Don't be coy, ol' Johnny boy

We have seen what you've decreed

You've taxed and pillaged every village

And ignored their every need

So we wrote the Magna Carta (which is Latin for "great charter")

And you'd do well lest folk rebel

To sign this clever creed!

The British Isles will have fair trials

And I'll tell you what's more

Neither king nor son, nor anyone

Will be above the law

So if you're to have a hope (and win the blessings of the pope)

You can't decline, you'll have to sign, or face a civil war

Though you'll be vexed, this deed's effects, go far beyond this region

You can stamp and shout and whine about, this blatant act of treason!

But we demand habeas corpus! (Meaning tyrants should be cautious!)

No more arrests, at the king's behest

For now, you'll need a reason!

Unless you're craving one more bathing

Embrace legal restitution, church and state

Will separate, or there'll be regal revolution

And the message then will spread! (Like liberty butter on freedom bread!)

Through the ages to the pages of the U.S. Constitution!

In 800 years to peoples' cheers

These words will further travel

To unclasp each despot's grasp

And to insure their reigns unravel

Rights were granted at our birth

To every corner of the earth

From United Nations declarations

Down to every judge's gavel