redbandita
Amsterdam
Why I want to consume this — 2 years ago
WORTH CONSUMING!
The chorus of a song by MacDermott and G. W. Hunt commonly sung in pubs around 1878 gave birth to the term. The lyrics had the chorus:
We don’t want to fight
But, by Jingo, if we do,
We’ve got the ships,
We’ve got the men,
We’ve got the money, too.
I’ve read Jingo many times, but now that the world is in so much turmoil because of the jingoism of certain countries, I am re-reading it to get my mind off awful things and have a laugh…