Said the king to the colonel,
‘ The complaints are eternal,
That you Irish give more trouble
Than any other corps.’
Said the colonel to the king,
‘ This complaint is no new thing,
For your foemen, sire, have made it
A hundred times before.’
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THE IRISH COLONEL · Arthur Conan Doyle · Poetry Cove