[John:] "We'd like to dedicate this song to our friends, the former 
Inhabitants of the british isles!" 

They used to paint their bodies blue 
couple of them might be distantly related to you. 
According to ceasar they shaved their entire bodies, 
Except for the upper lip and the head 

Yeah, the anglo-saxons 
Yeah, the anglo-saxons 
sub-literate bunch of guys, 
Though some sources say otherwise. 
Yeah, the anglo-saxons 

Yeah, they were men on a mission, 
Preserving their poetry by oral tradition 
Yeah, oral tradition is all you get 
Until saint augustine brought in the alphabet. 

Yeah, the anglo-saxons 
Yeah, the anglo-saxons, 
In 1065 they were ragin' 
But 1066 brought the norman invasion. 
Yeah, the anglo-saxons 

Go!