This Noel Coward sing lent inspiration to Londoners and all the world during the blitz:
London Pride has been handed down to us.
London Pride is a flower that's free.
London Pride means our own dear town to us,
And our pride it for ever will be.
Grey city, stubbornly implanted,
Taken so for granted for a thousand years.
Stay, city, smokily enchanted,
Cradle of our memories and hopes and fears.
Every Blitz our resistance toughening,
From the Ritz to the Anchor and Crown,
Nothing ever could override
The pride of London Town.
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God bless you Londoners and lovely London.