...song became very popular in the English music-halls, the refrain of which was, — 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. "Jingo" was derisively cast as a nickname at the warlike party, and was proudly accepted by them. The...

...had pulled out, the French or the Germans would have been in like a shot. We don't want to go to war But, by Jingo, if we do, We've got the ships, We've got the men, We've got the money too. At the time of this messenger's coming to GG, though, the British were bringing by train to the front...

...Disraeli's war-like policy toward Russia in 1878. A popular song by GW Hunt went: We don't want to fight, but, by Jingo if we do, We've got the ships, we've got the men, and we've got the money too. 'By Jingo' appears in Cervantes' Don Quixote, published in two parts in...

...was its poet laureate, and the popular sentiment was that of the music-hall song: 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! Another, rather different nod of approval came from those who agreed with Sir Charles Crossthwaite...

...day is past for the taunt which was once directed by the British at the Russians: "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." Uncle Sam can no longer advisedly play the role of Mr. Big. In sheer manpower he cannot match the Soviet...

...and style, the song is a clear pastiche of GH McDermorr's famous song from 1877, '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...' (cf. Summerfield 1986). Both songs hark back to a peak of British colonial confidence. The projected...

...the song is a clear pastiche of (iH McDermott's famous song from 1877, 'We don't want to fight / Bur, by Jingo, if we do / We've got the ships, we've got the men, we've got the money too...' (cf. Summerfield WS6). Both songs hark back to a peak of British colonial confidence. The projected...

...which appeared at the time of the Russo-Turkish War (1877-8) and includes the lines: 'We don't want to fight, but by Jingo if we do, | We've got the ships, we've got the men, and got the money too'. Metssomer. Ernest (1815-91), a French painter of detailed historical pictures,...

...Russia became commonplace in Britain. In the music halls the audiences sang of war: We don't want to fight, but, by Jingo if we do, We've got the ships; we've got the men; and we've got the money too! The truth was, however, somewhat different. Britain had the ships: HMS...

...chauvinistic music-hall song in London. G. W Hunt, Song (Chorus) 1878: "We don't want to fight, yet by Jingo! if we do. We've got the ships, we've got the men, and got the money too." Quoted in "Jingo," Oxford English Dictionary, 2d ed., 20 vols. (Oxford, 1989),...