Lyrics to
Oh England My Lionheart

This version of Oh England My Lionheart was released by Kate Bush in 1978.

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Oh! England, my Lionheart,
I’m in your garden, fading fast in your arms.
The soldiers soften, the war is over.
The air raid shelters are blooming clover.
Flapping umbrellas fill the lanes–
My London Bridge in rain again.

Oh! England, my Lionheart!
Peter Pan steals the kids in Kensington Park.
You read me Shakespeare on the rolling Thames–
That old river poet that never, ever ends.
Our thumping hearts hold the ravens in,
And keep the tower from tumbling.

Oh! England, my Lionheart,
Oh! England, my Lionheart,
Oh! England, my Lionheart,
I don’t want to go.

Oh! England, my Lionheart!
Dropped from my black Spitfire to my funeral barge.
Give me one kiss in apple-blossom.
Give me one wish, and I’d be wassailing
In the orchard, my English rose,
Or with my shepherd, who’ll bring me home.

Oh! England, my Lionheart,
Oh! England, my Lionheart,
Oh! England, my Lionheart,
I don’t want to go.
Oh! England, my Lionheart,
Oh! England, my Lionheart,
Oh! England, my Lionheart,
I don’t want to go.

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About Lyrics and Oh England My Lionheart by Kate Bush

The lyrics for Oh England My Lionheart are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1978 song by Kate Bush. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Oh England My Lionheart have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Oh England My Lionheart - Kate Bush and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Oh England My Lionheart by Kate Bush in multiple ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Oh England My Lionheart" means the words set to the music of Oh England My Lionheart, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Kate Bush. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Oh England My Lionheart and the lyrics to Oh England My Lionheart are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Kate Bush who came here looking just for the lyrics to Oh England My Lionheart, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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