- published: 31 Aug 2011
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A bank holiday is a public holiday in the United Kingdom or a colloquialism for public holiday in Ireland. There is no automatic right to time off on these days, although the majority of the population is granted time off work or extra pay for working on these days, depending on their contract. The first official bank holidays were the four days named in the Bank Holidays Act 1871, but today the term is colloquially (albeit incorrectly) used for public holidays which are not officially bank holidays, for example Good Friday and Christmas Day[citation needed].
Prior to 1834, the Bank of England observed about thirty-three saints' days and religious festivals as holidays, but in 1834, this was reduced to just four: 1 May (May Day), 1 November (All Saints Day), Good Friday, and Christmas Day. In 1871, the first legislation relating to bank holidays was passed when Liberal politician and banker Sir John Lubbock introduced the Bank Holidays Act 1871, which specified the days in the table set out below. The English people were so thankful that they called the first Bank Holidays St Lubbock's Days for a while. Scotland was treated separately because of its separate traditions; for example, New Year is a more important holiday there.[citation needed]
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Yea-eah!
I got a bank holiday.
I got reason to live.
I got nothing to lose.
I had nothing to give.
I got money to burn (x2)
I got merry-go-round.
It goes all over town.
It goes up.
It goes pop until somebody drowns.
I got run-over clown.
I shoot him with my pistol, cause it will prevent him
from killing me first.
With just one day
I can get away
Give me just a little time
All I need's a little time
Give me just a little time
All I need's a little time [YEAH!]
I like the way (x2).
I'm not lifing life
anymore.
I lived out of a truck for well over a year,
to advance my professional wrestling career.
My name was Alex McSlam.
I had a move where I grabbed my opponent and twisted
his kiwis off.
But that didn't last.
Faded with the past.
When they turned me heel,
I lost fan appeal.
My name is Beefy McSmash
I'm known for whippin' some ass
And this is my professional career path so
Why don't ya step right on up
I see ya walkin' the sides
bout to drop an elbow on your head and make your family
This is a blank holidy
No need for work we need to play
I'm tired of bustin my ass like I'm a modern day slave
And I got nickels to my name but nothing greater
You'll see me struggle, hustle till the day I meet my
maker
Come on!
So when you break it down all I'm talkin about
Is just running the mouth
And needing a break, a bank holiday
Another 24 to get the job done right
Give me some sunlight
Unlike games we play, we get one life
No continue screens
No popping quarters into big machines
One day you go
When there is no
Credits
And I'm gonna make the most of this
[I'm not lifing life]
I've got to get it all together and focus
And a bank holiday's what I need to succeed so please
Give me just a little time
[I'm not living life]
All I need's a little time
Give me just a little time
You can get yours and I'm gonna get mine