Quote#Freedom
Daddy Neptune one day to Freedom did say
Quote byThomas John Dibdin · 1771–1841
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "The Snug Little Island", st. 1. The British Raft (c. 1797). Joseph Woodfall Ebsworth, DNB, vol. 15 (1888) p. 10:—"At Canterbury [Dibdin] wrote The British Raft, ridiculing the threatened French invasion, and its one song, "The Snug Little Island", attained astonishing popularity. It was first sung .
English (original)
Daddy Neptune one day to Freedom did say, If ever I live upon dry land, The spot I should hit on wou'd be little Britain! Says Freedom, "Why that's my own island!" O, it's a snug little island! A right little, tight little island, Search the globe round, none can be found So happy as this little island.
— Thomas John Dibdin
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