11 AUGUST 1967, Page 3

Time marches on

CHRISTOPHER HOLLIS

'The future lies with burning youth and old men's faculties are failing.'—General de Gaulle on Marshal Petain, 1940.

The future lies with burning youth,

And old men's faculties are failing.

The future lies with burning youth.

Time's whirligig has proved its truth, And now the General's crabbed and ailing.

The future lies with burning youth, And old men's faculties are failing.

Long live the claims of free Quebec, Each patriot Frenchman's heart is set on.

Long live the claims of free Quebec, But nearer home we'll keep a check On Monegasque or Basque or Breton.

Long live the claims of free Quebec,

Each patriot Frenchman's heart is set on.