Για το Brexit και πάλι, ειρωνικότατο τραγούδι από τους Ιρλανδούς για τους Άγγλους. Παραθέτω και τα λόγια:
At Brexit, they got frustrated, (They did.)
As it was dragged out and non-stop debated, (Ages.)
So we Irish, we feel obligated, (We do.)
To explain to them one simple fact.
That we don't understand how the English can't see,
After all they've experienced colonially.
The one thing that's clear from their history,
Is that it's hard to break free from a union.
(It's awful hard to break free from a union, lads.
That's true.
Sure wouldn't we know all about that in our little country.
We would indeed!)
In Ireland for hundreds of years we tried,
We even left part of the country behind,
So we can't understand all the English surprise,
That it's hard to break free from a union.
(What about India, lads?
Oh, they had it tough.)
After 200 years being occupied,
The British, they finally stepped aside,
When asked, Mahatma Gandhi replied: "It is one of life's undeniable facts."
That it's hard to break free from a union.
(What about the lads down under?
Oh, the Australians?)
Separated by thousands of miles of sea,
They still have the queen on their currency.
It should have been Crocodile Dundee,
But it's hard to break free from a union.
(And there was the Egyptians, as well.
Oh, sure that's still going on.)
After 100 years of freedom,
Their sh*t's still in the British Museum.
Even Tutankhamun's grandson had to pay into see him.
Cause it's hard to break free from a union.
(But sure they weren't the only countries lads, in fairness.
Oh no.)
Botswana, Bahrain, Qatar, Nauru, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan too.
Saint Kitts and Nevins, Seychelles, Palestine, Sri Lanka and Malta all took their time.
Myanmar, Mauritius, Lesotho, Kuwait. Kenya, Jordan, Iraq had to wait.
Guyana, Grenada, Fiji and Sudan. Jamaica, Malawi took ages to plan.
(There's loads more, Johnny. You're just gonna have to speed her up!)
Brunei, Belize, Barbados, Bahamas, Canada, Cyprus, Dominica, Tonga, South Africa, Solomon Islands, Uganda, Malaysia, Libia, Kirivati and Ghana, The Gambia, Yemen, Tanzania, Tuvalu, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Maldives, Vanuatu, Trinidad and Tobago, Swaziland and Saint Lucia, UAE, USA, Antigua and Barbuda, Afghanistan, St Vincent and the Grenadines!
Yes, it's hard to break free from a union!
(Oh, boys, that's one hell of a list.
Thanks be to God for Wikipedia!
Tin whistle solo!
Here we go!)
So believe when we say that we know how ya feel,
After trying for years to broker a deal.
As the European Parliament slowly revealed,
*French accent. Oh, we are going to make it very hard to break free from this union.
Now we know it's not our fight to fight,
And leave or remain, well we don't give a shite.
But it's ruining the news every single night, (Why, lads?)
Cause it's hard to break free from a union.
Aye!