Can you tell me where my country lies?,

Said the unifaun to his true love's eyes

It lies with me, cried the Queen of Maybe

For her merchandise, he traded in his prize



Paper late!, cried a voice in the crowd

Old man dies! The note he left was signed old father Thames,

It seems he's drowned

Selling England by the pound



Citizens of Hope and Glory

Time goes by

It's 'the time of your life'

Easy now, sit you down

Chewing through your Wimpey dreams

They eat, without a sound

Digesting England by the pound



Young man says you are what you eat - eat well

Old man says you are what you wear - wear well

You know what you are, you don't give a damn

Bursting your belt that is your homemade sham



The captain leads his dance right on through the night

Join the dance...

Follow on! Till the Grail sun sets in the mould

Follow on! Till the gold is cold

Dancing out with the moonlit knight

Knights of the Green Shield stamp and shout



There's a fat old lady outside the saloon

Laying out the credit cards she plays fortune

The deck is uneven right from the start

All of their hands are playing apart



The captain leads his dance right on through the night

Join the dance...

Follow on! A round Table-talking down we go

You're the show!

Off we go with - You play the hobbyhorse

I'll play the fool

We'll tease the bull

Ringing round and loud, loud and round

Follow on! With a twist of the world we go

Follow on! Till the gold is cold

Dancing out with the moonlit knight

Knights of the Green Shield stamp and shout