Ian Dury And The Blockheads - England's Glory Lyrics
(Spoken intro.)This one’s for Julie, who we loveI love her almost as I do AlmaBut we don’t do Alma no moreIt’s called ‘England’s Glory’. if you wanna singPlease singThere are jewels in the crown of England's gloryAnd every jewel shines a thousand waysFrankie Howerd, Noлl Coward and garden gnomesFrankie Vaughan, Kenneth Horne, Sherlock HolmesMonty, Biggles and Old King ColeIn the pink or on the doleOliver Twist and Long John SilverCaptain Cook and Nelly DeanEnid Blyton, Gilbert HardingMalcolm Sargeant, Graham Greene (Graham Greene)All the jewels in the crown of England's gloryToo numerous to mention, but a fewAnd every one could tell a different storyAnd show old England's glory something newNice bit of kipper and Jack the Ripper and Upton ParkGracie, Cilla, Maxy Miller, Petula ClarkWinkles, Woodbines, Walnut WhipsVera Lynn and Stafford CrippsLady Chatterley, Muffin the MuleWinston Churchill, Robin HoodBeatrix Potter, Baden-PowellBeecham's powders, Yorkshire pud (Yorkshire pud)With Billy Bunter, Jane AustenRay Ellington, George FormbyBilly Fury, Little TitchUncle Mac, Mr. Pastry and allUncle mac, Mr. Patry and allAllright england?G’wan englandOh englandAll the jewels in the crown of England's gloryToo numerous to mention, but a fewAnd every one could tell a different storyAnd show old England's glory something newSomerset Maugham, Top Of The Form with the Boys' BrigadeMortimer Wheeler, Christine Keeler and the Board of TradeHenry Cooper, wakey wakey, England's labourStandard Vanguard, spotted dick, England's workersEngland's glory
