Kings and queens
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tekst & muziek: Rolf Hermsen
origineel door: Mathilde Santing (1987)

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The East German prime minister’s niece
may hold the keys to a case
unless it’s settled amicably
nancy investigatesc ompiling a dictionary
between the two Germanies
stalemate

We have to share the lot
I’ve come to live or die
to lay down for my people and God
my honour and blood amongst you all
I know I have the heart
some might say the alternative source
of power

Bandaranaika in her husband’s shoes
to meet Cleopatra halfway
I won’t say feminity like Zenobia would
the current deadlock to break
was seen as a breaking of ranks
diplomacy may have a chance
in Prague

And at o-two hours
the next full bulletin of news
all the means of power
the heart and valour of a king
and of a queen of England too