The Sassenach, stodgy and prosy,
Lacks any distinguishing mark;
The Semite has merely been nosey
Right back to the days of the Ark;
The Teuton proclaims himself edel
And points to his family tree;
But the Celt is tattooed in his cradle
With "Erin the Free."
Some races inherit a stigma,
And some find a spur in their past,