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Tudor Queens: Power

SUMMARY:

Away with patriarchy, the Tudor dynasty produced four strong Queens who each claimed the English throne - but how has their reign gone down?

Parody of Power by Little Mix ft. Stormzy

Written by Susie Donkin

LYRICS:

Listen up, you all better bow down
Cos I’m the Queen and I’m wearing the crown
Totally messing with the patriarchy
My rule will go down in history
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I don’t care about primogeniture (look it up)
I’m in charge and I’m turning it around for sure.

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You got the power
I got, I got, I got the power
This is my time and this is my hour
I’m a Tudor woman and I’m on top
Get in my way, baby, you’re for the chop

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Rewind
Think you’ll find I was the first Tudor Queen
And I wanted it to be a Protestant scene
You know me as Lady Jane Grey
And I only ruled for a paltry nine days

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I succeeded you, people knew I was legit
I wanted the throne and hail Mary I got it
For the next five years there was a Catholic at the wheel
But it’s hard to keep the country on an even keel
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When people rebelled – well, I took a stand
Started burning Protestants all across the land.

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You got the power
I got, I got, I got the power
This is our time and this is our hour
I’m a Tudor woman, make no mistake
Get in my way and you’ll burn at the stake

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I’m Catholic Mary, was involved in many plots
To be Mary, Queen of England – as well as Queen of Scots
For 45 years I hung on to my crown
By finding ways of you not being around.

Locked you up, that was the first solution
But Catholic plots meant I went for execution.

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Hold up
I was just a kid but I got power too
Cos I’m Henry VIII’s son and that was my due
But ruling when you’re young it ain’t a lot of fun
Not as easy as it looks, yeah, being number one

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So I’m telling you, my stepsisters, they deserve respect
Mary brought the Navy back and reduced the debt
‘Liz defeated the Armada, now do you get it?
When she left the throne, England was in credit.

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We got, we got, we got the power
That was our time and that was our hour
We were Tudor women we reigned supreme
Bossing it, baby, we were the Queens!
(For a short time)

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