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])
Copyright 2021 Bernard A. Quarterman, Jr.