歌词
Ceylon
Ceylon
By the Bengal Bay
East of Jaipur
West of Mandalay
Agra
Patna
Sholapur and Kolhapur and all
How far they are
From the high street and the market hall
It's all very well for you
To speak of this distant view,
But Rosa what's planned for me
Is grander than sand and sea!
This vista that's in my sight
Where I'll set the world alright
Awaits me
It dominates me
First you must improve your own Grand little islan Master Edwin
My uncle has given me som account of your hot tempered past sir
I hope you have left it far behind you
My reputation
Preceeds me here
A situation
I needs must fear
What hope of I of blending in
With this my shade of skin
I thought I'd cleaned my slate at last
But they anticipate my past
What do I owe them
What they expect
When shall I show them
The full effect
A british subject on display
In from Ceylon
Today
Our emigration
To this location
Has brought our station down a mile
This distant nation
Divides creation
In rank and file
And English are they
And British am I
British are they and English am I
There are two subjects
We don't discuss
One is our monarch
The others us
And yet I fear you soon will be
The subject of scrutiny
A British subject none the less
From where and why they'll try to guess
Capetown or Furma
What's all the fuss
All Terra Firma belongs to us
A british subject bread and born
And subject not to scorn
Our emmigration (Your migration)
To this location (To this destination)
Has brought our station down a mile (At first we thought you asian)
This distant nation (The insulation)
Divides creation (Of our population)
In rank and file (Is the explination)
English are they and British am I
And our emmigration (Your migration) (You, you are two)
To this location (To this destination) (Who intrude)
Has brought our station down a mile (At first we thought you Asian) (Upon this town and Edwin Drood)
This distant nation (The insulation) (On this isle)
Divides creation (Of our population) (Natives Smile)
In rank and file
And English are they and British am I
This is the way we'll stay
This is the way we'll stay
Till we die
Till we die