It begins its work of slaughter

It will possibly harm the Kentish cliff,

But it's perfectly certain to go and biff

The French one into the water.

So when you shall hear a noise on high

Like the medium brush of a barber,

And a monstrous bullet falls from the sky

And blows off the head of a Prussian spy

As he dallies in Dover Harbour,

You shall know that at last the War Lord's host,