Their name to us is rank and fetid,

And on their sins our rage is fed;"

And all the German Press repeated

Precisely what the Kaiser said.

Eh well. That water is a worry!

And doubtless, if the iron glove

Should meet us here in Kent or Surrey,

Its clasp might soften into love;

We might despatch him with a grey grin,

And all the German Scribes would vow