> 00:20:54,399
In my life, felt shame
'Bout poverty in childhood
378
00:20:54,400 --> 00:20:58,719
Wrote about sadness
Suffering and fears
379
00:20:58,720 --> 00:21:03,079
Also wrote about people
With funny names
380
00:21:03,080 --> 00:21:05,159
Bumble, Smallweed, Scrooge
381
00:21:05,160 --> 00:21:09,680
Uriah Heep and Wackford Squeers
382
00:21:10,920 --> 00:21:13,079
Whilst writing Edwin Drood
383
00:21:13,080 --> 00:21:15,599
A train crash didn't help my mood
384
00:21:15,600 --> 00:21:17,399
Still I drove myself on
385
00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:19,639
With readings far across the pond
386
00:21:19,640 --> 00:21:21,239
Died before I wrote Drood's end
387
00:21:21,240 --> 00:21:23,839
This sort of thing drove me
Round the bend
388
00:21:23,840 --> 00:21:29,199
So Dicken's take a...
Dicken's take a bow
389
00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:33,639
And Heaven knows I'm miserable
390
00:21:33,640 --> 00:21:37,280
No-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow.
391
00:21:38,360 --> 00:21:40,359
All right, I give up.
392
00:21:40,360 --> 00:21:44,960
Unlike American heroine Rosa Parks
who simply refused to.
393
00:21:54,720 --> 00:21:59,919
I'm Rosa Parks, my story marks
The first step towards civil rights
394
00:21:59,920 --> 00:22:04,239
Racial inequality, American policy
Till I kicked off a fight
395
00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:06,839
What act of mine
Let havoc to ensue?
396
00:22:06,840 --> 00:22:09,319
How come I caused such fuss?
397
00:22:09,320 --> 00:22:11,959
What shocking behaviour did I do?
398
00:22:11,960 --> 00:22:16,159
Well...
399
00:22:16,160 --> 00:22:18,839
- I sat on a bus
{\1c&H00FFFF&}- You sat on a bus{\r}
400
00:22:18,840 --> 00:22:21,519
- I sat on a bus
{\1c&H00FFFF&}- You sat on a bus{\r}
401
00:22:21,520 --> 00:22:24,039
- You want to know why?
{\1c&H00FFFF&}- Go ahead, tell us!{\r}
402
00:22:24,040 --> 00:22:27,159
- I sat on that bus
{\1c&H00FFFF&}- You sat on the bus{\r}
403
00:22:27,160 --> 00:22:31,399
In the '50s, all buses were divided
Whites in front, blacks behind
404
00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:32,599
Are you serious?
405
00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:36,359
If the bus filled up we had to
Give up our seats or we'd be fined
406
00:22:36,360 --> 00:22:37,759
That's ludicrous!
407
00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:41,359
I made a stand in my home town
Montgomery, Alabama
408
00:22:41,360 --> 00:22:42,799
That's dangerous!
409
00:22:42,800 --> 00:22:46,199
Refused to stand for a white man
So they put me in the slammer
410
00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:47,719
Discourteous!
411
00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:51,919
December five, 1955
My trial notorious
412
00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:59,079
Black people stood side by side
And no-one...
413
00:22:59,080 --> 00:23:01,439
- Got on the bus
{\1c&H00FFFF&}- We stayed off the bus{\r}
414
00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:03,919
- They stayed off the bus
{\1c&H00FFFF&}- We stayed off the bus{\r}
415
00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:06,279
- I meant business!
{\1c&H00FFFF&}- She inspired us!{\r}
416
00:23:06,280 --> 00:23:09,519
- So we stayed off the bus
{\1c&H00FFFF&}- We stayed off the bus{\r}
417
00:23:09,520 --> 00:23:14,519
We organised a boycott
Of public transportation
418
00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:17,199
To win R, E, S, P, E, C, T
419
00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:19,279
And force new legislation
420
00:23:19,280 --> 00:23:21,079
Dreamed of the day
421
00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:24,760
The USA had no implementation of...
422
00:23:27,480 --> 00:23:29,639
Spells segregation
423
00:23:29,640 --> 00:23:32,119
From that day on
We walked or cabbed
424
00:23:32,120 --> 00:23:34,599
Led by Martin Luther King
425
00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:37,119
Attacked by mobs, our houses bombed
426
00:23:37,120 --> 00:23:39,559
Though peace was our thing
427
00:23:39,560 --> 00:23:42,079
Our plight, it made
The national news
428
00:23:42,080 --> 00:23:44,159
Which was mighty strange
429
00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:45,279
Mysterious
430
00:23:45,280 --> 00:23:48,879
When word reached the President
He had to make a change
431
00:23:48,880 --> 00:23:50,239
Delirious
432
00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:52,399
One year on, we'd finally won
433
00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:54,839
A victory momentous
434
00:23:54,840 --> 00:24:01,159
The fight for national civil rights
Was begun
435
00:24:01,160 --> 00:24:04,039
- Cos I sat on a bus
{\1c&H00FFFF&}- She sat on a bus{\r}
436
00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:06,359
- I sat on a bus
{\1c&H00FFFF&}- She sat on a bus{\r}
437
00:24:06,360 --> 00:24:08,999
- I sat on a bus
{\1c&H00FFFF&}- For all of us{\r}
438
00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:11,679
- I sat on a bus
{\1c&H00FFFF&}- She sat on a bus{\r}
439
00:24:11,680 --> 00:24:14,039
Cos I sat, I sat, I sat
I sat, I sat, yeah...
440
00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:17,399
Our story owes
A huge debt to Rosa
441
00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:20,039
{\1c&H00FFFF&}- We all agree...{\r}
- I sat on that bus
442
00:24:20,040 --> 00:24:21,639
..She made history
443
00:24:21,640 --> 00:24:24,999
- On a bus
{\1c&H00FFFF&}- She sat on a bus{\r}
444
00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:27,599
She sat on a bus
445
00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:29,359
For all of us
446
00:24:29,360 --> 00:24:31,519
- I sat on that bus
{\1c&H00FFFF&}- She sat on a bus{\r}
447
00:24:31,520 --> 00:24:33,879
- I sat on a bus
{\1c&H00FFFF&}- She sat on a bus{\r}
448
00:24:33,880 --> 00:24:36,279
- On a bus, yeah
{\1c&H00FFFF&}- She sat on a bus{\r}
449
00:24:36,280 --> 00:24:39,120
- I sat on a bus
{\1c&H00FFFF&}- For all of us. {\r}
450
00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:42,959
I think I'll leave the song writing
to Gary Barlow.
451
00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:44,719
I'll try something a bit easier.
452
00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:48,440
Like writing a bestselling novel.
Cue the big finale.
453
00:25:01,280 --> 00:25:04,399
Stone Age brought you speech
454
00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:07,479
Farms, the wheel and fire
455
00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:11,159
Then, metal was explored
Which meant we could make swords
456
00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:13,679
To kill and build empires
457
00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:16,839
Think ancient Egypt was nicer?
458
00:25:16,840 --> 00:25:20,519
Pharaoh's tombs lovely shrines?
459
00:25:20,520 --> 00:25:23,679
But some were living graves
For hundreds of poor slaves
460
00:25:23,680 --> 00:25:26,559
And pig's eye was our cure
For the blind
461
00:25:26,560 --> 00:25:30,159
Greek civilisation, our creation
462
00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:32,679
Drama and philosophy
463
00:25:32,680 --> 00:25:36,079
But Sparta praised lying
Celebrated dying
464
00:25:36,080 --> 00:25:38,399
And Hippocrates drank wee
465
00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:41,519
ALL: We're history
466
00:25:41,520 --> 00:25:45,999
We brought you bloodshed
467
00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:49,039
Greek excursions
To battle the Persians
468
00:25:49,040 --> 00:25:51,919
Disembowelling our dead
469
00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:57,399
ALL: Together, we made the world
A little bit grim
470
00:25:57,400 --> 00:26:00,119
We're history
471
00:26:00,120 --> 00:26:03,200
Could be fairly dim
472
00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:10,559
We Romans brought you roads
473
00:26:10,560 --> 00:26:13,799
And public medicine
474
00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:17,039
Gladiator fighting
Feeding men to lions
475
00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:20,199
Burning Christians
That kind of thing, you know
476
00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:22,959
Then came the Middle Ages
477
00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:26,679
Saxons, Normans, Vikings, Celts
478
00:26:26,680 --> 00:26:29,999
A time of invasion
Feudalism, famine
479
00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:32,719
Black Death, bubos and welts
480
00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:35,919
1066 saw Harold in a fix
481
00:26:35,920 --> 00:26:39,399
As William conquered all
482
00:26:39,400 --> 00:26:41,119
What was the bettin'
483
00:26:41,120 --> 00:26:44,759
An arrow in his retina
Would lead to his downfall?
484
00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:47,639
ALL: We're history
485
00:26:47,640 --> 00:26:52,159
We brought invasion and strife
486
00:26:52,160 --> 00:26:55,279
We attacked monasteries
Said, "Give us gold, please"
487
00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:58,359
Then, we took your life
488
00:26:58,360 --> 00:27:01,359
Our crusades meant slaughter
489
00:27:01,360 --> 00:27:03,719
Wherever we'd go
490
00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:06,279
We're history
491
00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:08,119
Was it pretty?
492
00:27:08,120 --> 00:27:09,720
No
493
00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:16,519
Tudor, Stuart, Georgian monarchs
Next in line
494
00:27:16,520 --> 00:27:19,959
Brought progress
In science and art
495
00:27:19,960 --> 00:27:22,799
Also beheadings, burnings
Civil war
496
00:27:22,800 --> 00:27:25,039
Freed colonies, for a start
497
00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:27,799
ALL: We're history
498
00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:32,279
We gave you plague and disease
499
00:27:32,280 --> 00:27:35,079
Travelled, found the Incans
Spread smallpox in a blink
500
00:27:35,080 --> 00:27:38,399
And brought them to their knees
501
00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:43,759
Dogs, cats and the French
Blamed for plague along the way
502
00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:46,479
We're history
503
00:27:46,480 --> 00:27:50,759
Not such happy days
504
00:27:50,760 --> 00:27:54,159
Victorian technology went
Hand-in-hand with poverty
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00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:56,719
Kids up chimneys and down mines
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Improvements to the world
Did pick up
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Despite some violent hiccups
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Two world wars, millions died
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ALL: We're history
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Our times smelly and gory
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We reigned over you
And told you what to do
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And that is this story
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Thought we were amazing
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Though you may quibble
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We're history
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And we made it horri...
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ALL: ..ble
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We're history.
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Tall tales, tragic acts
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We gave you all
The fearsome facts...
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Can't get enough
of Horrible Histories?
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Then, go to the CBBC website
and click on the link.
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See you there.
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The past is no longer a mystery
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Hope you enjoyed...
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