«I’ll get me cap and jacket / me kitbag and I’ll pack it / and chuck it on me shoulder: / it’s great to be a soldier. Life’s all by easy stages — / no need for work or wages. / I’ll swing it like I told yer: / it’s great to be a soldier. And if you get the order / there...»
«Get up at the dawn's first glimmer / when the milkman’s on his rounds / and you'll see the happy drummer / with his drumsticks in his hands. Midday comes with reeking clamour / clanging trams and tramping feet: / hark — you’ll hear the happy drummer / marching, marching down the s...»
«Do not trust the disciples. They will betray the cause / They will break it apart, will take it, will make off with it / They will dishonour the spirit, they will bury the body / They will not suffer the bones to mourder at rest in the clay. Do not trust the disciples. Put them from you in pe...»
«Fears, jeers, tears / And all that caper / Aren't worth the ink / Aren't worth the paper. / Blots and smears / Aren’t worth the ink / Nor what gives off / A moral stink. / Go and write odes / Where "liberty" / Lamely rhymes / With "brotherly". / Go and write ballads / Whe...»