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Story behind the song
Anna Inglayzee (I am an Englishman). Warring around the world across the centuries.
Lyrics
My g'daddy's g'daddy's g'daddy's grandaddy
followed in the footsteps
of his his grandaddy,
he'd kill for money
or a chance for his family,
it cost him his life
and a curse through history
that lives like a virus
in the veins of his progeny,
bourne to paradise,
a disease of destiny,
the sun never sets
on an acre of land
that isn't bathed in the blood
of an Englishman,
I am
an Englishman,
an Englishman
its what I am,
and every night
when the sun goes down,
I'm just man
from England.
My g'daddy's g'daddy's g'daddy's grandaddy
learned the rules from his grandaddy,
a cheer for the looser
hip hooray
its not about the winning
its the way you play the game
from the Cape to Cairo,
Kandahar to Zanzibar
France to the Colonies
don't matter where you are,
it seems the sun never sets
on an acre of land
that isn't bathed in blood
spilled by EnglishmanI am
an Englishman,
an Englishman
its what I am,
and every night
when the sun goes down,
I'm just man
from England.
Anna Inglayzee
Every night
when the sun goes down
we thought the sun
don't go down.