Think Back And Lie Of England by Skyclad
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Song title Think Back And Lie Of England
Artist Skyclad
it's a load of old john bull
cruel britannia ruled the waves
empire
oiled by toiling slaves white flag stained
stgeorge cross red
and blues sung for
the countless dead
god save brave johnny company
stiff-upper-lipped he sipped his tea
atop a mound of babes he'd killed
to keep our nations coffers filled
chorus
think back and lie of england
conceal the evil we have done
think back and lie of england
fake alibis for albion
meanwhile back on british loam
irish driven from their homes
persecuted welsh and scot
and robbed them all of all they'd got
bound unto the plough and yoke
they broke the backs of honest folk
built a gentlemen's jerusalem
i'm ashamed i share my race with them!
chorus
think back and lie of england
conceal the evil we have done
think back and lie of england
fake alibis for albion
so will our future history tell
how we've used this country well?
if you ask me
well i think not
unless we watch these bigots rot
in poverty the masses drown;
so raise a dome in greenwich town?
the cenotaph is strewn with flowers
yet arms-deals struck with fascist powers!
chorus
think back and lie of england
conceal the evil we have done
think back and lie of england
fake alibis for albion