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Hugh of Borg: Resistance is not futile

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Hugh of Borg: Resistance is not futile @hugh258.bsky.social · 14d

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Hugh of Borg: Resistance is not futile @hugh258.bsky.social · 5h

My head hurts now that was memory work!
There are strange...oh god.

Hugh of Borg: Resistance is not futile @hugh258.bsky.social · 5h

When can their glory fade?
O the wild charge they made!
All the world wondered.
Honour the charge they made!
Honour the Light Brigade,
Noble six hundred!

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Hugh of Borg: Resistance is not futile @hugh258.bsky.social · 5h

Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon behind them
Volleyed and thundered;
Stormed at with shot and shell,
While horse and hero fell.
They that had fought so well
Came through the jaws of Death,
Back from the mouth of hell,
All that was left of them,
Left of six hundred.

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Hugh of Borg: Resistance is not futile @hugh258.bsky.social · 5h

um...
Right through the line they broke;
Cossack and Russian
Reeled from the sabre stroke
Shattered and sundered.
Then they rode back, but not
Not the six hundred.

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Hugh of Borg: Resistance is not futile @hugh258.bsky.social · 5h

Flashed all their sabres bare,
Flashed as they turned in air
Sabring the gunners there,
Charging an army, while
All the world wondered.
Plunged in the battery-smoke

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Hugh of Borg: Resistance is not futile @hugh258.bsky.social · 5h

3/ Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon in front of them
Volleyed and thundered;
Stormed at with shot and shell,
Boldly they rode and well,
Into the jaws of Death,
Into the mouth of hell
Rode the six hundred.

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Hugh of Borg: Resistance is not futile @hugh258.bsky.social · 5h

2/ “Forward, the Light Brigade!”
Was there a man dismayed?
Not though the soldier knew
Someone had blundered.
Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do and die.
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.

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Hugh of Borg: Resistance is not futile @hugh258.bsky.social · 5h

I can do Kipling in my head, but Tennyson was I recall,
" Rode the six hundred.
“Forward, the Light Brigade!
Charge for the guns!” he said.
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.

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Hugh of Borg: Resistance is not futile @hugh258.bsky.social · 5h

14/ When you're wounded and left on Afghanistan's plains,
And the women come out to cut up what remains,
Jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains
An' go to your Gawd like a soldier.
Go, go, go like a soldier,
So-oldier of the Queen!

Hugh of Borg: Resistance is not futile @hugh258.bsky.social · 5h

13/ If your officer's dead and the sergeants look white,
Remember it's ruin to run from a fight:
So take open order, lie down, and sit tight,
And wait for supports like a soldier.
Wait, wait, wait like a soldier . . .

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Hugh of Borg: Resistance is not futile @hugh258.bsky.social · 5h

12/ When shakin' their bustles like ladies so fine,
The guns o' the enemy wheel into line,
Shoot low at the limbers an' don't mind the shine,
For noise never startles the soldier.
Start-, start-, startles the soldier . . .

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Hugh of Borg: Resistance is not futile @hugh258.bsky.social · 5h

11/ When 'arf of your bullets fly wide in the ditch,
Don't call your Martini a cross-eyed old bitch;
She's human as you are - you treat her as sich,
An' she'll fight for the young British soldier.
Fight, fight, fight for the soldier . . .

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Hugh of Borg: Resistance is not futile @hugh258.bsky.social · 5h

10/ When first under fire an' you're wishful to duck,
Don't look nor take 'eed at the man that is struck,
Be thankful you're livin', and trust to your luck
And march to your front like a soldier.
Front, front, front like a soldier . . .

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Hugh of Borg: Resistance is not futile @hugh258.bsky.social · 5h

9/ If the wife should go wrong with a comrade, be loath
To shoot when you catch 'em - you'll swing, on my oath! -
Make 'im take 'er and keep 'er: that's Hell for them both,
An' you're shut o' the curse of a soldier.
Curse, curse, curse of a soldier . . .

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Hugh of Borg: Resistance is not futile @hugh258.bsky.social · 5h

Now, if you must marry, take care she is old -
A troop-sergeant's widow's the nicest I'm told,
For beauty won't help if your rations is cold,
Nor love ain't enough for a soldier.
'Nough, 'nough, 'nough for a soldier . . .

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Hugh of Borg: Resistance is not futile @hugh258.bsky.social · 5h

7/ If you're cast for fatigue by a sergeant unkind,
Don't grouse like a woman nor crack on nor blind;
Be handy and civil, and then you will find
That it's beer for the young British soldier.
Beer, beer, beer for the soldier . . .

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Hugh of Borg: Resistance is not futile @hugh258.bsky.social · 5h

6/ But the worst o' your foes is the sun over'ead:
You must wear your 'elmet for all that is said:
If 'e finds you uncovered 'e'll knock you down dead,
An' you'll die like a fool of a soldier.
Fool, fool, fool of a soldier . . .

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Hugh of Borg: Resistance is not futile @hugh258.bsky.social · 5h

5/ When the cholera comes - as it will past a doubt -
Keep out of the wet and don't go on the shout,
For the sickness gets in as the liquor dies out,
An' it crumples the young British soldier.
Crum-, crum-, crumples the soldier . . .

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Hugh of Borg: Resistance is not futile @hugh258.bsky.social · 5h

4/ First mind you steer clear o' the grog-sellers' huts,
For they sell you Fixed Bay'nets that rots out your guts -
Ay, drink that 'ud eat the live steel from your butts -
An' it's bad for the young British soldier.
Bad, bad, bad for the soldier . . .

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Hugh of Borg: Resistance is not futile @hugh258.bsky.social · 5h

3/ Now all you recruities what's drafted to-day,
You shut up your rag-box an' 'ark to my lay,
An' I'll sing you a soldier as far as I may:
A soldier what's fit for a soldier.
Fit, fit, fit for a soldier . . .

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Hugh of Borg: Resistance is not futile @hugh258.bsky.social · 5h

When the 'arf-made recruity goes out to the East
'E acts like a babe an' 'e drinks like a beast,
An' 'e wonders because 'e is frequent deceased
Ere 'e's fit for to serve as a soldier.
Serve, serve, serve as a soldier,
So-oldier of the Queen!