72 Miles From The Sea

  Red Brick, built Britain For common man and squire Built from the ground up Until they built an Empire

  It’s an absolute calamity I’ve never heard the like of it I just heard on the news Up north they are running out of grit   What ...

  What mugs we all are in the UK With the amount of tax we have to pay We’re taxed on what we earn at work We’re taxed on every little...

  We are traditionalists In our village Deep in little Britain. And on a weekend There is nothing We like better Than a game  ...

  It’s really great not being a foreigner As I don’t have to ask myself whether The man with a feather in his hat is a forester A cust...

  There is no black in the union jack There is no white in the Rastafari There is no brown in the British crown There is no white in t...

As a proud Briton I will be disappointed In a strange way   Not if Scotland leaves But more so That Wales will stay

  As a proud Briton I will be disappointed If Scotland chose to go   As an Englishman I’ll be disappointed If they vote no

  I walk down unfamiliar streets Exploring, searching I came upon a market square Full of hubbub Stall holders calling out their war...

  When on TV, Winston Churchill Was voted the greatest Britain It restored my faith, a little In my fellow countrymen Although equal...

  It’s great being English And not just for the pounds As we don’t burn down embassies On theological grounds

Of all the places I have been Britain is the best I’ve seen It’s the simple little pleasures That any visitor then treasures Like ha...

  What a strange world we now inhabit, a world in which people are seemingly incapable of going ten minutes without speaking to someone on...

  In order not to cause offence in any way I should like to begin this piece by pointing out that the opinions here in are not in any way my...