St George for England. (not really a 'funny')

[Beryl]

St George for England.

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 many of her very

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 !!!!

[oldherbaceous]

Well i'm English and very proud of it.

And it doesn't really bother me what others say.

[Beryl]

Good for you OH

Beryl.

[ashb]

very good and true posting beryl
i am very proud to be an englishman
even though i now live in scotland..
ash

[alan refail]

I found this reply, which has the merit of being more historically accurate


Now England once was a country it's true,
But its name and its rulers came out of the blue.
From Germany where the Angles were great
They came to the help of a poor Roman state
Whose legions had gone back over the sea
To defend their own city in warm Italy.
King Arthur's great country was soon overrun
With Angles and Saxons who thought it was fun
To turn on the Celts who had no fighting band
And rename the country Angleland.
Then the Danes came to eat up a piece of the pie
So the Celts had to flee to the West or else die.
While Saxons and Danes were squabbling over
Romano-Britain's grass and sweet clover
A Bastard in France had his eye on the country
And slipped over the Channel with his Norman army.
The English beat off the Danes in the North
Then down to the South they quickly set forth.
But Harold their King took his eye off the battle.
The English were lost and enslaved as French cattle.
After some time - The Norman blood faded
Henry Tudor the Taffy and his army invaded.
Now England was Welsh and ruled by a Prick,
But the Welsh Prick's son could not do the trick.
He left a woman in charge of Olde England.
In her lifetime she tried to conduct the band,
But when the witch died it all turned to disaster.
Then it was the turn of a Scot to be Master!
King James the Sixth came hurrying south
With his strange ideas and a big foolish mouth.
When his heirs tried to bring back the Catholic religion
Great Britain said no to dispute and division.
The only choice left was to invite the Dutch
And give Britain into King William's clutch.
Once again the top cock could not do the trick
So to Deutschland they looked for another big prick!
So who are the English? The Celts or the Germans?
The Danes the Norwegians, the frenchified Normans?
Bastards the Italians knitted and purled,
Or slaves they brought from the old Roman World?
So just face the truth we're a bit of a mix,
A mongrel breed that needs the odd fix
Of new blood that comes from that strange place - Abroad
From Ireland and Europe and Asia's great horde
And Africa's plains, from where we all come.
For under the skin we are all just the same.
If Britain is great this is why it is should be –
Here everyone has the right to be free.

[oldherbaceous]

And after all that, i still think English folk are amongst the most caring people in the world.
And our beautiful country takes a lot of beating for it's gorgeous scenery too.

[Nature's Babe]

True, OH and think of all the culinary delights from the different areas of England, our scenery and gardens are so beautiful, proud to be English too.but not exclusively I tend to feel global as well thanks to the internet.

[Trixie74]

I certainly always say English - even when forms only have British in the nationality I put other and enter English and it doesn't half annoy me when the english football team wear blue!!

I'm worse now I live in the Isle of Man - Manx pride is very evident with many houses having the flag outside. I'll admit it makes me jealous. I bounced into work this St Georges day and wished all the English (even my scouse boss happy st georges day - the main reaction was "is it")

My kids are both Manxies but I aim to make sure they understand their English and Manciunian roots.

[ashb]

when i first moved up here 18yrs ago some people in the village
wouldnt speak to me because i was english but now i can laugh
because there are more english folk in the village than scots
ash.