ENGLISHMAN

ENGLISHMAN

I am an Englishman,

I am an Englishman.

The red rose planted on my breast.

A proud and stubborn Englishman,

I’ve faced down any test.

This Englishman

Like Saint George

I’ve dragons and enemies slain.

But, being a true Englishman,

I’ve tried to ease my enemy’s pain.

I am an Englishman

Like Wilberforce

I’ve freed so many slaves.

With Galahads heaven sent ‘Christ blade’

I’ve sent tyrants to their grave.

But this Englishman,

Is now beginning to change.

I once depicted power and might,

We’re now seen as interfering,

And even a fading light.

An Englishman

Whose forefathers

Built our vast Empire on others soil.

We’re sending Englishmen to war again,

This time it’s just for oil.

I am an Englishman

I am an Englishman,

My door for you is opened wide.

Please forgive what I’ve done wrong,

What the leaders have long denied.

This Englishman

Will try to repair the hurt,

And bring justice to the worlds poor,

But, to our would be enemies and foe,

Beware the Lion of England’s roar.

Phil Hall  April 2013