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Old Jun 12th 2009, 11:34 pm
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From This England Spring 2008


Mother England
By Gillian Parker

If you plan to leave My shores
Do it when you’re very young,
Leave before your memory stores
Knowledge of your mother tongue.
Leave before you call Me “ Home”
And before your Heart is given
Because , if after that You roam,
Then forever you are riven.
though your eyes may seek and find
wondrous sights on land and sea
you will always find your mind
Turning homeward back to Me.
You will hunger ,you will thirst,
You will suffer all your days ,
Yearning for what you knew first,
English folk and English ways.

English lanes with hedges high,
English gardens all in bloom.
English earth English sky,
English fields and English coomb.
English habits ,
Eyes that smile,
English jokes I think are funny
English clothing worn with style,
English weather , damp or sunny.
And in your rememberings,
Let the pride blot out the pain.
Pride in England’s Kings and Queens.
Pride in speaking England’s name.
Pride in all that made me great ,
Pride in my illustrious past.
Pride in that I played the game
And shall until the very last .
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*stamping feet on floor* I wanna go home..........
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*stamping feet on floor* I wanna go home..........
I know how You Feel
I left much too late
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Me to .....wanna go home
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From This England Spring 2008


Mother England
By Gillian Parker

If you plan to leave My shores
Do it when you’re very young,
Leave before your memory stores
Knowledge of your mother tongue.
Leave before you call Me “ Home”
And before your Heart is given
Because , if after that You roam,
Then forever you are riven.
though your eyes may seek and find
wondrous sights on land and sea
you will always find your mind
Turning homeward back to Me.
You will hunger ,you will thirst,
You will suffer all your days ,
Yearning for what you knew first,
English folk and English ways.

English lanes with hedges high,
English gardens all in bloom.
English earth English sky,
English fields and English coomb.
English habits ,
Eyes that smile,
English jokes I think are funny
English clothing worn with style,
English weather , damp or sunny.
And in your rememberings,
Let the pride blot out the pain.
Pride in England’s Kings and Queens.
Pride in speaking England’s name.
Pride in all that made me great ,
Pride in my illustrious past.
Pride in that I played the game
And shall until the very last .
OMG!!! This is not good to read when you've had a few!
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*stamping feet on floor* I wanna go home..........
Perhaps I should try clicking my heels, like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, rather than stamping my feet...................I'll give anything a try
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Originally Posted by ukintexas
Perhaps I should try clicking my heels, like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, rather than stamping my feet...................I'll give anything a try
if it works let Me know and Ill be there
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Mke sure you take toto with you when u click ur heels!! We returned just over 2 weeks ago and are loving being back in familiar surroundings. Good luck to you all.
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Mke sure you take toto with you when u click ur heels!! We returned just over 2 weeks ago and are loving being back in familiar surroundings. Good luck to you all.
every time I see one of your posts I have to look twice at the username because at casual first glance out of the corner of my eye it looks like "Himmler"
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Love it...so bloody true it hurts
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Couldn't resist. Sorry. (No offence intended).

Mother ****ing England
By Hutch

If you plan to leave My shores
Do it when you’ve earnt the cash,
Leave before your number's up
Perhaps by selling coke or hash.
Leave before you get in "Debt"
And before you join the throng
The unemployment offices are full,
And council housing lists are long.
Though you book your tickets now
Wondrous sights on land and sea
Trollies in the local canal
And sweet **** all on BBC
You will blossom, you will grow
You will enjoy life's new phase
Finding out that it's a bigger world
Than England and her eccentric ways

English lanes with speeding cars
English gardens strewn with trash
English fields now all built over
English towns don't look so flash
English people,
Don't dare smile,
English jokes I think are funny
Shellsuits are the height of style,
English weather, more damp than sunny.
And in your rememberings
Don't forget the endless pain.
The way the royal family's leeches
Went to the trough again and again
Shame we left it so late before leaving
Shame the planet's changing fast,
Because life too short and of this I'm certain,
England's living in the past.
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PMSL Brilliant !!!!
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Brilliant - both of them! Now I'm even more confused as to where I want to be!
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Originally Posted by whereiam
From This England Spring 2008


Mother England
By Gillian Parker

If you plan to leave My shores
Do it when you’re very young,
Leave before your memory stores
Knowledge of your mother tongue.
Leave before you call Me “ Home”
And before your Heart is given
Because , if after that You roam,
Then forever you are riven.
though your eyes may seek and find
wondrous sights on land and sea
you will always find your mind
Turning homeward back to Me.
.....................

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That is really spooky, I was having clearout of old magazines and stuff yesterday, and Icame across that copy of This England and read the poem then. Even thought how appropriate it would be to put on here - thats scary!
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