Half English" Lyrics - Billy Bragg

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 Morrissey 

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