Our boys are getting boisterousSoon they will be twenty-oneWe must tap their energyLet's give them a good gun!.Wasting time on the streetsThreatening people for funThey are a potential menaceLet's give them a good gun.We will inculcate jingoistic spiritAnd teach them hit and runWe will hire them for four yearsAnd train them to use a gun.With forty-five thousand annuallyThe world we can scare and stunThe mighty will sit in board roomsAnd send boys out with their gun.There is no dearth of patriotsWho would put nation above a sonNot just the honour,ex-gratia tooIf he dies fighting with that gun.And if by chance they liveThey can still have all the funAs they will be strong and ruthlessAnd trained to use the gun.Powers who care for their childrenWould not let them starve in the sunThe best will be absorbed in forcesWith a licence to kill with a gun!.Don't think this is just hire and fireWhy have so many protests begun?Because our Leaders understandPower flows from the barrel of a gun!
