4 JUNE 1965, Page 6

Ode on the Rediscovery of the Duke of Wellington

Deposit the Great Duke Without giving any explanation.

Let us deposit the Great Duke At Birmingham (New Street) Station.

O good grey head, which all men knew At Cannon Street and Waterloo, Of whom our sires did prophesy Here was a name would never die!

The last great Englishman lies low.

Wrap up the picture; who could know, To fit a universal woe,

We thought we'd get a quid pro quo?

Where shall we lay the man we've pinched?

Who knows, if caught, we might be lynched?

And Goyas are too hot to hold, So, now that feet are getting cold,

Let's leave him then, spite all the prophecies,

In one of the Left Luggage Offices.

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