Don't say you're English
- 21 April 2008 07:131515Don't say you're English
From the Queen's Royal Lancer's Website:
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
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 do not 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 !!!!
Oh! How true!!
St Georges Day 23rd April Fly the Flag - Terry Nunn
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21 April 2008 08:001517Not only flying the flag but ringing the bell as well.
Don't forget 8 bells 12 noon at Dover Town Hall.
TerryQuis custodiet ipsos custodes? - 21 April 2008 08:541518Sorry Terry, can you clarify - is it at the Town Hall or the 8 Bells ?? !!!!
- 21 April 2008 09:011520Excellent Harry.
- Terry Nunn
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21 April 2008 09:471521It's 8 bells being sounded at noon at the Town Hall to mark the anniversary (90th) of the Zeebrugge Raid MW1.
A memorial service is held first by the graves of those who died up at St James' cemetery. The civic party then moves on to the Town Hall.
As with Remembrance Sunday, the traffic is brought to a standstill behind Woolies to keep the road clear.
TerryQuis custodiet ipsos custodes? - Terry Nunn
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21 April 2008 10:211523Video of last year here:-
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TerryQuis custodiet ipsos custodes? - 21 April 2008 14:141529Reactionist nonsense! We are still English, we still live in England and we can still openly recognise ourselves to be that.
We still have an England football team with people flying the cross of St George from their cars, we still have hundreds of years of colourful history and heritage, and nobody says that can't be this. OK national identity has been hijacked by groups like the BNP to insight the exclusion of 'foreigners' and this in turn has led some mindless liberals to mistake national pride for racism.
The idea of not being allowed to be English is the sort of thing that is believed by Daily Mail readers, who seem to forget that we are a nation of immigrants with alliances and progress forming our identity. The seemingly indigenous people of this country are Anglo-Saxon, the hyphen says it all! I'm hard pushed to think of another country whose inhabitants are a clearly defined as a mix. It's a shame that the unrealistic liberals and far right xenophobes have created this silly notion. I rather like this one more:
My mother was half English
and I'm half English too
I'm a great big bundle of culture
tied up in the red, white and blue
I'm a fine example of your Essex man
I'm well familiar with the Hindustan
'Cause my neighbors are half English too
My breakfast was half English
and so am I you know
I had a plate of Marmite soldiers
washed down with a cappuccino
And I'll have a veggie curry about once a week
The next day a fry it up as "Bubble 'N' Squeak'
'Cause my appetite's half English
and I'm half English too
Dance with me
to this very English melody
From Morris Dancing to Morrisey
All that stuff came from across the sea
Britannia she's half English
She speaks Latin at home
St. George was born in the Lebanon
How he got here I don't know
And those three lions on his shirt
they never sprung from England's dirt
Them lions are half English
And I'm half English too
Oh my country
What a beautiful country you are - 21 April 2008 18:081532Have to say I share DT1 view on this one