Linger Longer,
p. 81 · Read in the full issue
O Queen
This jingle appeared in a London paper after Queen Salote of Tonga had driven through the rain in the Coronation procession and told a reporter she liked English weather.
LINGER longer, Queen of Tonga, Linger longer wiv us.
Longer while the English summer Gives us all the shivvas, While the summer east winds blow And shake our English livvas.
Queen of Tonga, linger longer, While the blizzards blow.
Wait to see the hail at Henley, Ascot in the snow.
See our flooded cricket fields Awash before you go.
Linger longer, Queen of Tonga, Till the summer’s through.
Watch ye Englyshe Maypole dancers Dance with noses blue. (Dancing round with naked toe In ye slush and in ye snow Round ye merrie merrie-oh).
Linger longer, Queen of Tonga, Linger longer, do.