Of undersized, able men;
We're shy of the guns, but we'll beggar the Huns,
Eight millions of English men.
This is a song that includes the Irish leaders in Parliament in its satire on Irish "loyalty" to England:
"Now," says Lady Aberdeen,
"I've a message from the Queen
To the loyal hearts in Ireland here at home;
She wants you all to gather socks,
Plain as I, or decked with clocks,