Oliver

No crown but ours shall govern here,
No strangers rule with gold or fear,
No plow but ours may slough the loam,
No prow but ours slash the spume,
No hand but ours may bind our kin,
No gods but ours proclaim a sin,
No law but ours may stay a blow,
No hand but ours may draw a bow,
No men but ours may hunt the land,
No sons but ours bear sword in hand,
No word but ours shall we trust,
No flags be flown except of us,
No land but ours do we demand,
No more than what we have farmed,
No strangers slaving on our soil,
No man unpaid or forced to toil,
No heroes praised but ours alone,
No other kin but our blood and bone,
No strangers to tell us who we are,
No obedience to any foreign laws.
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kernow

I don't no if that is made up or not? But a lot of it I could agree with!

Tony Bennett

The Anglo-Saxon code may need some updating in the light of:

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No crown but ours shall govern here - European Union
No strangers rule with gold or fear - Fines in the European Court of Justice
No plow but ours may slough the loam - E.U. Competition Commissioner
No prow but ours slash the spume - End of 200-mile fishing limit, dominance of Spanish and Danish super-trawlers
No hand but ours may bind our kin - European Convention on Human Rights
No gods but ours proclaim a sin - One new mosque built every 5 days
No law but ours may stay a blow - Human Rights Act 1998, implementing the European Convention on Human Rights
No hand but ours may draw a bow - E.U. Gendarmerie
No men but ours may hunt the land - French-owned water companies
No sons but ours bear sword in hand - EUROPOL
No word but ours shall we trust - B.B.C.
No flags be flown except of us - Golden garotte
No land but ours do we demand - Iraq, Afghanistan
No more than what we have farmed - E.U. grants for ‘set-aside’
No strangers slaving on our soil - Illegally trafficked child prostitutes
No man unpaid or forced to toil - Gangmasters
No heroes praised but ours alone - Nelson Mandela,
No other kin but our blood and bone - 5 million non-white immigrants and their descendants
No strangers to tell us who we are - Commission for Racial Equality
No obedience to any foreign laws – Section 2(1) European Communities Act 1972.
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david H

Does anyone know the origin of this? Is it pristine or modern?

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The Bear

The Anglo-Saxon era ended in 1066.

Get used to it.

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Lazyguy

You're all ******* racist.

And I bet many of you aren't even Anglo-Saxon ¬.¬

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