At the Court of Good Queen Bess - Jetsam

We're a couple of bits of cracklin'

From the court of Good Queen Bess

She was known as the Virgin Queen

And as a queen she was a great success

We were her maids in waiting there

We did some waiting too Oh yeah

At the court of Good Queen Bess

At the court of Good Queen Bess

We did our best to give the boys

An eyeful more or less

In frocks like ours we couldn't fail

The skirts stuck out just like a sail

But it wasn't 'alf cold round the farthingale

At the court of Good Queen Bess

Now Bess had lots of boyfriends

You've heard of that no doubt

And it was part of my job to let them in

But nobody saw me let them out

She said 'Leave me girls

Begone I'm quite safe with my bumpers on

At the court of Good Queen Bess

At the court of Good Queen Bess

Lizzie was a spinster

And she looked it more or less

When Raleigh she refused to wed

He taught her how to smoke instead

And they found his fag-ends underneath the bed

At the court of

You've heard of the Earl of Leicester

Well he was the queen's big noise

With his velvet cloak and his silken hose

No wonder he cut out all the boys

His bags were trimmed with lace how queer

Well girls still think it's a good idea

At the court of Good Queen Bess

At the court of Good Queen Bess

To try and get a cuddle wasn't easy I confess

Their armour was so hard and bright

That when the boyfriends came in sight

The minstrel played 'In Tin Tonight'

At the court of Good Queen Bess

The jester cracked the same old

Jokes you hear now more or less

Bess had her favourites by the hour

She started by giving them each a flower

But they all finished up in T'Bloody Tower

At the court of Good Queen Bess