Richard Iii Lyrics - Horrible Histories

I was sure that you'd love me 

To that hope, I did cling 

'Cause I'm... Richard the third 

And... Everybody loves a king! 

Thought I did a good job 

Why do you disagree? 

There's a lot of people 

Spreading nasty rumors 'bout me 

Every word is a lie 

So I'm singing this song 

'Cause the history books 

Have been telling it wrong! 

I Never had a limp 

Always walked my full height 

Never had a hump 

And my arm was all right 

Never took the crown 

With the ilegal power 

Never killed my nephews 

The princes in the tower 

Tudor propaganda 

It's all absurd 

Time to tell the truth 

'Bout King Richard the third 

My brother Edward, died 

His kids too young to rule 

So... I took the throne 

Why not? I'm nobody's fool! 

Thomas More wrote a history 

Said I'd murdered Edward's boys 

Shakespeare said their death 

Was an evil ploy 

But I say those two 

Are historical vandals! 

They've ruined my image! 

I mean, what a scandal! 

Never bumped off 

Those harmless young heirs 

Never buried them 

Under the Tower of London stairs 

Never poisoned my wife 

Bumped off her daddy 

This is me, sweet Richard 

Do I look like a baddy? 

Never was two-faced 

Sure you'll agree 

I was misunderstood 

King Richard three 

Can you imagine it? 

I'm the last Plantagenet 

Beaten by Henry 

In the Wars of the Roses 

The Tudor dynasty 

Didn't care that much for me 

Now I'm painted as a baddy 

That's why one supposes... (continues while next verse is sang) 

Never forget 

When you hear of my crimes 

Never drowned my brother 

In a massive vat of wine 

Never said 'a horse! 

My kingdom for a horse! ' 

Who made that up? 

Why, William Shakespeare, of course! 

Now my tale is told 

You won't hear a bad word 

About a special ruler 

King Richard the third 

Arg it's a wasp it's a wasp