Queen Elizabeth II Birthday Poem

Queen Elizabeth II Birthday Poem

21st April 2009

Ma'am, or to use your Official Title,'Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland' it behoves me as the Doggeret Laureate to write a little number for your 83rd Birthday. It goes like this

On this day 83 years ago, Lilibet was born

And it just couldn’t be foreseenThat one day the baby PrincessWould become our QueenHer uncle would become the KingAnd have children of his ownAnd the eldest of those childrenWould ascend to the throneBut Uncle Bertie abdicatedAnd her Dad as King was boundWhen he died, Her Royal Highness The Princess ElizabethAs our Queen was crownedThis is a birthday tribute, Your MajestyIt gives me much pleasureTo say happy 83rd birthday Ma’am,Our Queen and National TreasureJon Bratton 2009If you want more, click the linkQueen Elizabeth II Birthday PoemThis Queen Elizabeth's Birthday Poem is copyright Jon Bratton 2009