Banjo Paterson - CommandeeringBanjo Paterson - Commandeering
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Our hero was a Tommy with a conscience free from care,
And such an open countenance that when he breathed the air
He mopped up all the atmosphere — so little went to spare
You could hardly say he breathed, he "commandeered" it.
For nowadays you`ll notice when a man is "on the make",
And other people`s property is anxious for to take,
We never use such words as "steal", or "collar", "pinch", or "shake".
No, the fashion is to say we "commandeered" it.
And our simple-minded hero used to grumble at his lot,
Said he, "This commandeerin`s just a little bit too hot,
A fellow has to carry every blooming thing he`s got;
Whatever he puts down they`ll commandeer it."
So after much anxiety our simple-minded elf
He thought he`d do a little commandeering for himself,
And the first thing that he`d noticed was a bottle on a shelf
In a cottage, so he thought he`d commandeer it.
"What ho!" says he, "a bottle, and, by George, it`s full of beer,
And no commanding officer to come and interfere.
Here`s my own blooming health," says he, "I`m on the commandeer."
And without another word he commandeered it.
On his subsequent proceedings we must draw a little veil,
For the Boers had left some sheep dip in that bottle labelled "Ale";
But the doctor said he`s shift it — if all other methods fail,
We must use the stomach pump and commandeer it.
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