From the balmy days of the Cultural Revolution
Jim Carroll

THE FREEDOM-LOVING PEOPLES OF THE WEST WILL NOT BE OVERTAKEN BY THE REVOLUTIONARY HORDES OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA RAG

Sandra Kerr,Ewan Maccoll & Peggy Seeger

1   Come all you loyal Britons who complain about your lot
Count your many blessings and you'll see what you have got,
Compare your life with others' - go down upon your knees:
Thank God you were not born an underprivileged Chinese,

CHORUS: CHINA, ME OLD CHINA, YOUR KIDS HAVE GONE ASTRAY
SEND THEM OVER HERE TO US AND WE'LL SHOW THEM THE WAY:
WE'LL HELP 'EM TO GET WITH IT, WE'LL STOP «EM BEING SQUARE,
WITH L.S.D. (THAT'S ALMOST FREE) WE'LL BANISH EVERY CARE.

2   It's great to know you're British, to know that you are free,
To know that Uncle Harold's looking out for you and me,
Just consider China: she's really had it now,
Who'd exchange our Harold for the thoughts of Chairman Mao.

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3   When we rebel we're careful — we know how far to go,
It's the bleeding barbers we're against and not the status—quo,
But over there in China, they don't know when to stop,
And even party leaders have been known to get the drop.

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4      Thank God for our newspapers! We have a press that's free!
Thank God for King and Thompson and for Auntie B.B.C.;
Thank God we've got Prince Philip to give us good advice,,
To tell us to work harder for our little bowl of rice,

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5   They have no Heath, no Callaghan, no other clever bods,
No psychedelic happenings: poor Oriental sods.
No pot, Green Stamps or bingo, no Batman in Chinese,
And unlike good old Britain, they have got no wages freeze,

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6   We're *proud of our traditions, our British way of life,
And flower-power and Women's Hour will shield us from the strife,
The Chinese they have Mao Tse—Tung, Vietnamese have Ho:
But we've got Coronation Street and DAZ and FAIRY SNOW,

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7   They can have their revolution, and yet the time will come,
When led by L.B.J, and Harold, we shall overcome:
With Harold's little Yellow Book we'll strike opponents down —
And Britain will be stronger through the Thoughts of Georgie Brown,

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(verse and chorus are both sung to the same tune)