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MEN WHO MARCH AWAY (2) by THOMAS HARDY

Poet Analysis

First Line: WE BE THE KING'S MEN, HALE AND HEARTY
Last Line: RIGHT FOL-LOL!
Subject(s): GREAT BRITAIN - WARS WITH FRANCE; NAPOLEON I (1769-1821);
We be the King's men, hale and hearty,
Marching to meet one Buonaparty;
If he won't sail, lest the wind should blow,
We shall have marched for nothing, O!
Right fol-lil!

We be the King's men, hale and hearty,
Marching to meet one Buonaparty;
If he be sea-sick, says "No, no!"
We shall have marched form nothing, O!
Right fol-lol!

We be the King's men, hale and hearty,
Marching to meet one Buonaparty;
Never mind, mates; we'll be merry, though
We may have marched for nothing, O!
Right fol-lol!


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