What are the lyrics for 'Couldn't Stand my Wife' from horrible histories?

Answer 1

George IV:

I'm George the fourth, the regent king,

Which means I was just standing in,

Acting King because my dad,

George the third, had gone barking mad

(George III: Banana!)

Great palaces I did design,

Buckingham was one of mine,

Art and fashion, I so rated,

George III: And wives?

George IV: That's more complicated!

Actresses and duchesses,

The great loves of my life,

I loved more girls than I ate pies,

But I couldn't stand my wife.

George III: He couldn't stand his wife

(George IV: Go away!)

I only married Queen Caroline,

When my debts began to climb,

'Cus if I agreed to tie the knot,

George III: I said I'd pay off the lot.

George IV: But the wedding caused all sorts of strife,

'Cus I already had a Wife.

George III: "A divorced catholic?"

George IV: Dad did sigh, but the mad old goat just wouldn't die!

(George III: Still here, oh, spoke to soon... *dies*

George IV: At last I can go solo!)

As true king my reign began,

'Though I was now older than your Nan,

And as the ruler of our nation,

I banned my wife from my coronation.

And knowing now that I did hate her,

She promptly died just three weeks later,

But all those pies that I got through

Meant ten years later I died too!

(George III: Hello, have we met? I'm a kangaroo!)

Actresses, Duchesses,

The great loves of my life,

I loved more girls than I ate pies,

But I couldn't stand my wife.

I had just ten years on the throne,

Do you remember that?

No, all that you remember is,

I was really fat.