We've Redmond, doughty dog;

Thomas and those twin towers of strength,

Pringle and whole-souled Hogge;

And Outhwaite—not our dearest foe,

Bulgar or Bosch or Turk,

Could wish to plant a ruder blow

For Britain's Right to Shirk.

"And, lastly, should the Tyrant storm

The pass for which we fight,

It must be o'er the riddled form