10 JUNE 1966, Page 20

Albert Hall Recitation

0 smear my face with strawberry jam And tell me lies about Vietnam!

O tell us lies about Vietnam And blame it all on Uncle Sam .

I followed Stalin like a lamb; So tell me lies about Vietnam.

I helped in the Germ Warfare sham, So tell me lies about Vietnam.

I'm showbiz, just a jaded ham, So tell me lies about Vietnam.

Pot's up to eight-and-six a gram, So tell me lies about Vietnam.

I rant by Isis (or by Cam), So tell me lies about Vietnam.

The only poetry worth a damn? —Rhymed agitprop about Vietnam.

0 blow my nose with Parma ham And tell me lies about Vietnam.

TED PAUKER