O it's Tommy this, and Tommy that, and "Tommy go away,"

But it's "Thank you Mister Atkins" when the band begins to play


Six billion dollars.  Only six billion dollars --  chicken feed the way they spend and waste and corrupt in Washington.  That is the amount that the cost of living for retired veterans is to be taken out of the budget. Before it is all over that six billion is going to feel like six trillion around the necks of congressmen who vote  for it.

Now, I am in favor of less spending, something most people say they share.  And I know that the increasing obligations to retirees threaten state and local governments.  But to single out veterans, including some whose wounds will handicap them all their lives.  Bad decision.

     For it's Tommy this an' Tommy that an' "Tommy wait outside,"
     But it's "Special train for Atkins" when the trooper 's on the tide.
     The troopship's on the tide, my boys; the troopship's on the tide.
      O it's "Special train for Atkins" when the trooper's on the tide.
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