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THE MAN IN THE STREET

O the Man in the Street is an excellent man,
And painfully anxious to learn all he can:
He likes his news frequent and newsy and neat,
And he knows what is what, does the Man in the Street.
O the Man in the Street, the Man in the Street,
So wise in the head and so strong on his feet,
He likes his news frequent and newsy and neat,
And you can't keep things back from the Man in the Street.
If your Army gets smashed when it goes forth to slay,
You must cable the Man in the Street right away:
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It's no good attempting the smallest deceit,
He will have the facts, will the Man in the Street.
O the Man in the Street, the Man in the Street,
So wise in the head and so strong on his feet:
It's no good attempting the smallest deceit,
He won't be fobbed off, won't the Man in the Street.
O the Man the in Street has a ferreting nose;
He knows just as much as the Ministry knows.
And that is why Ministers say when they meet
“We know just as much as the Man in the Street.”
All together
O the Man in the Street, the Man in the Street,
So sound in the head and so strong on his feet,
He likes his news frequent and newsy and neat,
And he's right on the nail is the Man in the Street.
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