"Dalesman's Litany", clues in the name? And it does rather tell it like it is - delivered.

There are more songs listed than sprang to my mind, but that was the intention. And English place songs are as likely to be self-deprecating in a way that other UK regions rarely exhibit. IMNSHO.

 If  there is any defining "Englishness" character, self-deprecating is on that list.

"London Pride" is one of Coward's best. Jingoism hidden in sentimentality. It was written to bolster the morale of the country in the face of difficulty. But one might (in a provocative vein) say it is a song about a flower............




I'll get my gardening coat.