1. In the deepest darkest winter The people told the king The grain has gone, we have no food To get us through to spring. We cannot pay the tithes you ask, The harvest is too small The famine's biting hard, dear King Have mercy on us all. (smarmy voice) "It will trickle down, trickle down have patience," said the king Trickle down, trickle down (audience) To end your suffering. 2. The king upon his milk white steed Ignored what they had said He rode towards his castle grand To feast with lords instead. Where wine it flowed and nobles crowed And troubles were forgotten The troubles of the peasant folk The strife of the downtrodden. It will trickle down, trickle down, (audience) it will trickle you will see. Trickle down, trickle down (audience) Just put your trust in me. 3. As dawn did break, a duke he spake, We nobles need more schilling Our castles need more finery, Our coffers need refilling. So the King he mounted on his steed, and to this he did agree, Take the coin my noble friends, Ten thousand I decree . . . . . and it will trickle down, trickle down, (audience) For that's how it is writ, Trickle down, trickle down (audience) It will trickle so be it. 4. The more the peasants begged the King The more that they implored The more the king would turn away The more they were ignored. But the milk white steed he took no heed He knew his wrong from right Took pity on the peasant folk Took pity on their plight.        And the great white steed said.... It will trickle down, trickle down, (audience) It will trickle you will see Trickle down, trickle down, (audience) Just put your trust in me. 5. The milk white horse filled with remorse had more wit than they thought He threw the king from off his back down into the ford. And royal blue blood it trickled, It trickled down his crown The king he perished on the rocks, Never to be found. And it trickled down, trickled down It trickled down his head. Trickled down, trickled down (audience) And lo! (pause) (spoken) The king was dead.

Trickle-Down Economics

Conventional economic theory decrees that when the working classes are well paid, then their money trickles UP to the rich."Trickle-down economics" describes policies that reduce taxes for the wealthy (and thus reducing money available for health, education, industrial development and welfare) while tricking the working classes that it will be good for them.

In the 1980s Ronald Regan, Margaret Thatcher and Roger Douglas tricked workers in the USA, England and New Zealand with these policies. More recently, Liz Truss tried to re-introduce trickle-down policies when she was prime minister of England, but within 7 weeks, her premiership was dead.

Al Baxter