Name: England’s Glory
Duration: P00H02M55S
Description: A conscientious objector in culture wars. Don’t like it? Why not make up your own? Chorus and structure adapted from Ian Dury.

England’s Glory

by Johnny Panic & the Bible of Dreams

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A conscientious objector in culture wars. Don’t like it? Why not make up your own? Chorus and structure adapted from Ian Dury.

lyrics

There are jewels in the crown of England’s glory.
And every jewel shines a thousand ways.

Algorithms & masochism & Brompton Bikes
Tyson Fury, Trial by Jury, Private Eye.
Christening booze-ups, sunburnt arms, Teletubbies & dairy farms
Croydon facelifts, Waterloo Sunsets, Alan Turing, Majorettes.
Morris Dancers, boiled ham, Just a Minute & Peter Pan

All the jewels in the crown of England's glory
Too numerous to mention, but a few
And every one could tell a different story
And show old England's glory something new

Obscene chanting, Double-glazing, Bargain Hunt.
Heritage railways, damp Bank Holidays, toffs in punts.
Tolkien, Rowling, bacon rolls, Match of the Day & Crown Green bowls.
David Attenborough, Marie Stopes, LBW, Antiques Roadshow
Wallace & Gromit & Custard creams, rugby league & pie and peas.

With

Lenny Henry, Arthur Dailey, Michael Rosen, Bernie Clifton, Ian Hislop, Jane Austen, Esther Rantzen, Frank Bruno and all. Esther Rantzen, Frank Bruno and all.

All the jewels in the crown of England's glory
Too numerous to mention, but a few
And every one could tell a different story
And show old England's glory something new

Boadicea & Carry On Cleo & Bradley Walsh.
Ian Fleming, Derek Griffiths, Inspector Morse
Emily Maitlis, Mothers-in-law, Valerie Singleton, World at War
Emmeline Pankhurst, Virginia Woolf, stretch in Parkhurst, Beowulf
Rosalind Franklin, Berners-Lee, White Van Man and Grayson Perry.

England’s Glory

credits

released January 4, 2021
Music & words Jimmy Andrex, inspired by Ian Dury and adapted from the Max Wall single, Production and advice by Felix Tigersonic at Bassment Studio.