Billy Williams 'It's The Only Bit Of English That We've Got (Poor Old England)' = anti-free trade

Billy Williams sings "It's The Only Bit Of English That We've Got (Poor Old England)."

This nationalistic, anti-free trade song was published in 1907. The song was written by Fred Godfrey and Harry Castling.

Why, the Briton used to boast his
homestead was his castle grand
until the foreigner came here and
swamped this happy land. He
worked his way into our midst
and captured all the trade, so
ev'rything we use now seems
to be all foreign-made.

So poor old England isn't in the
picture. Ev'rything is foreign, you'll
agree. The table and the chairs, the
carpet on the stairs, were made in
Germany. But when I go out into
the garden, growing in a tiny plot, is
a pretty little rose that in the garden
grows--seems the only bit of
English that we've got.

When we cut some bread and
butter, it's all foreign you'll agree.
Why, the flour comes from Russia,
and the knife from Germany.
Our butter comes from Holland,
and our new-laid eggs from
France. Our tea we get from China,
so we don't stand half a chance.




Billy Williams "It's The Only Bit Of English That We've Got (Poor Old England)" = anti-free trade

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