Adge Cutler's, "When the Common Market Comes to Stanton-Drew"

I
Now folks 'round here they say, We'll have to change our ways
Papers say so, guess it must be true
We'll have to take a chance with Germany and France
And live like all them furrin people do.
Iwonder if they'll put the Eifel tower on "Harp Tree Hill"
And "gondolers" down on the river "Chew". ,
Shall us all drive on the right and drink up all the night,
When the Common Market comes to Staunton-Drew"?

II
Now people seem to think they're goin' to change the drink
Rumors' flyin' and they could be right
Some say they seen a tank of Portugese "vin-blank"
Jammed in "pensford High Street" t'other night.
They say that port and brandy will sell for a bob a quart
And "The Druid's Arms" won't close 'til "ver-nigh" two.
And we'll all drink caviar out of a g'ert big gallon jar
When the Common Market comes to Staunton-Drew

III
Now when market time comes 'round down at the pub they'll all be found
Jammin' up the public bar all day
And you won't get through the doors, "fer" Moe-seers" and "Sig-noors" arguin' on the price of summer hay.
With Bristol full of Belgians, and Dighton full of Dutch
why the "Farrun" (?) farmers won't know what to do,
And we may see old "Dee Gall" with a wagon load of coal
When the Common Market comes to Staunton-Drew.

IV
As for what we eat, we must export more meat
Send them all our best prime beef and ham
While we do stuff our guts with "Trannsylvania" nuts
And garlic flavored processed German Spam.
When "George" comes home from milkin'
He'll get a big surprise>
When he sits down expectin' Irish Stew
And his wife says "George I'll get 'ee, a gert dollop of spaghetti"
When the Common Market comes to Staunton-Drew.

V
Now, Evenin's , I suppose, we'll sup on our "Vin-Rose" just as they does in the "Argenteen"
And watch they "Furrin Blokes" in their gert big 'ats an' cloaks
"Flamengo-in'" down on the village green.
We'll 'ave to watch the lasses when they comes out at night
The village boys will 'ave to form a que .
And well say, "oo-la-la-wee- wee", Instead of "George how be with thee"
When the common market comes to Staunton-Drew.

Sung to "Little Old Log Cabin on my Claim"

you're quite right, I don't know how to spell English Place names, NOR-DO THE ENGLISH PEOPLE. Cases in point, "Leicester", Towcester, the river Thames, ""Belvoire Street" In the city of Leicester (pronounced, "Beaver Street in the city of Lester) Here in Newport, RI, we pronounce "Thames Street", "THAMES STREET" (rhymes with "James Street")