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Little lads and grandsires,     Women old with care;     But all the men are dying men     Or dead men over there.     No one stops to dig graves;     Who has time to spare?     The dead men, the dead men     How the dead men stare.     Kings are out a-hunting -     Oh, the sport is rare;     With dying men and dead men     Falling everywhere.     Life for lads and grandsires;     Spoils for kings to share;     And dead men, dead men,     Dead men everywhere.

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