ENGLISH HISTORY.

Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 254, 25 October 1919, Page 17

ENGLISH HISTORY.

The Roman threw us a road, a road. And sighed and strolled away: The Saxon gave us a raid, a raid, A raid that came to stay. The Dane went West, but the Dane Confessed That he went a bit too far: And we all became, by another name. The Imperial race we are. Chorus. The Imperial race, the inscrutable race, The invincible race we are. Though Sussex hills are bare, are bare, And Sussex weald is wide From Chichester to Chester Men saw the Norman ride: He threw his sword In the air and sans To a sjort of a light guitar. It v.-as all the' same, for we all became The Identical nobs we are. 1 Chorus. The identical nobs, individual nobs, Unmistakable nobs we are. The people lived on the land, the land, I They pottered about and prayed. /They built a Cathedral here and there Or went on a small Crusade: Till the bones of Becket were bundled oat For the fnu of a fat "White Czar: And we all became, in spoil and flame, The intelligent lot we are. , - Chorus. The intelligent lot, the Intuitive lot, The infallible lot we are. ' -, O, Warwick woods are green, are green, '.\ But Warwick trees can fall: I And Birmingham grew so big, so big, And Stratford stayed so small: And the hooter howled to the morning lark That sang to the morning star; And we all became. In freedom's name, The fortunate chaps we are. Chorus. The fortunate chaps, felicitous chaps, The falry-llke chaps w ; e are. The people they left the land, the land, But they went on working hard, And the village green that had gone mislaid Turned up in the squire's backyard: But twenty men of us all got work On a bit of his motor car: And we all became, with the world's acclaim, The marvellous muss we are. Chorus. The marvellous mugs, miraculous mugs, • The mystical mugs we are. —From "Songs of Education," by Mr. G. K. Chesterton, in "Th« New Witness." •