England Green
The rain it raineth every day
At least it sometimes feels that way
And mostly on Bank Holiday
Which seemeth somewhat mean
And yet, looked at another way,
It is but little price to pay
The rain it raineth every day
To keep Old England green
Chorus: England green! England green!
The rain it raineth every day
At least it sometimes feels that way
And mostly on Bank Holiday
Which seemeth somewhat mean
And yet, looked at another way,
It is but little price to pay
The rain it raineth every day
To keep Old England green
Chorus: England green! England green!
The rain it raineth every day
To keep Old England green
In England’s green and pleasant land
We all hold out a hopeful hand
Because we know and understand
What keeps Old England green
So let the rain rain every day
And every night between
For, oh, the rain it raineth every day
To keep Old England green
Chorus
The proud and mighty Eskimo
Has umpteen different names for snow
And Englishmen all likewise know
A phrase or two to mean “it’s raining”
Stair rods, cats and dogs
A lovely day for ducks and frogs
It’s hissing (tipping) down, still what’s the odds
It’s keeping England green
Chorus
The rain it raineth both upon
The just and unjust fella
But mostly on the just, the unjust
Just steals the just’s umbrella
Let fall the rain on whomsoe’re it will
On commoner or Queen
For, oh, the rain it raineth every day
To keep Old England green
Chorus
Meanwhile at Lords old England soldier on
Four wickets down for forty one
It’s looking like the follow-on
And now Vaughan’s gone for seventeen
Shane Warne nagging at the rough
Outside off stump - we’ve had enough
Great God bring on the rain, the stuff
That saves the England Team
Chorus: England Team! England Team!
Great God bring on the rain, the stuff
That saves the England Team
Tyne, Dogger, Fisher, German Bight
Humber, Thames, Dover, Wight
997 rain in sight. . .good
From Plymouth to the Pennine Way
St Abbs Head to St Austell Bay
The rain it raineth every day
To keep Old England green
Chorus: England green! England green!
Humber, Thames, Dover, Wight
997 rain in sight. . .good
From Plymouth to the Pennine Way
St Abbs Head to St Austell Bay
The rain it raineth every day
To keep Old England green
Chorus: England green! England green!
The rain it raineth every day
To keep Old England green
Baynham and Spencer
May we introduce ourselves?
I’m Hilary, I’m Grant,
Which only leaves the matter of our second names extant
We’re Baynham and Spencer,
Together we dispense a kind of English entertainment all our own
Top of the bill the name of QuickSilver
Or The Quickies as we’ve now become colloquially known
We’ ll make you smile and tap your feet,
We’ ll make you buy our records
(Or we’ll have a damn good try!)
We’re Baynham and Spencer
I’m Spencer, I’m Baynham
And do we entertain ‘em, yes sirree!
Hysterically, reflectively,
QuickSilver collectively
But Baynham and Spencer are we
Now briefly to remind you,
I am Grant and I am Hilary
But having dealt with that nomenclaturial ancillary
We’re Baynham and Spencer,
Who now and again surprise and shock with an apocopated rhyme,
Ready and willing, we’ ll sing for a shilling
As we find ourselves explaining to the taxman all the time
I suppose you’d call us mainstream
Though avoiding the clichés
And we’re heterosexual
That’s novel these days!
We’re Baynham and Spencer
Or Spencer and Baynham,
A plenum power we’re sure you will agree,
Charming and slick
Collectively QuickSilver
Baynham and Spencer are we
Baynham and Spencer
May we introduce ourselves?
I’m Hilary, I’m Grant,
Which only leaves the matter of our second names extant
We’re Baynham and Spencer,
Together we dispense a kind of English entertainment all our own
Top of the bill the name of QuickSilver
Or The Quickies as we’ve now become colloquially known
We’ ll make you smile and tap your feet,
We’ ll make you buy our records
(Or we’ll have a damn good try!)
We’re Baynham and Spencer
I’m Spencer, I’m Baynham
And do we entertain ‘em, yes sirree!
Hysterically, reflectively,
QuickSilver collectively
But Baynham and Spencer are we
Now briefly to remind you,
I am Grant and I am Hilary
But having dealt with that nomenclaturial ancillary
We’re Baynham and Spencer,
Who now and again surprise and shock with an apocopated rhyme,
Ready and willing, we’ ll sing for a shilling
As we find ourselves explaining to the taxman all the time
I suppose you’d call us mainstream
Though avoiding the clichés
And we’re heterosexual
That’s novel these days!
We’re Baynham and Spencer
Or Spencer and Baynham,
A plenum power we’re sure you will agree,
Charming and slick
Collectively QuickSilver
Baynham and Spencer are we
