The Patron Saint of England – adopted because he was seen the purest example of chivalry for us to emulate.
Of course, I’ve curated a song – it focuses on the story we’re most familiar with, slaying a dragon.
[Verse]
Riding through fields of green so wide
Armor gleam under the sunlit tide
Banner high with a lion’s might
Against the shadows he rides tonight
[Verse 2]
In troubled lands with fear so near
A beast of legend bred from fear
Villagers whisper ‘neath the starlit dome
A hero’s come to bring the dragon home
[Chorus]
With sword ablaze and heart so pure
He faces flames so fierce and sure
A hero born of ground and stone
To slay the dragon take the throne
[Verse 3]
Darkened skies where shadows creep
Dragon’s roar shakes the valley deep
Glistening scales like night’s own coat
Saint George lunges at the foe’s throat
[Bridge]
Roaring clash the earth it shakes
Steel and claws their courage makes
Victory sweet in dawn’s embrace
Saint George stands with a proud face
[Chorus]
With sword ablaze and heart so pure
He faces flames so fierce and sure
A hero born of ground and stone
To slay the dragon take the throne
For those of you who prefer St. Edmund; king, martyr and previously recognised as Patron Saint of England, I have a song praising his courage in the face of his murderous Viking captors as he refused to bow the knee to their gods.
There’s a certain odd symmetry of a royal martyr whose banner was a white dragon on a red field, being supplanted by a princess-rescuing dragon slayer whose emblem is a red cross on a white field.