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ng To a sort of a light guitar; It was all the same, for we all became The identical nobs we are. _Chorus_ The identical nobs, individual nobs Unmistakable nobs we are. The people lived on the land, the land, They pottered about and prayed; They built a cathedral here and there Or went on a small crusade: Till the bones of Becket were bundled out For the fun of a fat White Czar, And we all became, in spoil and flame, The intelligent lot we are. _Chorus_ The intelligent lot, the intuitive lot, The infallible lot we are. O Warwick woods are green, are green, But Warwick trees can fall: And Birmingham grew so big, so big, And Stratford stayed so small. Till the hooter howled to the morning lark That sang to the morning star; And we all became, in freedom's name, The fortunate chaps we are. _Chorus_ The fortunate chaps, felicitous chaps, The fairy-like chaps we are. The people they left the land, the land, But they went on working hard; And the village green that had got mislaid Turned up in the squire's back-yard: But twenty men of us all got work On a bit of his motor car; And we all became, with the world's acclaim, The marvellous mugs we are: _Chorus_ The marvellous mugs, miraculous mugs, The mystical mugs we are. SONGS OF EDUCATION: II. GEOGRAPHY _Form 17955301, Sub-Section Z_ The earth is a place on which England is found, And you find it however you twirl the globe round; For the spots are all red and the rest is all grey, And that is the meaning of Empire Day. Gibraltar's a rock that you see very plain, And attached to its base is the district of Spain. And the island of Malta is marked further on, Where some natives were known as the Knights of St. John. Then Cyprus, and east to the Suez Canal, That was conquered by Dizzy and Rothschild his pal With the Sword of the Lord in the old English way; And that is the meaning of Empire Day. Our principal imports come far as Cape Horn; For necessities, cocoa; for luxuries, corn; Thus Brahmins are born for the rice-field, and thus, The Gods made the Greeks to grow currants for us; Tobacco and petrol and Jazzing and Jews: The Jazzing will pass but the Jews they will stay; And t
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