Best to Be British (a) Akkorde von
Dick Walter
Dick Walter

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It's déri
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gueur to be au fait
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with all the foreign trends.
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The taste of snails with garlic sauce,
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it will amuse your friends.
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In France they have the Eiffel Tower
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and lots more haute cuisine.
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Our column may not be as big,
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but still we've got a queen.
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So it's be st to be British,
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despite what you might think.
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We've got a sense of humor,
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we're al ways tickled pink.
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Laugh at others, surely not,
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too busy with ourselves.
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Cause it's best to be British,
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hooray!
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Now German engineering
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is the best that you can find.
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With thicker rods and longer screws,
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their parts are well designed.
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It's only when they've come and gone
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you realize how perverse.
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The automatic gear ing's broke,
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and now you're in reverse
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So it's be st to be British,
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despite what you may think
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Belong to the board of United
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Kingdom Inc.
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Business is our lifeblood,
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a trading nation we
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So it's best to be British, hooray!
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I wish Italian men
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would teach me all about ro mance
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Chianti meals and four -inch heels,
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no doubt I'd have a chance.
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La dolce vita seems much sweeter,
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but I'm tall enough.
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I don't need meals,
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I don't need heels.
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I like it in the buff.
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So it's be st to be British,
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despite what you may think.
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Morally upright,
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without the slightest kink.
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Straight and narrow is the path,
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and take that how you like.
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Cause it's best to be British, hooray!
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In foreign climes
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you need the best pro
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tection that you can get
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The sun is high, the heat intense,
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you'll end up ringing wet
Some cream may help,
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and netting too,
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but let's dispel a myth
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As long as I'm allowed a helmet,
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you can take the pith
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So it's best to be British,
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despite what you may think
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Top scientists can show
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that we are the missing link
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Once they see and hear us,
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abroad they know our place
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So it's be st to be British, hooray!
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An igloo built of ice and snow
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is not a home to me
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Yet people live with blubber meat,
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producing frozen pee
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But when the drink runs out,
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at least there's one thing left to do
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I'm not sure if I'd oper ate at minus 22
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So it's best to be British,
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despite what you may think
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Sober and upstanding,
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we don't abuse our drink
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Piston plastered in our cups,
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they can't refer to us
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So what if the beer is bitter,
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it's not fizzy an d it's warm
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Even if we've had too many,
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we will still obey good form
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We have class and so much breeding
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that it's coming out our ears
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We're so generous with our talents
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that we're known as volunteers
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Even though we don't discuss it,
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we've been doing it for years
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So it's best to be British!
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Hooray! you

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