From the recording N.I.C
More of a "ditty" than a song. It was inspired by an article in a newspaper which revealed that a portrait of Queen Victoria, naked from waist-up, had been found in Windsor Castle. I had always thought of her as, well Victorian, and was surprised by the article (needless to say it appeared in a Murdoch "rag", so it could well be untrue. I decided to write a song based on Prince Albert's response to the Queen's shenanigans.
Lyrics
UNVICTORIAN VICTORIA
(B. Ralston)
There’s a story, Tory round the court
All the subjects seem to cut me short
You’ve been seeing another man
Bearded, brushes in his hands
Now I must make a stand
It’s unvictorian, Victoria
You said matters of affairs of State
Had caused you hours and hours of working late
But instead of being stressed
You’ve gone and got undressed
Unfurled the royal breast
It’s unvictorian Victoria
After years of service, duty bound
Civility without a sound
Loyalty has been abused
Rumours through the cities and the towns
Of cuckold now abound
We are not amused
I married royalty not a common tart
Queen of England, not the Queen of Hearts
You have set the nation’s mood
Ice Maiden, Regal Prude,
Now you’re posing in the nude
It’s unvictorian, Victoria
After years of service, duty bound
Civility without a sound
Loyalty has been abused
Rumours through the cities and the towns
Of cuckold now abound
We are not amused
There’s a story, Tory round the court
All the subjects seem to cut me short
You’ve been seeing another man
Bearded, brushes in his hands
Now I must make a stand
It’s unvictorian, Victoria
It’s unvictorian, Victoria
It’s unvictorian, Victoria
Copyright 2004 Brian Ralston