Whether her life was short or long,

She pledged her service to the nation,

And our Queen was as good as her word.

 

Her generation respects tenacity

Sharing her tact and diplomacy.

Life was to be lived with trust, honour

And consideration for one’s fellow man.

They don’t talk about their trouble and woes

But struggle to do the best that they can.

They scrimp, they save and pay their bills

And meet misfortune in their stride.

When their enemies demanded surrender,

Like the Queen, they didn’t run or hide,

But met war-time disaster face to face

And with due compassion for the human race.

They will not be subdued or put in a cage!

They are Elizabethans of the Second Age!