The Blue-Blooded Blues is a song from the Horrible Histories TV series. It aired in Series 4, Episode 7 on April 27, 2012.
We've Got The Blue Blooded Blues Song - Scary Scotland - Horrible Histories
A blues-rock parody, it stars the Stuart family, who sings about how unlucky & unpopular they were as the rulers of Scotland.
Lyrics[]
Robert: I bet you think the Stuarts were an English dynasty.
James: But we only came to England when the crown belonged to me.
Mary: Our clan may hail from Scotland
But our tale's not a bonnie one, you’ll see.
All: We got the blue blooded blues,
In our blue Stuart shoes!
James: Each king, queen, & heir
Had a personal nightmare,
All: Have you read the news?
Robert: We got the blue blooded blues.
Let’s start with me, King Robert 3,
Some say I was a fool,
Once fell off my horse & hurt myself,
Quite badly, how uncool,
Ended up with a limp,
And limp was what they called my rule.
(And I'll tell you for why).
All: We got the blue blooded blues,
Strapping sons, he had two.
Robert: One in prison, starved in jail,
The other captured, epic fail,
The worst of kings, my review,
I got the blue blooded blues.
James: The next five Stuarts all called James,
But none was lucky Jim,
James 1 hid down a sewer,
Got caught by assassins.
James 2 was less unpopular,
But killed by his own cannon so, pretty dim
Robert: (And it doesn’t end there.)
James: (You’re not wrong!)
All: We got the blue blooded blues,
So many ways to lose.
James: 3 & 4 killed in battle,
5 lost at war & that’ll...
All: Explain why we don't enthuse,
About those Stuart clan blues!
James: (Sing it Mary go on girl)
Mary: I’m Mary Queen of Scots,
Misfortune I had lots
To Queen Liz was a threat
She threw me into prison yeah
Still accused me of plottin’
Can you see where I’m headed?
Liz is a Tudor, take a guess
Robert & James: Beheaded?
Mary: Yeah!
James: Well after queen Liz died,
I was made King of England too.
Became James the first of England,
But the Stuart luck stayed true
Guy Fawkes try to blow me up,
And turn me into Stuart stew
Mary: (One more time!)
James: (Yeah!)
All: We got the blue blooded blues,
Not the role you would choose.
James: With my son Charles a decapitee,
We briefly killed off royalty,
All: Stuart mourners it’s true...
Robert: Cursed with the blue-blooded blues.
(That’s what I’m talking about)
Cast[]
- Ben Willbond as King Robert III of Scotland
- Mathew Baynton as King James VI of Scotland
- Martha Howe-Douglas as Mary, Queen of Scots
Notes[]
External Links[]
- The Blue Blooded Blues at Horrible Histories TV