Furthermore, there is another reference to Poppy Day in the Beatles' "Penny Lane" - "...a pretty nurse is selling poppies from a tray". Definitely NOT a drug reference, but (at a certain time of year) an everyday site in Britain.
Also, the line "The children of England would never be slaves" is a reference to the famous patriotic anthem "Rule, Britannia", whose refrain is:
"Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves!
Britons never will be slaves!"
Furthermore, there is another reference to Poppy Day in the Beatles' "Penny Lane" - "...a pretty nurse is selling poppies from a tray". Definitely NOT a drug reference, but (at a certain time of year) an everyday site in Britain.
Also, the line "The children of England would never be slaves" is a reference to the famous patriotic anthem "Rule, Britannia", whose refrain is:
"Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves! Britons never will be slaves!"
Simon Beck London, UK