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Thread #15600   Message #3381543
Posted By: Joe_F
25-Jul-12 - 09:06 PM
Thread Name: Origin: Rule Britannia/Married to a Mermaid
Subject: RE: Origin: Rule Britannia/Married to Mermaid
I recall a satirical version, I think published in _Punch_ about 1959, that ended

Fool, Britannia! It never got you much.
Learn to dwi-i-i-i-indle like the Dutch.

That was about the time they were getting the hell out of Cyprus.