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The house is crammed: tier beyond tier they grin     And cackle at the Show, while prancing ranks     Of harlots shrill the chorus, drunk with din;     "We're sure the Kaiser loves the dear old Tanks!"     I'd like to see a Tank come down the stalls,     Lurching to rag-time tunes, or "Home, sweet Home," -     And there'd be no more jokes in Music-halls     To mock the riddled corpses round Bapaume.

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