G. W. Hunt
George William Hunt (c.1837 – 1 March 1904), known in later life as 'Jingo' Hunt, was an English writer of music hall songs, best known for "MacDermott's War Song" also known as the "Jingo Song".
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Quotes
[edit]- 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
We've fought the Bear before and while we're Britons true
The Russians shall not have Constantinople.- Macdermott's War Song (1878), quoted by Richard Anthony Baker, British Music Hall: An Illustrated History (2014), p. 22.
External links
[edit] Encyclopedic article on G. W. Hunt on Wikipedia