The new fifty-pence piece
They sat up in Brussels the whole of the night And emerged in the morning all pasty and grey The British and French had been having a fight On how much the lorries in England should
weigh Nine clasped hands round a fifty pence coin Symbol of concord in which we all join The Dutch and Italians were wrangling on fruit Should apples get help from FEOGA or not? The French said their book it might really quite suit But the Germans declared they would not give a jot Nine clasped hands round a fifty-pence coin Symbol of concord in which we all join The French wanted money all tied up to gold But the British pressed strongly for sterling to float Each said that the other the pass had just sold And ought to stop rocking the EEC boat Nine clasped hands round a fifty-pence coin Symbol of concord in which we all join Each of the nine their commissioners named (All were most eminent men in their way And the best of the posts for their candidates
claimed)•
While the claims of the others they all did gainsay
Nine clasped hands round a fifty-pence coin Symbol of concord in which we all join.
—Basil Charles
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