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FRENCH AND ENGLISH.
There were six merry children, all frolic and fun,At play on a green 'neath the Midsummer sun;
And thus they sang, in their heartsome glee,
“We're French and English—three against three!
These are the Frenchmen, meagre and thin,
Hop, skip, and jump—do you think they'll win?
These are the Englishmen, sturdy and stout;
Brave in the battle—they'll win, no doubt.
Pull away, pull with all your might—
Pull away—that's the way we fight!
“Twenty battles we fight in a day;
Some we win, as best we may;
Some we lose, but we care not a pin—
If we did not laugh, we should always win.
French and English—here we stand—
Three in an army, on either hand!
Pull away, pull with all your might—
Pull away—that's the way we fight!
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They who are down may get up again!
None run away, like a coward or knave—
Frenchmen and Englishmen, all are brave!
Now again let the battle be tried,
Three for an army on either side;
Pull away, pull with all your might—
Pull away—that's the way we fight!”
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