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George IV: Couldn't Stand My Wife is a song from the Horrible Histories TV series. It aired in Series 2, Episode 5 on June 4, 2010, & later in the first Savage Songs episode.
George IV- Couldn’t Stand My Wife
In this song, George IV sings about his life waiting to be King, and then about his true loves: actresses, duchesses and pies, not his wife!
Lyrics[]
Original Version[]
George IV: I’m George the Fourth, the regent king
Which means I was just standing in
Acting king because my dad
George the Third had gone barking mad.
George III: Banana!
George IV: Great palaces I did design
Buckingham was one of mine
Art and fashion I so rated
George III: And wives?
George IV: That’s more complicated.
Actresses and duchesses
The great loves of my life
I loved more girls than I ate pies
But I couldn’t stand my wife.
George III: He couldn't stand his wife.
George IV: Go away!
I only married Queen Caroline
When my debts began to climb
‘Cause if I agreed to tie the knot
George III: I said I’d pay off the lot!
George IV: But the wedding caused all sorts of strife
‘Cause I already had a wife
George III: A divorced Catholic?
George IV: Dad did sigh,
But the mad old goat just wouldn’t die!
George III: Still here! Oops, spoke too soon.
George IV: At last, I can go solo!
As true king, my reign began
Though I was now older than your nan!
And as the ruler of our nation
I banned my wife from my coronation.
And knowing now that I did hate her
She promptly died just three weeks later.
But all those pies that I got through
Meant ten years later, I died too!
George III: Hello, have we met? I'm a kangaroo.
George IV: Actresses, duchesses
The great loves of my life
I loved more girls than I ate pies
But I couldn’t stand my wife
I had just ten years on the throne
Do you remember that?
No, all that you remember is...
I was really fat.
Prom[]
George IV: I’m George the Fourth, the regent king
Which means I was just standing in
Acting king because my dad
George the Third had gone barking mad.
George III: Bananas!
George IV: Great palaces I did design
Buckingham was one of mine
Art and fashion I so rated
George III: And wives?
George IV: That’s more complicated.
Actresses and duchesses
The great loves of my life
I loved more girls than I ate pies
But I couldn’t stand my wife.
George III: He couldn't stand his wife.
George IV: Go away!
I only married Queen Caroline
When my debts began to climb
‘Cause if I agreed to tie the knot
George III: I said I’d pay off the lot! (Didn't I?)
George IV: (Yes, you did.)
George III: (Yes I did, yes.)
George IV: But the wedding caused all sorts of strife
‘Cause I already had a wife
George III: A divorced Catholic!
George IV: Dad did sigh,
But the mad old goat just wouldn’t die!
George III: Still here! Ooh, spoke too soon.
George IV: At last, I can go solo! Hooray!!
As true king, my reign began
Though I was now older than your nan!
And as the ruler of our nation
I banned my wife from my coronation.
And knowing now that I did hate her
She promptly died just three weeks later.
But all those pies that I got through
Meant ten years later, I died too!
George III: Hello, have we met? I'm a kangaroo.
George IV: Oh, no! Actresses, duchesses
The great loves of my life
I loved more girls than I ate pies
But I couldn’t stand my wife
I had just ten years on the throne
Do you remember that?
No, all that you remember is...
(A'hem)
I was really fat.
George III: He was really fat!
Cast[]
- Jim Howick as George IV
- Lawry Lewin as George III (2010)
- Simon Farnaby as George III (Prom)
- Martha Howe-Douglas as Caroline of Brunswick
Notes[]
External Links[]
- George IV: Couldn't Stand My Wife at Horrible Histories TV