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Verse 1
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D
We're proud to say in every way
we're ordinary folk
A
F
But please observe
we still preserve our sturdy
D
E
Although as servants of the state
A
D
E
we may have been coerced
A
D
As we've been told to celebrate
A
we'll celebrate or burst
D
Though while we brag our
shoulders
sag beneath a heavy yoke
E
We all get terribly heated
A
D
if it's treated as a joke
A
D
So, don't make fun of the festival,
G
D
don't make fun of the fair.
We downtrodden British
must learn to be skittish
E
and give an impression of
D
E
to the wide, wide world.
A
D
We'll sing God for Harry,
A
D
Bm
an d if it turns out all right,
E
A
Knight Gerald Barry.
D
Clear the national decks, my lads,
G
B
every one of us counts.
Grab the travellers' cheques, my lads,
Em
A
and pray that none of them bounce.
D
A
Face the future and his maid,
D
A
pray for further martial aid.
D
Have the toast from Cavalcade
Em
A
A drastically rewritten
D
G
Peace and Dignity we may lack
F#
D
But wave a jolly Trades Union Jack
Hooray for the Festival
E
A
D
A
of Britain
D
We've never been exactly keen
A
On showing off or swank
F
But as they say that gay display
A
Means money in the bank
D
A
We'll make the dreadful Welkin ring
F#m
D
E
From Penge to John O 'Groats
A
and cheer and shout and
laugh and sing.
Before we cut our throats,
D
we know we're caught,
but must support this patriotic prank.
E
And though we'd rather
have shot ourselves,
A
we've got ourselves to thank.
D
G
D
So, don't make fun of the festival,
G
D
don't make fun of the fair.
We must pull together in
spite of the weather
E
that dampens our spirits
A
and straightens our hair.
D
E
Let the people sing,
A
D
even though they shiver.
A
D
Roses red and noses mauve.
E
A
Over the river,
D
though the area's fairly small,
G
B
climb Discovery's Dome.
Take a snooze in the concert hall,
E
A
at least it's warmer than home.
D
B
Even if nobody comes,
D
A
don't be conscience -s mitten.
D
G
If no overseas trade appears,
F#
we'll have to work for a
G
thousand years
G#dim
D
to pay for the Festival
E
D
of Greater.
Bb
Eb
Ab
Eb
Don't make fun of the festival,
don't make fun of the fair.
Bb
We must have a look at
Cm
F
to prevent us from spreading
Bb
alarm and despair.
D
Bb
can serve whale steaks
when the weather's hotter
Cm
F
and in place of entrecotes.
What's wrong with Otter?
Bb
Eb
Greet the gala with fervence, boys.
Fm
F
Learn to dance in the dark.
E
C
Build the Sunday observance, boys.
Fm
Bb
A shrine in Battersea Park.
F
Bb
Prance about in funny hats.
Show the foreign diplomats
G
Fm
Bb
that our proletariat's milder than a kitten.
Eb
Ab
We believe in the right to strike,
G
Cm
but no, we bloody well got to like
Bb
our own darling festival.
We pray for the festival,
Fm
Bb
Eb
we'll pay for the festival of Britain.
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