It is enough to know, too much to see
At the beginning of the war_I had to look in on the War Office, and in a room I found a fellow_What do you think he was doing_what the hell do you think he was doing? He was devising the ceremonial for the disbanding of a Kitchener battalion. You can__ say we were not prepared in one matter at least_. Well, the end of the show was to be: the adjutant would stand the battalion at ease; the band would play Land of Hope and Glory, and then the adjutant would say: There will be no more parades_. Don__ you see how symbolical it was__he band playing Land of Hope and Glory, and then the adjutant saying: There will be no more parades?_For there won__. There won__, there damn well won__. No more Hope, no more Glory, no more parades for you and me any more. Nor for the country_nor for the world, I dare say_ None_ Gone_ Napoo finny! No_more_parades!
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At the beginning of the war_I had to look in on the War Office, and in a room I found a fellow_What do you think he was doing_what the hell do you think he was doing? He was devising the ceremonial for the disbanding of a Kitchener battalion. You can__ say we were not prepared in one matter at least_. Well, the end of the show was to be: the adjutant would stand the battalion at ease; the band would play Land of Hope and Glory, and then the adjutant would say: There will be no more parades_. Don__ you see how symbolical it was__he band playing Land of Hope and Glory, and then the adjutant saying: There will be no more parades?_For there won__. There won__, there damn well won__. No more Hope, no more Glory, no more parades for you and me any more. Nor for the country_nor for the world, I dare say_ None_ Gone_ Napoo finny! No_more_parades!
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