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The 4 Georges: Born 2 Rule

From ruling the country to ruling the pop charts, meet history's hottest boyband - The 4 Georges.
 

IN THE STYLE OF

Boyband parody

WRITTEN BY

Dave Cohen

FROM

Series 1 Episode 1

LYRICS:

I took the throne of England
Just ’cos I was protestant
A German, a prince whose English stank,
King George number one.

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I like to argue, now that’s clear
Especially with my father here
And when he died of diarrhoea
I fought with my son.

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I broke records with my sixty year reign

And I broke the scales with my giant frame.

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Born to rule over you
King George four, three, one and two
You had to do what we told you to
Just because our blood was blue.

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I was a hunk, girls adored me
Ladies all swooned before me
They would do anything for me
Or I’d have their husbands killed.

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Had a war with Prince Charles Bonnie
Everyone said that I was f-f-funny
I spent everyone’s money
Our subjects were not thrilled.

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I was the sad one, I was the bad one
I was the mad one, and I was the fat one.

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We were born to rule over you
Georges one, three, four and two.

England’s kings, though we were German too
Him, then him, then me, then you.

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(We were born) Born to rule over you (born to rule)
Gorged on fruit then I died on the loo.
People hated us, and we hated them too.

Born to rule over you.

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Born to rule over you
Me I was as batty as a bonkers kangaroo.
Me I would have been more at home in a zoo
And now, now our song is through.

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Yeah… Georges. (Banana.)

HISTORICAL ACCURACY

In the original broadcast, there is the mistake George I sings 'gorged on fruit then I died on the loo', when this should have been sung by George II. In the Big Prom Party this change of lines is corrected.

SIMILAR SONGS:

Horrible Histories Series 2 Episode 5-38-Gorgeous Georgians-SONG-George VI-Couldn't Stand

George IV song

Horrible Histories Series 6 Episode 8-Gorgeous George III-22-Court Life1.png

Courtlife

Horrible Histories Series 3 Episode 2-48-Ruthless Rulers-SONG-The English Monarchs Song14.

The Monarchs Song

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