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 Morrisey
All that stuff came from across the sea
Britannia she's half EnglishShe 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
Billy Bragg è un cantautore, chitarrista e attivista britannico nato a Barking, Essex, nel 1957. La sua musica combina elementi folk, punk e soul con tematiche politiche e sociali nei testi, assimilabile alla tradizione della canzone di protesta. Bragg ha iniziato la sua carriera musicale negli anni '80, influenzato da artisti come Woody Guthrie e Bob Dylan. Il suo stile diretto e le sue canzoni incisive hanno conquistato un pubblico ampio e lo hanno consacrato come uno dei più importanti cantautori britannici. Tra i suoi album più noti figurano "Brewing Up a Storm" (1986), "Talking with the Taxman About Poetry" (1989) e "Mermaid Avenue" (1998), realizzato in collaborazione con Wilco e Ralph Stanley, che rivisita le canzoni inedite di Woody Guthrie. Bragg è anche un attivista politico impegnato nella lotta per i diritti dei lavoratori e contro l'ingiustizia sociale. La sua musica ha sempre riflettuto la sua visione del mondo e il suo impegno civile.
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