Belgravia Affair
from Taken For A Ride E.P. by Emperor Penguin
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This is a song about a very British scandal.
On 7 November 1974, Lord Lucan - born Richard John Bingham - killed his family nanny Sandra Rivett with a lead pipe in the basement of his Belgravia home, according to the inquest into her death. It is believed he mistook her for his estranged wife, Veronica, the Dowager Countess of Lucan, who had recently filed for divorce and won custody of their three children.
After bludgeoning Rivett he then found Lady Lucan and attacked her with the pipe, leaving her for dead in a pool of blood. He drove to a friend's house in East Sussex in a borrowed car, before vanishing in the early hours of 8 November. The car was later found abandoned in Newhaven with blood stains inside. Lady Lucan, who said she had long been abused by her husband, believes he threw himself from a cross-Channel ferry soon after the murder.
'Lucky' Lucan was a professional gambler known to be struggling with debts.
Since his disappearance there have been many claimed sightings of the fugitive Earl.
On 7 November 1974, Lord Lucan - born Richard John Bingham - killed his family nanny Sandra Rivett with a lead pipe in the basement of his Belgravia home, according to the inquest into her death. It is believed he mistook her for his estranged wife, Veronica, the Dowager Countess of Lucan, who had recently filed for divorce and won custody of their three children.
After bludgeoning Rivett he then found Lady Lucan and attacked her with the pipe, leaving her for dead in a pool of blood. He drove to a friend's house in East Sussex in a borrowed car, before vanishing in the early hours of 8 November. The car was later found abandoned in Newhaven with blood stains inside. Lady Lucan, who said she had long been abused by her husband, believes he threw himself from a cross-Channel ferry soon after the murder.
'Lucky' Lucan was a professional gambler known to be struggling with debts.
Since his disappearance there have been many claimed sightings of the fugitive Earl.
lyrics
Maybe now you can all stop saying I’m paranoid
Maybe now you can call me the rational one
I ran to raise the alarm
I fell into the Plumber’s Arms
Is there anyone here who can keep me safe from harm?
Oooh – oooh don’t call the neighbours
Have you seen the Earl of Eaton Square?
Ooh – ooh don’t tell the papers
It’s strictly a Belgravia affair
Was he playing with the liars at the late night poker game?
Did they feed him to the tigers in a private zoo?
There’s a lead pipe on the floor
And there’s blood by the open door
He cut out for the coast at the wheel of a borrowed Ford
Oooh – don’t tell the children
A grisly scene at their pied a terre
Ooh – ooh, well thanks a million
It’s strictly a Belgravia affair
I could do better than a losing hand
A wedge of tenners in a rubber band
They call me lucky, but I lost a grand
Maybe now you can call me the rational one
I ran to raise the alarm
I fell into the Plumber’s Arms
Is there anyone here who can keep me safe from harm?
Oooh – oooh don’t call the neighbours
Have you seen the Earl of Eaton Square?
Ooh – ooh don’t tell the papers
It’s strictly a Belgravia affair
Was he playing with the liars at the late night poker game?
Did they feed him to the tigers in a private zoo?
There’s a lead pipe on the floor
And there’s blood by the open door
He cut out for the coast at the wheel of a borrowed Ford
Oooh – don’t tell the children
A grisly scene at their pied a terre
Ooh – ooh, well thanks a million
It’s strictly a Belgravia affair
I could do better than a losing hand
A wedge of tenners in a rubber band
They call me lucky, but I lost a grand
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from Taken For A Ride E.P.,
released June 14, 2020
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