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John: "we'd like to dedicate this song to our friends, the former |
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Inhabitants of the british isles!" |
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They used to paint their bodies blue |
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A couple of them might be distantly related to you. |
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According to ceasar they shaved their entire bodies, |
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Except for the upper lip and the head |
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Yeah, the anglo-saxons |
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Yeah, the anglo-saxons |
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A sub-literate bunch of guys, |
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Though some sources say otherwise. |
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Yeah, the anglo-saxons |
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Yeah, they were men on a mission, |
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Preserving their poetry by oral tradition |
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Yeah, oral tradition is all you get |
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Until saint augustine brought in the alphabet. |
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Yeah, the anglo-saxons |
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Yeah, the anglo-saxons, |
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In 1065 they were ragin' |
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But 1066 brought the norman invasion. |
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Yeah, the anglo-saxons |
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Go! |
