Ian Dury And The Blockheads - England's Glory lyrics

(spoken intro.) This one's for Julie, who we love I love her almost as I do Alma But we don't do Alma no more It's called 'England's Glory'. if you wanna sing Please sing There are j**els in the crown of England's glory And every j**el shines a thousand ways Frankie Howerd, No'l Coward and garden gnomes Frankie Vaughan, Kenneth Horne, Sherlock Holmes Monty, Biggles and Old King Cole In the pink or on the dole Oliver Twist and Long John Silver Captain Cook and Nelly Dean Enid Blyton, Gilbert Harding Malcolm Sargeant, Graham Greene (Graham Greene) All the j**els 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 Nice bit of kipper and Jack the Ripper and Upton Park Gracie, Cilla, Maxy Miller, Petula Clark Winkles, Woodbines, Walnut Whips Vera Lynn and Stafford Cripps Lady Chatterley, Muffin the Mule Winston Churchill, Robin Hood Beatrix Potter, Baden-Powell Beecham's powders, Yorkshire pud (Yorkshire pud) With Billy Bunter, Jane Austen Reg Hampton, George Formby Billy Fury, Little Titch Uncle Mac, Mr. Pastry and all Uncle mac, Mr. Patry and all Allright england? G'wan england Oh england All the j**els 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 Somerset Maugham, Top Of The Form with the Boys' Brigade Mortimer Wheeler, Christine Keeler and the Board of Trade Henry Cooper, wakey wakey, England's labour Standard Vanguard, spotted dick, England's workers England's glory