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EAR no unlicensed entry, Heed no bombastic talk, While guards the British Sentry
 * Pall Mall and Birdcage Walk.

Let European thunders
 * Occasion no alarms,

Though diplomatic blunders
 * May cause a cry "To arms!"
 * Sleep on, ye pale civilians;
 * All thunder-clouds defy:
 * On Europe's countless millions
 * The Sentry keeps his eye!

Should foreign-born rapscallions
 * In London dare to show

Their overgrown battalions,
 * Be sure I'll let you know.

Should Russians or Norwegians
 * Pollute our favoured clime

With rough barbaric legions,
 * I'll mention it in time.
 * So sleep in peace, civilians,
 * The Continent defy;
 * While on its countless millions
 * The Sentry keeps his eye!