He is an Englishman!

(from HMS Pinafore)

William Gilbert [lyrics], Arthur Sullivan [music], (1878)



He is an Englishman!
For he himself has said it,
And it's greatly to his credit,
That he is an Englishman!
That he is an Englishman!

For he might have been a Roosian,
A French or Turk or Proosian,
Or perhaps Italian!
Or perhaps Italian!

But in spite of all temptations
To belong to other nations,
He remains an Englishman!
He remains an Englishman!



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Updated: December 2012