The Parley Voo
Should auld acquaintance be forgot? — but only for a while —
We met them at Trafalgar once — we met them at the Nile;
We met them too at Fontenoy — but that was nothing new —
We even met at Patay once to have a Parley Voo.
Sometimes our say-so used to go, and sometimes theirs made good —
They all were friendly arguments, it must be understood;
We never had a serious row by any sort of chance —
We always found a gallant foe beneath the flag of France.
We both were right and always right — save when we were allied;
As when we fought the Russian Bear, and fought him side by side.
But Ivan has forgotten that, as all good fellows do.
We three shall meet ere Christmastide, and have a Parley Voo.
But, let it pass — our folk rejoice by throne and blacksmith's forge.
The saints have fought — St Nicholas, St Pierre and St George.
The world was good; we'll rest again, and all things shall be bright —
I'd like to hear the Parley Voo in Paris streets to-night.
We met them at Trafalgar once — we met them at the Nile;
We met them too at Fontenoy — but that was nothing new —
We even met at Patay once to have a Parley Voo.
Sometimes our say-so used to go, and sometimes theirs made good —
They all were friendly arguments, it must be understood;
We never had a serious row by any sort of chance —
We always found a gallant foe beneath the flag of France.
We both were right and always right — save when we were allied;
As when we fought the Russian Bear, and fought him side by side.
But Ivan has forgotten that, as all good fellows do.
We three shall meet ere Christmastide, and have a Parley Voo.
But, let it pass — our folk rejoice by throne and blacksmith's forge.
The saints have fought — St Nicholas, St Pierre and St George.
The world was good; we'll rest again, and all things shall be bright —
I'd like to hear the Parley Voo in Paris streets to-night.
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