The Sound of the Crowd •

Sing if you’re glad to be gay

(Also on Tapped, the link in the middle is to the best comments I’ve seen on the McGreevey thing.)

Song Styles

Sing if you’re glad to be gay

Sing if you’re happy that way

So sit back and watch as they close all our clubs

Arrest us for meeting and raid all our pubs

Make sure your boyfriend’s at least 21

So only your friends and your brothers get done

Lie to your workmates, lie to your folks

Put down the queens and tell anti-queer jokes

Gay Lib’s ridiculous, join their laughter

‘The buggers are legal now, what more are they after?’

Tom Robinson Band, “Glad To Be Gay”

Ben Varkentine

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