Fairport Convention - Jewel in the Crown lyrics

We are a proud land, we stand for freedom we've got the franchise, on how to lead them we've got the history, and books to prove it give us the mountain, and we will move it we rule the waves, and, the seven seas, we bring the mighty, to thier knees we offer hope, and inspiration a fine example, to lesser nations we are Britania, j**el in the crown we brought a system, to the ma**es divide a nation, into cla**es it's in our breeding, and on our faces, at least we're all born, knowing our places we stay within our, social borders we only take what, our cla** affords us it doesn't matter, that it's not even this is the nature, of the demon we are Britania, j**el in the crown [chorous] we are Britania we crowned an empire we came and conqured we tore thier borders down we need no conscience god is on our side we are Britania j**el in the crown [short bridge] we are your friendly, liberators we'll free you countries, from your dictators for a small slice, of your oil wells we'll send our boys in, with thier bombshells we are a refuge, for the needy always caring, never greedy whatever gesture, could be finer we've given Hong Kong, back to China we are Britania, j**el in the crown [chorous] j**el in the crown j**el in the crown j**el in the crown