At the Court of Good Queen Bess-Jetsam

[ti:At the Court of Good Queen Bess] [ar:Jetsam] [al:Echoes Of Variety (Remastered)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]At the Court of Good Queen Bess - Jetsam [00:24.96]We're a couple of bits of cracklin' [00:26.82]From the court of Good Queen Bess [00:28.84]She was known as the Virgin Queen [00:31.21]And as a queen she was a great success [00:33.87] [00:34.89]We were her maids in waiting there [00:37.03] [00:37.78]We did some waiting too Oh yeah [00:42.07] [00:42.59]At the court of Good Queen Bess [00:45.58]At the court of Good Queen Bess [00:47.64] [00:48.23]We did our best to give the boys [00:50.98]An eyeful more or less [00:52.86] [00:53.54]In frocks like ours we couldn't fail [00:56.31]The skirts stuck out just like a sail [00:59.02]But it wasn't 'alf cold round the farthingale [01:01.73]At the court of Good Queen Bess [01:04.64] [01:06.79]Now Bess had lots of boyfriends [01:08.64]You've heard of that no doubt [01:10.17]And it was part of my job to let them in [01:13.00]But nobody saw me let them out [01:16.65]She said 'Leave me girls [01:18.92]Begone I'm quite safe with my bumpers on [01:24.59] [01:25.43]At the court of Good Queen Bess [01:28.20]At the court of Good Queen Bess [01:30.37] [01:31.19]Lizzie was a spinster [01:33.16]And she looked it more or less [01:35.64] [01:36.18]When Raleigh she refused to wed [01:38.99]He taught her how to smoke instead [01:41.56]And they found his fag-ends underneath the bed [01:44.54]At the court of [01:45.39] [01:49.92]You've heard of the Earl of Leicester [01:51.52]Well he was the queen's big noise [01:53.39]With his velvet cloak and his silken hose [01:55.91]No wonder he cut out all the boys [01:59.17]His bags were trimmed with lace how queer [02:02.40]Well girls still think it's a good idea [02:04.92] [02:06.52]At the court of Good Queen Bess [02:09.02] [02:09.60]At the court of Good Queen Bess [02:12.13]To try and get a cuddle wasn't easy I confess [02:17.00] [02:17.60]Their armour was so hard and bright [02:20.31]That when the boyfriends came in sight [02:23.51]The minstrel played 'In Tin Tonight' [02:26.73]At the court of Good Queen Bess [02:29.85] [02:35.55]The jester cracked the same old [02:37.59]Jokes you hear now more or less [02:40.25] [02:40.94]Bess had her favourites by the hour [02:43.75]She started by giving them each a flower [02:47.72]But they all finished up in T'Bloody Tower [02:50.69] [02:58.29]At the court of Good Queen Bess