The Dandy Highwaymen’s Land Shanties lyrics archive: A Modest Proposal (No Cake! No Bread!)
written by The Dandy Highwaymen
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No Cake! No Bread!
Let’s eat the rich instead!
Maybe then we’ll have our fill
Here in the market things are abyssmal
The situation for people is dismal
The price of bread has climbed up far too high
All the nobles have plenty for their plates
Getting rich off the toil of the third estate
It’s time to put them in a pie
Bridge
“Let them eat cake” that’s what she said
But who needs cake when there’s no bread
Here’s the deal we modestly propose:
Chorus
We have – no need
For aristocracy!
Never have and never will
They built a wall to control us
Another vote will hardly console us
A storm will surely come of this
We’re sick of abuse and starvation
The guillotine will bring our salvation
We can’t eat empty promises
Bridge
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