FEBRUARY
The strongarm guys the customhouse flunkies the saps
the bookies the old army boys
the popular barytones the pimps the gumshoes
the whores and the he-whores the princes the J.P.s
the distinguished service medals the whorehouse-keepers the landladies
the copper in overalls and the copper in a sacksuit
the fleur de lys the diamond stomacher and the old feedbag
the chippy the old fool and the doublecrosser
the beauty of Auteuil the bitch of the boulevards and the bluebook rabble
the stoolpigeon the patriot the hot mamma
the manufacturer the boy scout the dope-runner
the muni•cipal councillor and the general in the bosom of his family
go trailing a tricolored flag
The pimp's on his uppers now
You don't know how to play the market any more
it's bull it or bear it you lose
Montmartre is empty
and the ponies come high at Maisons-Laffitte
The winter resorts are desolation itself
There's no one left
but the bastard of a snitch
What's more
The South Americans are scarce along the Coast
The Diplomatic Service is plugged up
And there's no longer a living in marriage
France
wake up
Let's trail the tricolored flag
Paris the Paris of Weber and the Horse Show
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