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R.I.P. RP Lyrics

Goodbye RP Let our words go free
Coo and howl Lay flat your vowels
Ah ay ee Goodbye RP
Tongue uncross your t's
Slang and slur Bah and burr They thy thee
Goodbye RP Teachered tyranny
Speed this end Our ows to bend Who were he wi'?
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Cover art for R.I.P. RP lyrics by Chumbawamba

About the decreasing influence of 'standard' RP pronunciation of British English. The phonetician Jack Windsor Lewis noted the irony that the song was sung in an RP accent

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