I was asked to write this by Coventry Peace house for their album waiting in the Q to highlight the plight of asylum seekers, lets hope they like it!
How many Irish drowned
Digging the London Underground
Taking track beneath the sea
And still people said they shouldn’t be
Leaving their own country
But what prospect
Could they expect
Beyond starvation
Subjugation
Its leave and think
Or stay and drink
Being born British is blessed
You know we’d fail the test
That the foreigners take
To get in on our cake
And Britain went around the world
The British flag was unfurled
And everyone was told
British law they must uphold
There’s 6 million in Ireland’s island
10s of millions with passorts
Over 80 million claim Irish of sorts
How many Brits in Spain?
How many can’t stand the rain
Went off to Australia
Bought brides from Asia
Yet we want one way traffic
Think Britain’s demographic
Should remain static
While Britains go globetrotting
Companies go plotting
The next foreign venture
Without fear of censure
Where would we be
Without a curry
Getting a Chinese in a hurry
How about English tea?
Don’t mind it’s cross border company
Britain starts the war
Then wonders why people pour
Towards our safe harbour
And find a closed door
But how do we say who’s legit
When we’re all a bit immigrant
