That copyright line appears on all Golden Hind's pages so I think it was inadvertantly copied here. It's clear it doesn't apply to the song. I notice that they - John Roberts & Tony Barrand - have a record entitled 'Mellow with Ale from the Horn'. It says: " Our title comes from Rudyard Kipling's poem Oak, Ash & Thorn, which was recently set to music by Peter Bellamy. When he visited us in Marlboro, Peter made a point of making the trip to Brattleboro, just down the hill from us, to visit the house where Kipling lived during his four-year stay in Vermont." As for the original question, I'd say it's not referring to England. We don't really have 'plains'.
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