"Let there be Eggs"

  

        Now blessed be the Briton, his beef and his beer,

       And all the strong waters that keep him in cheer,

      But blessed beyond cattle and blessed beyond kegs

       Is the brave British breakfast of bacon and eggs.

                                   Bacon and eggs,

                                   Bacon and eggs,

                                       Sing bacon, 

                                        Real bacon,

                                Real bacon and eggs!

         But gross Europeans who constantly munch

             Too little breakfast, too freely at lunch

                Sit sated in cafes, incapable souls,

              And go to the devil on coffee and rolls.

                                  Coffee and rolls,

                                    Ladylike rolls;

                                      Sing coffee,

                                    Pooh ! Coffee,

                              Black coffee and rolls!

      O breakfast ! O breakfast ! The meal of my heart !

     Bring porridge, bring sausage, bring kippers to start,

      Bring kidney and mushrooms and fat chicken’s legs

            But let the foundation be bacon and eggs.

                                    Bacon and eggs,

                                    Bacon and eggs,

                                      Bring bacon, 

                                      Crisp bacon,

                                And let there be eggs!

Thanks to A P Herbert