Take her defenceless, cry "Holà!"
And trotting out the nimble cannon,
Tue-la!
Or take for choice the common cartridge;
Pop goes le p'tit fusil, comme ça!
You bag her neatly like a partridge
Là-bas.
"L'Homme-Femme" may haunt the bosom British;
Là France goes trolling "Ça ira!"
And waives the question with a skittish