A short ditty based on the traditional English ballad "Scarborough Fair", in which the Roses hint at wanting to depose the Queen of England. John Squire's guitar makes a sound like a gunshot during the outro. The Roses anti-royalist stance was greeted with outrage at the time from Britain's tabloid newspapers, with MPs trying to get them banned from TV after Ian Brown said he fantasised about putting a blanket over the Queen Mother's head. The Roses only put it into their live sets in 1990, using it as an intro to I Am The Resurrection.

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