England Green & England Grey lyrics
England Green & England Grey lyrics
England green and England grey
Look out on a summer's day
To all things bright and fair and gay
To my home, my love, my England
I believe in dignity
Rich or poor, we're all born free
Austerity and slavery
I thought they were behind us
I don't believe the BBC
Anarchy or monarchy
Or an empire built on piracy
By our history you'll find us
England green and England grey
Look out on a summer's day
To all things bright and fair and gay
To my home, my love, my England
For years our women had no say
No right to work or equal pay
God help the crippled and the gay
The fragile flowers of England
Shut the factories, shut the mines
Punish those fell on hard times
While they honour them who do the crimes
The greedy men of England
England green and England grey
Look out on a summer's day
To all things bright and fair and gay
To my home, my love, my England
How can a man respect a man
Who sells his house and steals his land
And takes the wages from his hand
To pay his own expenses?
The NHS, our England's jewel
Is bartered by Westminster's fool
To justify his public school
And military defences
England green and England grey
Look out on a summer's day
To all things bright and fair and gay
To my home, my love, my England
Sing the songs of old John Bull
Cecil Sharp and John and Paul
Come English folk, come one and all
To the sweet songs of our England
Take my hand and walk with me
Down the back roads to the sea
Where in spite of all we'll both agree
There is none so sweet as England
England green and England grey
Look out on a summer's day
To all things bright and fair and gay
To my home, my love, my England
England green and England grey
Look out on a summer's day
To all things bright and fair and gay
To my home, my love, my England
- Artist:Reg Meuross
- Album:England Green & England Grey (2014)