LORDS A-SLEAPING

Apologies to all those wide-awake Lords and Ladies reading this.

LORDS A-SLEAPING

It's oh so tiring being a Lord,

Having amendments to weigh.

Checking MPs are doing their job

For just £300 a day.

Here in the chamber, I sit for hours

Listening to members mumble.

For £300 a day, I suppose

I really shouldn't grumble.

I steal forty winks, before anyone blinks

A little sleep helps things along.

For £300 pounds a day, you see

I mustn't do anything wrong.

If I can lie low, pretend I'm awake

And nobody calls my bluff

I reckon I'm onto a bloody good thing

And £300 is enough.

Where else could I sleep in a nice warm room

And get £300 a day?

The only place is The House of Lords

And there's no electric to pay.

I've done it for years, a drink and kip

Not a word does anyone say.

But for £300, it's now gotta stop

Cos the cameras will give me away,