Or he’ll date his telegrams from towns to which he never went;

To vilify a famous man he’ll readily consent,

And will act on orders sent from home to any base extent.

Chorus.—Will this Special Correspondent, all of the modern time!

He loves to don a uniform and swagger with the best,

And when no English are about wears medals on his chest;

And for the news he cables home attention to arrest,

That British troops are cowardly curs he glibly will suggest.

Chorus.—Will this Special Correspondent, all of the modern time!

He has an altogether strange and wondrous sense of sight,