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A REFRAIN by ARTHUR SHEARLY CRIPPS

First Line: TELL THE TUNE HIS FEET BEAT
Last Line: "ENGLAND"" ALL THE WAY!"
Subject(s): ENGLAND; ENGLISH;

TELL the tune his feet beat
On the ground all day --
Black-burnt ground and green grass
Seamed with rocks of grey --
"England," "England," "England,"
That one word they say.
Now they tread the beech-mast.
Now the ploughland's clay,
Now the faery ball-floor of her fields in May.
Now her red June sorrel, now her new-turned hay,
Now they keep the great road, now by sheep-path stray,
Still it's "England," "England,"
"England" all the way!



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