Now it's been 25 years or more
I've roamed this land from shore to shore
From Tyne to Tamar, Severn to Thames
From moor to vale, from peak to fen
Played in cafes, pubs and bars
I've stood in the street with my old guitar
But I'd be richer than all the rest
If I had a pound for each request
For 'Duelling Banjos', 'American Pie'
It's enough to make you cry
'Rule Britannia', or 'Swing low...'
Are they the only songs we English know?
Seed, bud, flower, fruit
They're never gonna grow without their roots
Branch, stem, shoot
They need roots
After the speeches, when the cake's been cut
The disco's over and the bar is shut
At christening, birthday, wedding or wake
What can we sing 'til the morning breaks
When the Indians, Asians, Afro-Celts
It's in their blood, below their belt
They're playing and dancing all night long
So what have they got right that we've got wrong?
Seed, bud, flower, fruit
They're never gonna grow without their roots
Branch, stem, shoot
They need roots and
Haul away boys, let them go
Out in the wind and the rain and snow
We've lost more than we'll ever know
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'Round the rocky shores of England
We need roots
And a minister said his vision of hell
Is three folk singers in a pub near Wells
Well, I've got a vision of urban sprawl
There's pubs where no-one ever sings at all
And everyone stares at a great big screen
Overpaid soccer stars, prancing teens
Australian soap, American rap
Estuary English, baseball caps
And we learn to be ashamed before we walk
Of the way we look, and the way we talk
Without our stories or our songs
How will we know where we come from?
I've lost St. George in the Union Jack
It's my flag too and I want it back
Seed, bud, flower, fruit
Never gonna grow without their roots
Branch, stem, shoot
We need roots
Haul away boys, let them go
Out in the wind and the rain and snow
We've lost more than we'll ever know
'Round the rocky shores of England
We need roots...
Casa Pound is een Romeins kraakpand dat deel uitmaakt van een bredere Italiaanse nationaal-revolutionaire kraakbeweging: de Occupazione Non Conforme [2] (ONC) en de Occupazione a Scopo Abitativo [3] (OSA). Casa Pound mag dan nu wel het uithangbord zijn van die beweging, maar het was niet het eerste kraakpand in Rome. Het werd gesticht in 2003 door de groep die een jaar eerder al Casa Montag [4] had gesticht. Casa Pound (Via Napoleone III) en Casa Italia (Via Lima) houden zich vooral bezig met sociale activiteiten, terwijl Casa Montag (Via Tiberina) en Foro 753 (Via Capo d’Africa) zich vooral bezig houden met culturele en sportieve activiteiten. De eerste twee zijn OSA. De laatste twee zijn ONC.
(Herpublicatie wegens actualiteit, oorspronkelijk artikel dateert van mei 2007)
