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Kiwi & Cotton Balls' Cadence

Kiwi & Cotton Balls' Cadence
[aka "Ulysses and the Sirens"]
 
Angel on the right side, Imp on the left!
Angel on the right side, Imp on the left!
Both scream in my ears, don't they know I'm deft!
Both scream in my ears, don't they know I'm deft!
Kiwi, Cotton Balls, ne'er am I bereft!
Kiwi, Cotton Balls, ne'er am I bereft!
Not stayed by the saint, or the legless eft!
Not stayed by the saint, or the legless eft!
For we march the miles, and we hump the heft!
Said we march the miles, and we hump the heft!
'Til sweet Victory, from the foe is reft!
O sweet Victory, from the foe is reft!
(And we, in glory, wear the winners' weft!
O we, in glory, wear the winners' weft! --
[added only on honorable return from war])

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