What Have the Romans Ever Done for Us? Songtext
von Monty Python

What exactly are the demands?
We′re giving Pilate two days to dismantle the
Entire apparatus of the Roman Imperialist state
And if he doesn't agree immediately, we execute her
They bled us white, the bastards! They′ve taken everything we had
And not just from us, from our fathers
And from our fathers' fathers!
And from our fathers' fathers′ fathers
Yeah
And from our fathers′ fathers' fathers′ fathers
Yeah, all right, Stan, don't labor the point
And what have they ever given us in return?
The aqueduct
What?
The aqueduct
Oh, yeah, yeah, they did give us that, that′s true, yeah
And the sanitation
Oh yeah, the sanitation, Reg, remember what the city used to be like
Yeah, all right, I'll grant you, the aqueduct and Sanitation are two things the Romans have done
And the roads
Well, yeah, obviously the roads, I mean, the roads go without saying
Don′t they? But apart from the
Sanitation, the aqueduct, and the roads
Irrigation
Medicine, education
Yeah, yeah, all right, fair enough
And the wine
Yeah, yeah, that's something we'd really miss, Reg, if the Romans left
Public baths
And it′s safe to walk in the streets at night now, Reg
Yeah, they certainly know how to keep order, let′s face it
They're the only ones who could in a place like this
All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education
Wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system
And public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?
Brought peace
Oh, peace, shut up!


The raid backfires. Brian is captured and all the
Rest are killed. Brian, beaten, bruised, and bleeding
Is thrown into Pilate′s darkest, stinking dungeon