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The Spike: or, Victoria College Review Capping Carnival 1920

—War Chorus

War Chorus

Soldiers:
I like the boozing
And the sumptions sense of losing
page 19 All my woes in a tankard of ale;
I think a dandy
Pony shandy comes in handy
When there's not a drop of brandy to assail;
I like the feeling
I like the frisky
Fizz of soda in my whisky;
I take a stout or rum,
Each time I shout a chum:
When the ceiling is a-reeling,
When my second sight redoubles
All the barmaids and the bubbles;
I shave the doorway,
As I end my merry soiree,
So I cuddle the lamp-post's slim waist;
I hole-out in the gutter,
With my brolly for a putter,
And the lobster is a ball of taste;
It's a dreary road and weary
When I'm going home to deary
Without my optics bleery,
As the rest of me is beery,
And I'm twice as cheery as your China tea.

Ballet:
We hold the lands, the goods, the wealth,
And we're as powerful as can be;
But any change might spell disaster,

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So when rebellions chance along
Masters we'd cease to be;
We must support authority;
And if Jim Fallen says you ought to, why
You've got to stick to China tea.