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The Captains And The Kings Lyrics

The Captains And The Kings



I remember in September when the final
stumps were drawn

And the shouts of crowds now silent when the boisterous
cheer had gone

Let us O Lord above us remember simple things

When
all are dead to love us, Oh, the captains and the Kings

When all are dead
to love us, Oh, the captains and the Kings



We have many goods for
export Christian ethics and old port

But our greatest boast is that the
Anglo-Saxon is a sport

When the dart's game is finished and the boys
there game of rings

And the draft and chests were linghuised, Oh, the
captains and the Kings

And the draft and chests were linqhuised, Oh, the
captains and the Kings



Far away in dear old Cyprus or in Kenya's
dusty land

Where all bear the white mans burden in many a strange land

As we looked across our shoulder in West-Belfast the school-bell rings

And we sigh for dear old England, and the captains and the Kings

And
we sigh for dear old England, and the captains and the Kings



In
our dreams we see old Harrow and we hear the crow's loud caw

At the
flower show our big marrow take's the pride from evil and war

Cups of tea
and some dry sherry vintage car's, these simple things

So let's drink up
and be merry for the captains and the Kings

So let's drink up and be
merry for the captains and the Kings



As I wandered in a nightmare
all around great Windsor Park

Now what do you think I found there as I
wandered in the dark?

'Twas an apple half bitten and sweetest of all
things

Five baby teeth had written of the captains and the Kings

Five baby teeth had written of the captains and the Kings



By
the moon that shine's above us in the misty mornin' night

Let us cease to
run our self down and praise God