All four of the animals named here are native to countries that the United Kingdom colonized, but not to the UK itself. That doesn't seem like a coincidence.
The British arrived with guns in those countries and used the guns to dominate the locals (on their knees). They also hunted those animals with guns.
There's a distinct, but not very elaborate, comment negative on the British colonization of North America and Australia.
The voice behind "that's the way the thunder rumbles ... bee bumbles" is downplaying the evils of that, an ironic dismissal that the song doesn't espouse.
All four of the animals named here are native to countries that the United Kingdom colonized, but not to the UK itself. That doesn't seem like a coincidence.
The British arrived with guns in those countries and used the guns to dominate the locals (on their knees). They also hunted those animals with guns.
There's a distinct, but not very elaborate, comment negative on the British colonization of North America and Australia.
The voice behind "that's the way the thunder rumbles ... bee bumbles" is downplaying the evils of that, an ironic dismissal that the song doesn't espouse.
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I agree it’s clearly in reference to UK colonization era, also bedbugs and ballyhoo (a garbage bait fish) are what the sailors had to endure then.
I agree it’s clearly in reference to UK colonization era, also bedbugs and ballyhoo (a garbage bait fish) are what the sailors had to endure then.