Rebel Verses

<h2><SPAN name="Give_Soldiers_a_Vote" id="Give_Soldiers_a_Vote"></SPAN>Give Soldiers a Vote?</h2> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Give soldiers a vote?<br/></span> <span class="i0">Don't talk so blame silly!<br/></span> <span class="i0">They've gone to the War<br/></span> <span class="i0">To beat Kyzer Billy;<br/></span> <span class="i0">And till that be done<br/></span> <span class="i0">There's plenty of fun.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">The war may be pressing<br/></span> <span class="i0">But&mdash;Politics first!<br/></span> <span class="i0">Let's keep up the Game,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Though the Heavens should burst;<br/></span> <span class="i0">Then we're sure of our pay,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Till the very Last Day.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Great Scott! Don't you see<br/></span> <span class="i0">How we stand on the brink?<br/></span> <span class="i0">Give soldiers a vote?<br/></span> <span class="i0">They would say what they think;<br/></span> <span class="i0">And from power and pay<br/></span> <span class="i0">We should rapidly sink.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">So don't talk about it,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Don't mention it now;<br/></span> <span class="i0">Let the men go to war<br/></span> <span class="i0">And the women to plough;<br/></span> <span class="i0">We Statesmen will govern....<br/></span> <span class="i0">The Lord, He knows how!<br/></span> <span class="pagenum">[33]</span></div> </div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />