The British Patriot 🇬🇧
They mock us in the papers, an' they curse us in the street,
They call us fools an' bigots, every patriot they meet;
But when the nation's threatened, an' the wolves are at the door,
It's "Stand up for your country, lads!" — the same as times before.
For it's "Racists this!" an' "Fascists that!" an' "Shut your bloody mouth!"
But it's "Save our land an' people!" when the country's going south.
The country's going south, my boys, the country's going south,
An' it's "Stand up, British patriots!" from the very selfsame mouth.
We love the fields an' villages, the churches an' the lanes,
The towns our fathers laboured in, through hardship, sweat an' pains;
They tell us we've no right to care, no heritage to claim,
But when they need our loyalty, they're glad we feel the same.
For it's "Racists this!" an' "Fascists that!" an' "You're living in the past!"
But it's "Where's your British spirit?" when the storm is breaking fast.
The storm is breaking fast, my boys, the storm is breaking fast,
An' it's "Stand beside your country!" when they need us at the last.
The enemy's not at the gates, he's been amongst us years,
Yet those who sound the warning bells are greeted with their sneers;
They curse the men who keep the watch, they mock the ones who see,
An' swear there's nothing wrong at all with what their land has come to be.
For it's "Racists this!" an' "Fascists that!" an' "There's nothing here to fear!"
But it's "Why did no one warn us?" when the reckoning draws near.
The reckoning draws near, my boys, though some refuse to hear,
An' the men they called alarmists are the men they need most near.
We never asked for favours, nor a medal on the chest,
We only asked to keep the land our fathers loved the best;
An' making mock of patriots is easy when you're free,
When other men before you kept the watch on land an' sea.
For it's "Racists this!" an' "Fascists that!" an' "Your country's had its day!"
But it's "Stand an' fight for Britain!" when the peace is swept away.
No waiting for tomorrow, lads, no distant judgement day,
The hour they said would never come is with us here today 🇬🇧