Lyr Add: England My England

Subject: RE: England My England
From: SteveMansfield
Date: 15 Oct 09 - 05:03 AM

At Broadcasting House the word is taboo
Somebody had better tell the website editors to remove the England menu item from the front page then

In Brussels it's scrapped,
237,000 hits on the europa.eu website

in Parliament too
75,000 mentions in the last two years

Agincourt
A decisive victory (in the short term at least) for a king of French extraction, leading a predominantly conscript army of English and Welsh bulked out with mercenaries?

Facts are just so inconvenient ...

Subject: RE: England My England
From: Owen Woodson
Date: 15 Oct 09 - 05:03 AM

I doubt if its emanated from the BNP. Not nasty enough, but it could have been written by someone in UKIP. Wherever it comes from it's pretty damned awful. The lyrics I mean, as well as the sentiments.

Subject: RE: England My England
From: Rasener
Date: 15 Oct 09 - 04:54 AM

I will ask the moderators to keep an eye on this thread. It is not meant to open the can of worms and neither do I want it to sink into the type of inflamatory threads we get too often these days on Mudcat.

Subject: RE: England My England
From: Andy Jackson
Date: 15 Oct 09 - 04:49 AM

Can anybody else hear the sound of a can opener?

Subject: RE: England My England
From: Rasener
Date: 15 Oct 09 - 04:47 AM

I was wondering if it was connected with Fascists or something like that. Thats why I asked the question.

Subject: RE: England My England
From: Les in Chorlton
Date: 15 Oct 09 - 03:52 AM

Mmmmmmmmmmmmm History hey!

It's worth reflecting on what the Irish, Scots and Welsh feel about their historical relationship with England let alone the places around the globe that were called The British Empire.

Cheers

L in C

Subject: RE: England My England
From: The Borchester Echo
Date: 15 Oct 09 - 03:42 AM

origins?

Some ignorant BNP twat unaware that GBS was Irish, that Harold lost at Hastings and that St George never set foot in England.

Subject: RE: England My England
From: Folkiedave
Date: 15 Oct 09 - 03:36 AM

Looks like a fascist song to me. Apart from the fact it is bollox.

Subject: RE: England My England
From: GREEN WELLIES
Date: 15 Oct 09 - 03:31 AM

Well said.

Put me in mind of a speech by the Australian Priminister some time ago, saying basically they welcome with open arms anyone who wants to go and live there and help Australia be the best at anything it does. However, do not dare to crisicise their way of life, relegion, or beliefs. If you do you can bugger off.

I think England needs to be more like that now.

Subject: Lyr Add: ENGLAND MY ENGLAND
From: Rasener
Date: 15 Oct 09 - 03:07 AM

Just had this sent by my brother and seems to have been doing the rounds.

However does anybody know its origins?

England my England

Goodbye to my England, So long my old friend
Your days are numbered, being brought to an end
To be Scottish, Irish or Welsh that's fine
But don't say you're English, that's way out of line.

The French and the Germans may call themselves such
So may Norwegians, the Swedes and the Dutch
You can say you are Russian or maybe a Dane
But don't say you're English ever again.

At Broadcasting House the word is taboo
In Brussels it's scrapped, in Parliament too
Even schools are affected. Staff do as they're told
They must not teach children about England of old.

Writers like Shakespeare, Milton and Shaw
The pupils don't learn about them anymore
How about Agincourt, Hastings, Arnhem or Mons ?
When England lost hosts of her very brave sons.

We are not Europeans, how can we be?
Europe is miles away, over the sea
We're the English from England, let's all be proud
Stand up and be counted - Shout it out loud!

Let's tell our Government and Brussels too
We're proud of our heritage and the Red, White and Blue
Fly the flag of Saint George or the Union Jack
Let the world know - WE WANT OUR ENGLAND BACK !!!!



If you are English, pass it on please.en