Farewell David Blunkett
So farewell David Blunkett
We knew you as a forthright man
With that Edwardian beard
Making you seem as if you
Were from another age of politics
In which principle not opinions counted
So farewell David Blunkett
England hopes to see your kind again
Of honest and defiant men.
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Farewell, my lady dear and dread,
Farewell, of all sovereign and queen,
Farewell, perfect and sacred head,
Farewell, who dost all honour mean,
Farewell, true heart, loyal and clean,
Farewell, best flower the world doth bear,
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Farewell, O wise, that no ill said,
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Farewell, more fair than Helen queen,
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As you dropped a stinking bombshell
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Farewell, farewell my friend
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I Say Farewell
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I say farewell
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I say farewell
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