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19 Nov 00 - 01:34 PM (#343490) Subject: Lyr Add: THE ENGLISH (from Flanders & Swann) From: wildlone I have searched for this in the DT but could not find it: THE ENGLISHMAN'S SPLENDID The blame for the state of this nation of ours, Can rest on the heads of three unfriendly powers, Examine the Irishman, Welshman or Scot You'll find he's a bounder as likely or not. But the Englishman's splendid, the Englishman's nice. And worth all the others at double the price. The Scotsman is mean as we're all well aware, He's huge and he's bony and covered in hair, He eats salted porridge and tosses huge trees, And wear pretty dresses to show off his knees. But the Englishman's splendid, the Englishman's nice. And worth all the others at double the price. The Welshman is sneaky he cheats when he can, He's little and dark more monkey than man, He lives underground with a light on his hat, And sings far too loud, far too often and flat. But the Englishman's splendid, the Englishman's nice. And worth all the others at double the price. The Irishman now our contempt is beneath, He sleeps in his boots and lies in his teeth, He blows up policemen or so I have heard, And blames it on Cromwell and William the third But the Englishman's splendid, the Englishman's nice. And worth all the others at double the price. And as for this market you cannot say much, For the likes of the Belgians, the Danes or the Dutch, The French and Italians eat garlic in bed, A German's a German and that's enough said. But the Englishman's splendid, the Englishman's nice. And worth all the others at double the price. And as for the Colonies, well they're just the same, Simply no notion of playing the game. They argue with umpires and cheer when they've won, And practice beforehand which spoils all the fun. But the Englishman's splendid, the Englishman's good, And modest, and gentle, and misunderstood. The tune is similar to the Ould Orange Flute |
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19 Nov 00 - 02:05 PM (#343500) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: THE ENGLISHMAN'S SPLENDID From: Greyeyes It's in the DT under the title "The English", it's by Flanders & Swann, & on "At the Drop of Another Hat" is called "A song of Patriotic Prejudice".
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19 Nov 00 - 02:19 PM (#343507) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: THE ENGLISHMAN'S SPLENDID From: wildlone Thank you Greyeyes, slightly different words, I looked for englishman. For other Flanders and Swan "click" . dave |
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19 Nov 00 - 06:19 PM (#343605) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: THE ENGLISHMAN'S SPLENDID From: Snuffy I know the "chorus" as:
The English, the English, the English are best I'm sure that's what I heard Flanders and Swann sing. |
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19 Nov 00 - 06:46 PM (#343619) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: THE ENGLISHMAN'S SPLENDID From: Greyeyes Snuffy, click on my clicky above, you are correct. |
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10 Jun 11 - 03:36 PM (#3168546) Subject: A Song Of Patriotic Prejudice (Flanders & Swann) From: Genie You can hear Flanders & Swann sing it here, along with a very funny intro too: Flanders & Swann: A Song Of Patriotic Prejudice It's good to have the lyrics posted here and in the DT as some of them are a bit hard to understand in the YouTube clip (at least if you're not from the British Isles)> |
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10 Jun 11 - 09:49 PM (#3168719) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The English (Flanders & Swann) From: dick.hamlet I've tried to get the first two lines of this from the record (yes, record) for years. I'm pretty sure the first word is "In", and the second line is, "We've lifted the hands of three unfriendly powers, so, "In something and something these islands of ours We've lifted the hands of three unfriendly powers" But what is the "something and something"? |
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11 Jun 11 - 06:59 AM (#3168840) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The English (Flanders & Swann) From: GUEST,Peter The lyrisc, as shown on their homepage: The English, the English, the English are best I wouldn't give tuppence for all of the rest. The rottenest bits of these islands of ours We've left in the hands of three unfriendly powers Examine the Irishman, Welshman or Scot You'll find he's a stinker, as likely as not. Och aye, awa' wi' yon Edinburgh Festival The Scotsman is mean, as we're all well aware And bony and blotchy and covered with hair He eats salty porridge, he works all the day And he hasn't got bishops to show him the way! The English, the English, the English are best I wouldn't give tuppence for all of the rest. Ah hit me old mother over the head with a shillelagh The Irishman now out contempt is beneath He sleeps in his boots and he lies through his teeth He blows up policemen, or so I have heard And blames it on Cromwell and William the Third! The English are noble, the English are nice, And worth any other at double the price Ah, iechyd da The Welshman's dishonest and cheats when he can And little and dark, more like monkey than man He works underground with a lamp in his hat And he sings far too loud, far too often, and flat! And crossing the Channel, one cannot say much Of French and the Spanish, the Danish or Dutch The Germans are German, the Russians are red, And the Greeks and Italians eat garlic in bed! The English are moral, the English are good And clever and modest and misunderstood. And all the world over, each nation's the same They've simply no notion of playing the game They argue with umpires, they cheer when they've won And they practice beforehand which ruins the fun! The English, the English, the English are best So up with the English and down with the rest. It's not that they're wicked or natuarally bad It's knowing they're foreign that makes them so mad! For the English are all that a nation should be, And the flower of the English are Donald (Michael) Donald (Michael) and Me! |
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11 Jun 11 - 11:35 AM (#3168923) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The English (Flanders & Swann) From: dick.hamlet Thanks, Peter! Not only makes sense but adds a little extra in consigning them to the "rotten bits". |