Was a swelling, swaggering Bogey, its arms waving in the wind.

Look ye there!

One said it was a Bogey, but another he said, “Nay;

It’s our dear old Jingo-Fi-Fo-Fum, not yet quite past away.”

Look ye there!

They spouted and they flouted, and the next thing they did find

Was a Bull who browsed at leisure, and seemed easy in his mind.

Look ye there!

One said ’twas brave John Bull himself, another he said “Nay;

It’s just a Boer-whipt Jackass, without even pluck to bray.”