Song of the Square Mile (an EC-Shanty)
What shall we do with the merchant banker?
What shall we do with the merchant banker?
What shall we do with the merchant banker?
Make him earn his bonus!
Show him life in the real world,
Show him life in the real world,
Show him life in the real world,
And make him earn his bonus!
Take away his dirt-cheap mortgage,
Take away his dirt-cheap mortgage,
Take away his dirt-cheap mortgage,
And make him earn his bonus!
Show him life in the real world,
Show him life in the real world,
Show him life in the real world,
And make him earn his bonus!
Make him work in his own call centre,
Make him work in his own call centre,
Make him work in his own call centre,
And make him earn his bonus!
Show him life in the real world,
Show him life in the real world,
Show him life in the real world,
And make him earn his bonus!
Pay him no interest on his savings,
Pay him no interest on his savings,
Pay him no interest on his savings,
And make him earn his bonus!
Show him life in the real world,
Show him life in the real world,
Show him life in the real world,
And make him earn his bonus!
Sting him for obscene high charges,
Sting him for obscene high charges,
Sting him for obscene high charges,
And make him earn his bonus!
Show him life in the real world,
Show him life in the real world,
Show him life in the real world,
And make him earn his bonus!
Take away his guaranteed pension,
Take away his guaranteed pension,
Take away his guaranteed pension,
And make him earn his bonus!
Show him life in the real world,
Show him life in the real world,
Show him life in the real world,
And make him earn his bonus!
When he’s learned the value of money
When he’s learned the value of money
When he’s learned the value of money
Then he’s earned his bonus!
Sue Barnard is married with two grown-up sons, and is a published and prize-winning poet and the author of two novels. She lives in Cheshire with her husband and a large collection of unfinished scribblings.