Talk:Maggie Out

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Even more popular at the time was the song by The Beat (known in the US as The English Beat): "Stand Down Margaret". This was hugely popular and elicited standing ovations every time it was played:

"I see no joy, I see only sorrow, I see no chance of your bright new tomorrow, So stand down, Margaret, stand down please, Stand down Margaret

You tell me how can it work in this all white law(1), What a short sharp lesson(2), what a third world war, So stand down, Margaret, stand down please, Stand down Margaret

Say too much war in the city, Yeah, Say Love and Unity, the only way, the only way, Yeah"

(1) a pun on the name of the Home Secretary, William Whitelaw, who was charged with enforcing racial discrimination laws.

(2) a reference to US style "boot-camps", known at the time in the UK as "short,sharp shock"

[edit] Song?

It's a chant, surely. It has no tune. -- Wgsimon 01:33, 18 May 2005 (UTC)