Humble Pie
The Bankers Atonement Song
We are sorry, yes we’re sorry, we’re as sorry as can be,
we are sorrier than a jailer who set Jack the Ripper free,
we are sorrier than the man who shot an albatross at sea.
And the Pobble with no toes, and Cyrano with no nose, we are sorrier than those.
We are sorrier than a highwayman left hanging from a rope,
we are sorrier than Romeo, caught trying to elope,
we are sorrier than Paisley forced to kneel before the Pope.
And Jack Sprat who had no fat, and a grim faced Cheshire cat, we are sorrier than that.
We are sorrier than Rapunzel, when she’d no hair left to comb,
we are sorrier than Caesar on the Ides of March in Rome,
we are sorrier than the piggies, when the wolf blew down their home.
And the beau who had no miss, and the frog without a kiss, we are sorrier than this.
We are are sorry that our bonuses are now gone for a song.
We are sorry, like Pinocchio, that our noses are so long.
We are truly, really sorry we must own up we were wrong.
Ugly Sisters at the ball, Humpty Dumpties going to fall, we’re the sorriest of all.
Jim Hayes
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