The modern interpretation of the prayer was brought to the Town Hall by the Pearly Queen of The Old Kent Road, Doreen Golding, who was invited by Havering Mayor Georgina Galpin.
The Pearly Queen, dressed in her traditional outfit, joined the 52 members of Havering Council and several officers and opened the Full Council Meeting on Wednesday, October 17, with her cockney rhyming slang-ridden version of the Lord's Prayer.
The version she recited was:
Hello, our china plate
up there in ol' Heaven,
Your name is well great
and holy, and we respect you, Guv.
We hope we can all 'ave
a butcher's at Heaven
and be there as soon
as possible and
we want to make you happy, Guv,
and do what you want
'ere on earth,
just like what you do
in Heaven. Guv,
please give us some Uncle Fred
and enough grub and stuff
to keep us going today,
and we hope you'll forgive us
when we cock things up,
just like we're supposed
to forgive them who annoy us
and do dodgy stuff to us.
There's a lot of dodgy people
around, Guv - please don't
let us get tempted to do bad things.
Help keep us away
from all the nasty, evil stuff,
and keep that dodgy Satan
away from us,
'cos you're stronger than 'im,
You're the boss, God,
and will be forever, innit.
Cheers, Amen.
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