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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
I'm well familiar with the Hindustan
'Cause my neighbors are 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'll have a veggie curry about once a week
The next day a fry it up as "Bubble 'N' Squeak'
'Cause my appetite's half English
and I'm half English too

Dance with me
to this very English melody
From Morris Dancing to Morrisey
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 his shirt
they never sprung 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, le-li, bledi g'desh akh! le-li-ya

Oh my country
Oh my country
Oh my country
What a beautiful country you are
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   I'm well familiar with the Hindustan   'Cause my neighbors are 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'll have a veggie curry about once a week   The next day a fry it up as "Bubble 'N' Squeak'   'Cause my appetite's half English   and I'm half English too      Dance with me   to this very English melody   From Morris Dancing to Morrisey   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 his shirt   they never sprung 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, le-li, bledi g'desh akh! le-li-ya      Oh my country   Oh my country   Oh my country   What a beautiful country you are