The Captains and the Kings lyrics

I remember in September

when the final stumps were drawn

And the shouts of crowds now silent

when the boys to tea had gone

Let us O Lord above us

remember simple things

When all are dead who love us,

Oh, the Captains and the Kings

When all are dead who love us,

Oh, the Captains and the Kings

We have many goods for export,

Christian ethics and old port

But our greatest boast

is that the Anglo-Saxon is a sport

When the darts game is finished

and the boys their game of rings

And the draughts and chess relinquished,

Oh, the Captains and the Kings

And the draughts and chess relinquished,

Oh, the Captains and the Kings

Far away in dear old Cyprus

or in Kenya's dusty land

Where all bear the white man's burden

in many a strange land

As we look across our shoulder

in West-Belfast the school-bell rings

And we sigh for dear old England,

and the Captains and the Kings

And we sigh for dear old England,

and the Captains and the Kings

In our dreams we see old Harrow

and we hear the crow's loud caw

At the flower show our big marrow

takes the prize from Evelyn Waugh

Cups of tea and some dry sherry,

vintage cars, these simple things

So let's drink up and be merry,

Oh, the Captains and the Kings

So let's drink up and be merry,

Oh, the Captains and the Kings

As I wandered in a nightmare

all around Great Windsor Park

Now what do you think I found there

as I wandered in the dark?

'Twas an apple half-bitten

and sweetest of all things

Five baby teeth had written

of the Captains and the Kings

Five baby teeth had written

of the Captains and the Kings

By the moon that shines above us

in the misty morn' and night

Let us cease to run our self down

and praise God that we are white

And better still are English,

tea and toast and muffing rings

And old ladies with stern faces,

and the Captains and the Kings

All the ladies with stern faces,

and the Captains and the Kings