Jon Lellenberg,
Here are the two stanzas you are looking for. The poem is in vol II, pp 299-303, of Orwell's Collected Essays. This 'Letter to Obadiah Hornbrooke' (aka Alex Comfort) was first published in the Tribune on 18 June 1943 (anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo). But you don't hoot at Stalin-that's "not done"- Only at Churchill; I've no wish to praise him, I'd gladly shoot him when the war is won, Or now, if there were someone to replace him. But unlike some, I'll pay him what I owe him; There was a time when empires crashed like houses, And many a pink who'd titter at your poem Was glad enough to cling to Churchill's trousers. Christ! how they huddled up to one another Like day-old chicks about their foster-mother! I'm not a fan for "fighting on the beaches", And still less for the "breezy uplands" stuff, I seldom listen-in to Churchill's speeches, But I'd far sooner hear that kind of guff Than your remark, a year or so ago, That if the Nazis came you'd knuckle under And peaceably "accept the status quo". Maybe you would! But I've a right to wonder Which will sound better in the days to come, "Blood, toil and sweat" or "Kiss the Nazi's bum". Jim Lancaster --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ChurchillChat?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
