They Popemoff—Nap and Adolf
The Emperor Nap he would set off On a summer excursion to Moscow; The fields were green and the sky was blue, Morbleu! Parbleu! What a splendid excursion to Moscow! The Russians they stuck close to him ' All on the road to Moscow And Shouvaloff he shovell’d them off. ' And Markoff he mark’d them off, And Krosnoff he cross’d them off, And To'wchkoff he touch’d them off, And Boroskoff he bored them off, And Kutousoff he cut them off, And Parenzoff he pared them off, And Worronzoff he worried them off, And Doctoroff he doctor’d them off, And Rodinoff he fiogg’d them off, And, last of all, an Admiral came, A terrible man with a terrible name, A name which you all know by sight very well, But which no one can speak, and no one can spell.
Robert Southey:
from the March to Moscow
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Cue (NZERS), Issue 29, 15 August 1945, Page 17
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