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National Anthem of the Ancient Britons, also known as Woad, is a humorous song, set to the tune of "Men of Harlech." It refers to the ancient British tradition of fighting naked in woad dye. It first became popular in the 1920s as a song in the British Boy Scouts and appeared in ''The Hackney Scout Song Book'' (Stacy & Son Ltd, 1921). The author was William Hope-Jones, a housemaster at Eton, who wrote it some time before 1914. He sang it at a College dinner that year. "Ho Jo" appears in the M.R. James' ghost story (''Wailing Well )'' (1928), in which a group of masters take the Eton Scout Troop on an ill-fated camping expedition. This song is also known as ''Woad'', ''The Woad Song'', the ''Woad Ode'' and ''Woad of Harlech''. ==Lyrics== :1. :What's the good of wearing braces, :Vests and pants and boots with laces, :Spats or hats you buy in places :Down in Brompton Road? :What's the use of shirts of cotton, :Studs that always get forgotten? :These affairs are simply rotten: :Better far is woad. :Woad's the stuff to show, men. :Woad to scare your foemen: :Boil it to a brilliant hue :And rub it on your back and your abdomen. :Ancient Briton never did hit on :Anything as good as woad to fit on :Neck, or knees, or where you sit on. :Tailors, you be blowed. :2. :Romans came across the Channel :All wrapped up in tin and flannel: :Half a pint of woad per man'll :Dress us more than these. :Saxon, you can waste your stitches :Building beds for bugs in breeches: :We have woad to clothe us, which is :Not a nest for fleas. :Romans keep your armours; :Saxons your pyjamas: :Hairy coats were meant for goats, :Gorillas, yaks, retriever dogs and llamas. :Tramp up Snowdon with our woad on: :Never mind if we get rained or blowed on. :Never want a button sewed on. :Go it, Ancient B's. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「National Anthem of the Ancient Britons」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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