When 'Omer smote 'is bloomin' lyre, He'd 'eard men sing by land an' sea An' what he thought 'e might require, 'E went an' took - the same as me. (Rudyard Kipling)

When 'Omer smote 'is bloomin' lyre, He'd 'eard men sing by land an' sea An' what he thought 'e might require, 'E went an' took - the same as me.

Rudyard Kipling

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