Queen Victoria
My father and all his tobacco loved you
I love you too in all your forms
The slim and lovely virgin floating among German beer
Although Cohen refers to some factual information about Queen Victoria (1819-1901) in this poem/song, the monarch herself is just the pretext for a string of surreal images. 
 
 Victoria'a 63 years reign became known as the Victorian era. Great Britain underwent enormous change in every field of life, the British Empire saw huge expansion.
Queen Victoria