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