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THROUGH
“We shall muddle through”—Lord Rosebery.
We have muddled through:
It is very good.
We said we should;
We are late, 'tis true,
But we've muddled through.
It is very good.
We said we should;
We are late, 'tis true,
But we've muddled through.
We were “unprepared,”
We were “most unwise”:
Yet—the old flag flies
Where the old flag flew:
We have muddled through!
We were “most unwise”:
Yet—the old flag flies
Where the old flag flew:
We have muddled through!
O Banner of ours
That shines in the wars,
O excellent bars
Red, white, and blue—
You have muddled through!
That shines in the wars,
O excellent bars
Red, white, and blue—
You have muddled through!
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