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Thread #90695   Message #1721445
Posted By: Grab
18-Apr-06 - 07:59 PM
Thread Name: An English protest song.
Subject: RE: An English protest song.
Asking for a English Assembly (England and Wales already have a Parliament and it's in Westminster, hence the "Welsh Assembly" rather than "Welsh Parliament") isn't racist. However it *is* verging on the kind of song that the Bastard Nazi Prickheads would like, so be warned that it might be misconstrued...

The words are in danger of turning into a pastiche though. Maybe if you used something a bit more recent then you'd feel more comfortable writing in a contemporary style? The Levellers would be the obvious choice for a protest song, but there's plenty of other choices.

More than one verse without the word "democracy" might be nice. Also "the British government" is a tautology - which other government would it be? ;-) I'd be tempted to use "Westminster and Whitehall have taken it away" - a bit of alliteration to help it stick in the mind, and it's more specific than just "fight the system, man".

Graham.