Something like Francesca did

Use paper and scissors and glue
That’s what we’re supposed to do.
Make a picture by sticking down things.
Damien Hirst used butterfly wings.
Picasso did it a long time ago.
His mate Matisse followed suit don’t you know?

Scissors and glue, scissors and glue:
It’s what we’ve got to do.

Both were caught in Cubism’s thrall.
Pablo kicked off with something small:
News and wallpaper made a guitar
Henri’s reply was bigger by far.
Back then they called it papier collé,
Henri and Pablo thought it quite jolly

Scissors and glue, scissors and glue:
It’s what we’ve got to do.

You may say I’ve forgotten Braque:
As pioneer he made his mark.
Wood-grain paper he used as his base
Then drew upon it with style and grace.
Pablo’s response was something seminal:
He stuck down shapes he cut from Le Journal.

Scissors and glue, scissors and glue:
It’s what we’ve got to do.

Joan Gris got in on the act;
A Spanish bloke and that’s a fact.
Duchamp and Léger both did a bit.
When Pablo found out he had a fit.
Synthetic Cubists is what they were called.
Salon and critics were all quite appalled.

Scissors and glue, scissors and glue:
It’s what we’ve got to do.

Hans Arp made his collages by chance
(A German, then, he lived in France).
A leader of the Dada movement
Over Art he thought Fate an improvement.
Torn paper he stuck where it fell.
I reckon he neatened it up as well!

Scissors and glue, scissors and glue:
It’s what we’ve got to do.

Kurt Schwitters gave up using paint
Pasting paper without restraint
But later he thought of something good
Substituting paper with wood.
Assemblage art was innovatory
And that of course is a different story.

Scissors and glue, scissors and glue:
It’s what we’ve got to do.

Though mind you I forgot to say
Collages by Jean Debuffet
Employing butterfly wings like Hirst
He called “Assemblages”; he did it first.
So many use paper, scissors and glue
But in this world there’s really nothing new.

Scissors and glue, scissors and glue:
It’s what we’ve got to do.

Hockney, Ernst and Larry Rivers,
Malevich (gives me the shivers),
Robert Rauchenburg and Peter Blake,
Who Sergeant Pepper’s cover did make,
All used collage, like Richard Hamilton,
Cut paper and used glue to stick it on.

Scissors and glue, scissors and glue:
It’s what we’ve got to do.