The Two Goliaths

GOLIATH was a giant, the bully of his side,

His coat of mail was brazen, his face was

fierce with pride;

And when a shepherd stripling to challenge him was

fain,

Eleven-foot Goliath ignored him in disdain.

But David didn't trouble, his heart was cool and

glad,

Though a sling and rounded pebbles were the only

arms he had.

That slender slip of Jesse, he knew his cause was

just,

So he stood up to the bully, and rolled him in the

dust.

Those days are gone for ever, but the bully strain

survives,

Though at the time of writing one can hardly say

it thrives;

The chant of Chauvinism has become an idle yarn,

Like the "Negligible British " since the Battle of the

Marne.

Our German-made Goliath taunted Tommy on his size,

But the drubbing Tommy gave him has caused him

much surprise ;

And a hasty memorandum in the Teuton mind is

stored

"The little British Army must never be ignored.”