\u201cSong of the Old Soldier\u201d, by W.H. Auden. \r\n
When the Sex War ended with the slaughter of the Grandmothers,
They found a bachelor\u2019s baby suffocating under them;
Somebody called him George and that was the end of it:
They hitched him up to the Army.
George you old debutante,
How did you get in the Army?<\/i>\r\n
In the Retreat from Reason he deserted on his rocking-horse
And lived on a fairy's kindness till he tired of kicking her;
He smashed her spectacles and stole her check-book and mackintosh
Then cruised his way back to the Army.
George you old numero,
How did you get in the Army?<\/i>\r\n
Before the Diet of Sugar he was using razor-blades
And exited soon after with an allergy to maidenheads;
He discovered a cure of his own, but no one would patent it.
So he showed up again in the Army.
George you old flybynight,
How did you get in the Army?<\/i>\r\n
When the Vice Crusades were over he was hired by some Muscovites
Prospecting for deodorants among the Eskimos;
He was caught by a common cold and condemned to the whiskey mines.
But schemozzled back to the Army.
George you old Emperor,
How did you get in the Army?<\/i>\r\n
Since Peace was signed with Honour he\u2019s been minding his business;
But, whoops, here comes His Idleness, buttoning his uniform;
Just in tidy time to massacre the Innocents;
He\u2019s come home to roost in the Army.
George you old matador.
Welcome hack to the Army,
\r\n
Tolerabimus quod tolerare debemus,<\/I>
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