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[flamingpig0]

Flanders & Swann - A Song of Patriotic Prejudice

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 our 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 naturally 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!

Perhaps the next Eurovision entry to be sung by Morrissey

[FierceKitty]

The Limey himself is so proud of his lead
In novels and plays that he won't watch or read.
He slaughtered and stole and an empire he gained,
Of which a few islands are all he's retained.

The English, alas, don't pass critical looking
(And notice that nobody's mentioned their cooking!)

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

I have no idea what this thread is about, however, we are starting to get compliments (plural).
Please can we stop it now before we degenerate into racism?

Thank you
Will (with rarely worn moderator hat on).

[Orcs]

I have no idea what this thread is about, however, we are starting to get compliments (plural).
Please can we stop it now before we degenerate into racism?

Thank you
Will (with rarely worn moderator hat on).

Fare enough, The fun has been poked fairly evenly I feel.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

I have no idea what this thread is about, however, we are starting to get compliments (plural).
Please can we stop it now before we degenerate into racism?

Thank you
Will (with rarely worn moderator hat on).

I asume you meant complaints Will   

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Yes

[Gwydion]

I was never sure whether Flanders & Swann were being serous in their English superiority or indulging in comedic self deprecation of some little Englander tendencies.

I presume this ambiguity has not occurred to our complainants.

My surname is Scottish, I live in Wales, was born in England and married an Irish woman.

I wish there was a punchline.

I am not complaining.

[mollinary]

I was never sure whether Flanders & Swann were being serous in their English superiority or indulging in comedic self deprecation of some little Englander tendencies.

I presume this ambiguity has not occurred to our complainants.

My surname is Scottish, I live in Wales, was born in England and married an Irish woman.

I wish there was a punchline.

I am not complaining.

They were a comedy duo, and wrote and performed comic songs. It is a satire on ridiculously over the top patriotic songs, such as the later verses of the National Anthem!

[Gwydion]

Indeed.

[Ithoriel]

They were a comedy duo, and wrote and performed comic songs. It is a satire on ridiculously over the top patriotic songs, such as the later verses of the National Anthem!

This.

[Raider4]

I asume you meant complaints Will 

Compliments would probably be more worrying in a way. 

[Orcs]

I would like to compliment Will on his devotion to his moderating duties.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

 

[Techno 3]

But not on the speed of his reply ? 

This has reminded me that on occasions the 'Unread posts' facility seems to hide posts.

I always go through every 'Unread Post' when I log in.

Theoretically, only posts that have come in since the last time I logged in, should appear the next time I take a look at 'Unread posts'....Yes ?

But once in a blue moon, a post that came in weeks or months ago appears.

Weird !

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

There is a work round Phil, go to "Home" drop to bottom and raed the last posts from there. Mucky but it do work.