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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
And I’m well familiar with the Hindustan
Cos my neighbours are half English and I’m 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 have a veggie curry about once a week
The next day I fry it up as bubble and squeak
Cos my appetites half English and I’m half English
too
Dance with me to this very English melody
From morris dancing to Morrissey,
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 your shirt,
They never sprang from England’s dirt
Them lions are half English and I’m half English
too
Le-li Umma le-li-ya, le-li Umma le-li-ya,
Le-li Umma le-li-ya, bledi g’desh akh! le-li-ya
Oh my country, what a beautiful country you are
WORDS: Billy Bragg (2002) MUSIC: The Blokes (2002)
Billy: vocal, electric guitar
Martyn: drums, darabouka, bells, surdo drum, metal pipe,
udu
Lu: Gretsch, tarbush, tenorbush, acoustic guitar, piano,
backing vocal
Ben: resozouki, baritone violin, acoustic guitar
Mac: Hammond B3
Simon: bass , bendir , kraksh
Dave Woodhead: trumpets, brass arrangement
Caroline Hall: trombone
Terry Edwards: tenor saxophone
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