Here's a Health unto
her majesty,
With a Fa La La LaLa La La
Confusion to her enemies
With a Fa La La LaLa La La
And he who will not drink her health
We wish him neither wit nor wealth
Nor, yet a rope to hang himself
With a Fa La La LaLa LaLa LaLa Laaaaaaaaaaa-----
(Hold while someone does something amusing with water)
With a Fa La La LaLa La La
May she live in mirth
and jollity
With a Fa La La LaLa La La
And pass time with good company
With a Fa La La LaLa La La
And he who will not join in glee
Must Puritan or Papist be
And him we curse with misery
With a Fa La La LaLa LaLa LaLa Laaaaaaaaaaa-----
(More comic business with water)
With a Fa La La LaLa La La
Let the Queens good
health go round and round
With a Fa La La LaLa La La
And may her praises loud resound
With a Fa La La LaLa La La
And he who will not have it so
May he be cursed with a gouty toe
And days of wrath and nights of woe
With a Fa La La LaLa LaLa LaLa Laaaaaaaaaaa-----
(You get the idea...)
With a Fa La La LaLa La La
Our goodly Queen is
fair of face
With a Fa La La LaLa La La
Endowed with every female grace
With a Fa La La LaLa La La
And every woman in this shire
Who doth not to the like aspire
May her breasts be dun and her hair be wire
With a Fa La La LaLa LaLa LaLa Laaaaaaaaaaa-----
With a Fa La La LaLa La La
So now we've raised
our tankards high
With a Fa La La LaLa La La
We've raised them full and lowered them dry
With a Fa La La LaLa La La
Elizabeth long may she reign!
*God Save the Queen!* (shouted)
May all here join in this refrain
And fill our tankards up again
With a Fa La La LaLa LaLa LaLa Laaaaaaaaaaa
With a Fa La La LaLa La La