When Rosa plays monopoly
She can never afford property
She collects two hundred pounds
And gives it to landlords when she goes round
When she lands on the railway
Rosa always pays her way
Monopoly is hard
When someone else has all the cards
When Rosa plays monopoly
She can never afford property
She collects two hundred pounds
And gives it to landlords when she goes round
She pays for utilities too
Just like she’s supposed to do
They’re owned by the bourgeoisie
But at least the parking’s free
When Rosa plays monopoly
She can never afford property
She collects two hundred pounds
And gives it to landlords when she goes round
Chance and community chest
Rosa tries her best
But the game’s designed for her to fail
And she always ends up in jail…
But soon the jail was full of folk
Who’d gone around ‘til they were broke
She said this game’s not fair
How come we never get a share
What if we owned all the stations
There’d be no conversations
About who owes and who’s in chains
We could all just ride the trains
They started to applaud her
She said the electric and the water
This game is awful let’s all revise it
Let’s just nationalise it…
They broke out of jail, marched on Whitehall
Pall Mall was the first to fall
Northumberland Avenue, Bow Street too
The Strand soon came into view
Fleet Street, Trafalgar Square
Piccadilly, almost there
Regent Street, Park Lane
They took Mayfair and finished the game
Now Rosa plays Monopoly
Lands on common-held property
She goes around
And keeps the two hundred pounds
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