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If I was an Englishman I’d sing and dance and play
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I’d dig out all the old ones and beseech you heed their say.
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Their visions of a better life in a land as bright as day
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I’d do my William Morris Dance and I’d be on my way.
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I’d do my William Morris Dance and I’d Be On My way
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And if I was an English man I’d sing and dance all night
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I’d sing a song of Tomas Payne of darkness and of light
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I’d fire my favourite candles up old chokin' and old bright
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I’d do my Stanley Spencer dance and exit to the right
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I’d do my Harold Pinter (STOP) dance and exit to the right.
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If I was an English man I’d raise my voice and sing
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I’d enter in the house of lords and let the rafters ring
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I’d sing to all those noble men of cabbages and kings
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I’d do my Arthur Muller dance and turf them in the bin
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I’d do my Norman Wisdom dance and turf them in the bin
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If I was an Englishman I’d sing and dance and play
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I’d dig out all the old ones and beseech you heed their say.
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Their visions of a better life in a land as bright as day
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I’d do my William Morris Dance and I’d be on my way.
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I'd do my Martian Carthy Dance and I'd be on my way.
