* "The Ballad of the Working Man" by Alan Mills contains the line "They used to call us just the gentry, now we've got the world down on its knees."
* "The Battle of Evermore" by Led Zeppelin contains the line "The King was in the counting house counting out his money."
* "The Times They Are a-Changin'" by Bob Dylan contains the line "The princes and the powers, they are serving on their knees."