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The True Born Englishman is a satirical poem published in 1701 by Daniel Defoe
defending the then King of England William, who was Dutch-born, against xenophobic attacks
by his political enemies, and ridiculing the notion of English racial purityfrom The True Born Englishman
By Daniel Defoe
Thus from a mixture of all kinds began,
That het’rogeneous thing, an Englishman:
In eager rapes, and furious lust begot,
Betwixt a painted Britain and a Scot.
Whose gend’ring off-spring quickly learn’d to bow,
And yoke their heifers to the Roman plough:
From whence a mongrel half-bred race there came,
With neither name, nor nation, speech nor fame.
In whose hot veins new mixtures quickly ran,
Infus’d betwixt a Saxon and a Dane.
While their rank daughters, to their parents just,
Receiv’d all nations with promiscuous lust.
This nauseous brood directly did contain
The well-extracted blood of Englishmen.Which medly canton’d in a heptarchy,
A rhapsody of nations to supply,
Among themselves maintain’d eternal wars,
And still the ladies lov’d the conquerors.The western Angles all the rest subdu’d;
A bloody nation, barbarous and rude:
Who by the tenure of the sword possest
One part of Britain, and subdu’d the rest
And as great things denominate the small,
The conqu’ring part gave title to the whole.
The Scot, Pict, Britain, Roman, Dane, submit,
And with the English-Saxon all unite:
And these the mixture have so close pursu’d,
The very name and memory’s subdu’d:
No Roman now, no Britain does remain;
Wales strove to separate, but strove in vain:
The silent nations undistinguish’d fall,
And Englishman’s the common name for all.
Fate jumbled them together, God knows how;
What e’er they were they’re true-born English now.The wonder which remains is at our pride,
To value that which all wise men deride.
For Englishmen to boast of generation,
Cancels their knowledge, and lampoons the nation.
A true-born Englishman’s a contradiction,
In speech an irony, in fact a fiction.
A banter made to be a test of fools,
Which those that use it justly ridicules.
A metaphor invented to express
A man a-kin to all the universe.For as the Scots, as learned men ha’ said,
Throughout the world their wand’ring seed ha’ spread;
So open-handed England, ’tis believ’d,
Has all the gleanings of the world receiv’d.Some think of England ’twas our Saviour meant,
The Gospel should to all the world be sent:
Since, when the blessed sound did hither reach,
They to all nations might be said to preach.’Tis well that virtue gives nobility,
How shall we else the want of birth and blood supply?
Since scarce one family is left alive,
Which does not from some foreigner derive.The original Rolling Stones song was on the Let It Bleed album of 1969
Keith Richard often sang this on tour and just about ANYBODY
can sing better than himSusan Tedeschi You Got The Silver
(with her old man, Derek Trucks on slide)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE6M-b1FPq8
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MmmmmmmmmMatron
[img]https://i.imgur.com/OVy7t3F.jpg?1[/img]
An honorary bow to a legend
Jello Biafra & Mojo Nixon
Are You Drinkin' With Me Jesus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQGJLWr_HGYCan you walk on this much beer ?
[img]https://i.imgur.com/Xg2orav.jpg?1[/img]
Has to be on here ..
Eurythmics Jennifer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1OWxD5p0H4
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Amanda Shires Harmless
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siWazh68Uck[img]https://i.imgur.com/6vSP6O6.jpg?1[/img]
Dodie Would You Be So Kind
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKz_fMAbtCw
[img]https://i.imgur.com/lryh4Jn.jpg?1[/img]
Fleetwood Mac from 1976
You can go your own way
Go your own way
You can call it
Another lonely daySigrid Go Your Own Way
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqFxYXDEXlw
[img]https://i.imgur.com/hE4mK0H.jpg?1[/img]
More Kissing in the City
Which would YOU prefer ?[img]https://i.imgur.com/lY6C6oT.jpg?1[/img]
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For the slide guitar“If I can't dance she's gonna break my nose”
Nils Lofgren Cry Tough
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSsoLo92tpQ
[img]https://i.imgur.com/CCIrgcQ.jpg?1[/img]
Just need another shot of rock n roll
The Districts
Funeral Bedshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3RF0vpZSpc&t=206s
[img]https://i.imgur.com/xQ4zaSF.jpg?1[/img]
Eileen Rose Shining
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UL4e6KK5kfo
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Original by the Rolling Stones in 1966
This cover 1981 by Nash The Slash
is probably the better version19th Nervous Breakdown Nash The Slash
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjUUpSytMnM[img]https://i.imgur.com/mZjBi9u.jpg?2[/img]
Hazel O'Connor
Will You? (1981)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou96vLl–e4
[img]https://i.imgur.com/Ua8NmZi.jpg?1[/img]
Susan Cadogan Hurt So Good (1975)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYA2FLFFl00[img]https://i.imgur.com/fSQ5QrG.jpg?1[/img]
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