Procreation
A scornful lyric on the supposedly joyous occasions when royalty spawns new babies in order to continue the bloodline. The song includes real examples of royal births being planned for the "salvation" of their home populations.
"In one of his songs a series of kings and queens procreate, procreate because that's all they can do - 'when mad King George was dying' - (I like that line, it cheers me up)." - Adrian Mitchell (sleevenotes to Songs for City Squares)
"This is a stinging reply to those republicans who claim that royalty has no function in the modern world. As the song explains, royalty's function is clearly to perpetuate the royal species. The historical events described in the song are sordid but accurate." - LR (Look Here (songbook), 1968)
"This is a stinging reply to those republicans who claim that royalty has no function in the modern world. As the song explains, royalty's function is clearly to perpetuate the royal species. The historical events described in the song are sordid but accurate." - LR (Look Here (songbook), 1968)
Recordings
Version 1 (1966)
Version 2 (1970)
Version 2 (1970)