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WASTEWARD HO!

A ROMANCE OF CIPPENHAM.

With an Introductory Apologia by Mr. WINSTON CHURCHILL.

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THE NEXT WAR.

["As the result of a conference called by the War Office it has
been decided to wage a war of annihilation against the warble-fly.
It is hoped that by means of concerted action through the country
this pestilent insect, so injurious to the hides of horses and
cattle, may be completely stamped out." _Daily Paper._]

The warble-fly, the warble-fly
Is absolutely doomed to die.
They've summoned all the General Staff,
There's going to be a mighty "strafe,"
And soon the land from shore to shore
Will echo with the din of war,
As armèd hosts with martial cries
Descend upon the warble-flies.

We've got the shells, we've got the guns
(The same that overwhelmed the Huns),