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The Almighty in His infinite wisdom did not see fit to create Frenchmen in the image of Englishmen.
The Almighty in His infinite wisdom did not see fit to create Frenchmen in the image of Englishmen.
 Men of England! who inherit
 Rights that cost your sires their blood.  
 Men of England! who inherit
 Rights that cost your sires their blood. 
 In these troublesome days when the great
 Mother Empire stands splendidly isolated in Europe.  
 In these troublesome days when the great
 Mother Empire stands splendidly isolated in Europe. 
 Providence has given to the French the empire of the land, to the 
English that of the sea, to read more 
 Providence has given to the French the empire of the land, to the 
English that of the sea, to the Germans that of--the air! 
 England! my country, great and free!
 Heart of the world, I leap to thee!  
 England! my country, great and free!
 Heart of the world, I leap to thee! 
 Be England what she will,
 With all her faults, she is my country still.  
 Be England what she will,
 With all her faults, she is my country still. 
 Ah! the perfidious English!
 [Fr., Ah! la perfide Angleterre!]  
 Ah! the perfidious English!
 [Fr., Ah! la perfide Angleterre!] 
 In England three are sixty different religions, and only one 
sauce.
 [It., Il y en Angleterre soizante sectes read more 
 In England three are sixty different religions, and only one 
sauce.
 [It., Il y en Angleterre soizante sectes religieuses differentes, 
et une seule sauce.] 
 'Tis a glorious charter, deny it who can,
 That's breathed in the words, "I'm an Englishman."  
 'Tis a glorious charter, deny it who can,
 That's breathed in the words, "I'm an Englishman."