Lyr Add: There'll Always Be an England

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: There'll Always Be an England
From: MGM·Lion
Date: 24 Jun 13 - 05:12 PM

Oh, right, gotcha now, Jim. Thanks for clarifying. Yes, I think that was probably the case.

~M~

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: There'll Always Be an England
From: GUEST,Allan Conn
Date: 24 Jun 13 - 05:16 PM

"& just as well as it turned out, eh, Allan?!" Well that is true! Which brings to mind the time I was in Edinburgh with an American who was on holiday (this was pre-Braveheart) and I was taking her up to Edinburgh Castle when she asked who the two statues represented. I said "King Robert the Bruce and William Wallace". The reply was "oh right, was he related to Wallace Simpson?". Took me a wee while to get it in my head that it was a genuine question and not a crap joke :-)

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: There'll Always Be an England
From: GUEST
Date: 28 Mar 16 - 03:38 PM

Let us all celebrate our rich heritage.

I give you a toast, ladies and gentlemen.
I give you a toast, ladies and gentlemen.
May this fair dear land we love so well
In dignity and freedom dwell.
Though worlds may change and go awry
While there is still one voice to cry

There'll always be an England
While there's a country lane,
Wherever there's a cottage small
Beside a field of grain.
There'll always be an England
While there's a busy street,
Wherever there's a turning wheel,
A million marching feet.

Red, white and blue; what does it mean to you?
Surely you're proud, shout it aloud,
"Britons, awake!"
The empire too, we can depend on you.
Freedom remains. These are the chains
Nothing can break.

There'll always be an England,
And England shall be free
If England means as much to you
As England means to me.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: There'll Always Be an England
From: Joe Offer
Date: 28 Mar 16 - 03:59 PM

I'm not sure this was Vera Lynn's shining moment, here she is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSNi_SOhQWk

The Deana Durbin version sounds far less militaristic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34HztY4ORFw

Still, the song sounds too much like "I'm Proud to Be an American" [ God Bless the U.S.A. ] for my liking.

Jingoism makes me nervous.

-Joe-

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: There'll Always Be an England
From: GUEST,Blandiver (Astray)
Date: 28 Mar 16 - 04:06 PM

There'll always be an England
While there's a country lane,
Wherever there's a cottage small
Beside a field of grain.
There'll always be an England
While there's a busy street,
Wherever there's a turning wheel,
A million marching feet.

That's us fucked then.