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T:National Anthem Of The Ancient Britons
C:W Hope Jones
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G3/2 F/2 E3/2 F/2 | G A B G | c B A G | F E F D | 
G3/2 F/2 E3/2 F/2 | G A B/2 e3/2 | d/2 B3/2 A3/2 B/2 | G4 | 
G3/2 F/2 E3/2 F/2 | G A B G | c B A G | F E F D | 
G3/2 F/2 E3/2 F/2 | G A B/2 e3/2 | d/2 B3/2 A3/2 G/2 | G4 | 
G3/2 F/2 E3/2 F/2 | A (A A2) | d3/2 c/2 B3/2 c/2 | d (d d2) | 
d3/2 c/2 B3/2 c/2 | d3/2 c/2 B3/2 c/2 | d/2e/2d/2c/2 B/2A/2B/2c/2 | d (d d2) | 
e e d d | c c B B | A/2B/2c/2B/2 A G | F E F D | 
G3/2 F/2 E3/2 F/2 | G A B e | d/2 B3/2 A3/2 B/2 | G4 ||
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W:What's the use of wearing braces, Vests and pants and boots and braces,
W:Hats and spats you buy in places, Down in Brompton Road?
W:What's the use of shirts of cotton, Studs that always get forgotten?
W:These affairs are simply rotten, Better far is woad!
W:Woad's the stuff to show men! Woad to scare your foe men!
W:Boil it to a brilliant blue and smear it on your back and abdomen.
W:Ancient Britons never hit on anything as good as woad to fit on
W:Neck or knees or where you sit on. Tailors, you be blowed!
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W:Romans come across the channel, all dressed up in tin and flannel,
W:Half a pint of woad per man'll Dress us more than these.
W:Saxons you can waste your stitches Building beds for bugs in britches,
W:We have woad to clothe us, which is not a nest for fleas,
W:Romans, keep your armours; Saxons, your pyjamas!
W:Hairy coats were meant for goats, Gorillas, yaks, retriever dogs and llamas.
W:Tramp up Snowdon with our woad on, Never mind if we get rained or snowed on,
W:Never want a button sewed on,
W:Go it ancient B's.

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Song by W Hope Jones
Country of origin: England

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