England, my England
Some of you will have read this before………
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 !!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
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Not heard that before Pollie…………I think it is Brilliant……Thankyou for posting Ann
thanks tania appreciate you reading 🙂
good blog pols and i feel the same. we need to stick up for our england.
we do jcb it is fast disappearing 🙂
My God. Whoever wrote that ought to be knighted and run the country as well. It should be compulsive reading for English schoolkids! Thank you Pollie . We certainly want our England back. x
lol illgner you obviously feel just like i do about all of this. thanks for reading and also your very good comment 🙂
I’am not English, but I say, bring back the mighty England .
thanks macathy, i agree with you on that one thanks for comment 🙂
I had never read that poem before Pollie and I agree with illgner completely. Thanks for sharing it with us.
yep me too jo jo thanks for comment 🙂
Pollie
Thank you for sharing this poem / post with us
very well put together
Well done
thanks busy i apperciate you reading 🙂
Well done Pol….
Well Done Pollie….and I say Here Here, we stand for out us English,when ever I go any where and have to fill forms in and it asks nationality …Welsh..Scotish…Irish…or White British I cross White British out and put English and proud of it …I have wrote to David Cameron about this, I wish more people would do same …..I might be British but like Scotts, Welsh..Irish….I am English first…. and I want it on forms English..xx
Along those lines I do the same on forms where they ask… Religion, by putting Anglican, Baptist, Catholic, Methodist or whatever we are giving a false percentage for them to use, I ignore the choices and write, CHRISTIAN.