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 They seized the keys, they patrolled the street,

They drove the policeman off his beat,

They built barricades, they stationed sentries—

You must give the word, when you come to the entries!

They dressed themselves in the Riflemen's clothes.

They had pea-shooters, they had arrows and bows,

So as to put resistance down—

Order reigns in Lilliput-town!

They made the baker bake hot rolls,

They made the wharfinger send in coals,

They made the butcher kill the calf,

They cut the telegraph-wires in half.

They went to the chemist's, and with their feet

They kicked the physic all down the street;

They went to the school-room and tore the books,

They munched the puffs at the pastrycook's.