ENGLISH DIPLOMACY (The Mighty Sparrow) They tell me that Englishmen are gentlemen Still I'd rather see a Yankee with my girlfriend People say that Englishmen are gentlemen I'd rather see a Yankee talking to my girlfriend For with the Yankee man, I wouldn't be angry Sooner or later he will spend his money freely These people from Oxford University Intend to get through with their big words and diplomacy. Chorus: You can hear them with... "Positively, definitely, most assuredly", but no currency So if your girlfriend have no common sense Without a cent, he's sure to penetrate her defence. When you see an Englishman is on a spree Like if he swallow a Webster's dictionary Only using big words like a millionaire And not at all, the man wouldn't even buy a beer And he so boldfaced, picking and choosing woman Til he get a Kay Francis or an Ingrid Bergman When he fix up and time for payment reach He will give her a dollar and a bundle of speech. Chorus: Such like... "You are so loveable, quite kissable You are quite capable, but it's regrettable That I cannot recompense you most adequately For the accomplished talent you've bestowed on me." In spending their money they seems gifted The biggest fete do not get them excited When a Yankee will drink whiskey with beer as chaser An Englishman will sip his Coca-Cola That is why the girls love to serve the Yankees Because he will always say, "Baby, the change is yours." When an Englishman find a waitress looking nice All he will say is, "Miss, I can do with some more ice." Chorus: And he will tell her... "You are so competent, quite intelligent, working very efficient" But he wouldn't give her one damn cent. So, if your girlfriend have no common sense Without a cent, man, he have she over the fence. If my girlfriend tired living Just let me catch her with an Englishman gossiping Because every Englishman is a diplomat And I know that nothing good wouldn't come out of that Old talk alone, and England win a war So she may get a Coca-Cola, but nothing more And if she ask the limey for a raise He will tell her of the ladies in olden days. Chorus: How they had so much purity and their chastity and nobility They didn't want money So if your girlfriend have no common sense Without a cent he's going to penetrate her defence. ################################################
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