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January 19, 2017 at 8:33 PM
On Thu, 19 Jan 2017 20:57:04 -0500
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Full name: Liudmyla Mykhailivna Pavlychenko
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyudmila_Pavlichenko
From WW-2 era:
"Ludmilla, the Soviet lassie,
Has many a notch in her gun;
She thinks it a trifle to pick up a rifle
And blow out the brains of a Hun.
If cartridges happen to fail her,
She’s equally expert with steel;
She uses a dagger to cut off the swagger
Of ev’ry Hilterian heel.
The Finns and Rumanians dread her;
Their leader has only to cry;
‘Ach, here comes Ludmilla, the demon guerilla.’
And back to their bases they fly.
Contrariwise, Russians adore her-
The gal with the gat in her gown;
From Omsk to Tiflis the redoubtable miss
Is toasted by country and town.
But where is the Muscovite hero
Would venture Ludmilla to date?
Her great reputation for swift liquidation
Would make her a perilous mate.
One man, and one only is worthy;
I move , Mr Chief Commissar-
And the motion is carried- that she shall be married
To Ivan Skavinsky Skavar.*
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*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_Abulbul_Amir
The sons of the Prophet are brave men and bold
And quite unaccustomed to fear,
But the bravest by far in the ranks of the Shah,
Was Abdul Abulbul Amir.
If you wanted a man to encourage the van,
Or harass the foe from the rear,
Storm fort or redoubt, you had only to shout
For Abdul Abulbul Amir.
Now the heroes were plenty and well known to fame
In the troops that were led by the Czar,
And the bravest of these was a man by the name
Of Ivan Skavinsky Skavar.
One day this bold Russian, he shouldered his gun
And donned his most truculent sneer,
Downtown he did go where he trod on the toe
Of Abdul Abulbul Amir.
Young man, Abdul roared, with your life are you bored
That you wish to end your career?
Vile infidel, know, you have trod on the toe
Of Abdul Abulbul Amir.
So take your last look at the sunshine and brook
And send your regrets to the Czar
For by this I imply, you are going to die,
Count Ivan Skavinsky Skavar.
Then this bold Mameluke drew his trusty skibouk,
Singing, "Allah! Il Allah! Akbar!"
And with murderous intent he ferociously went
For Ivan Skavinsky Skavar.
They parried and thrust, they side-stepped and cussed,
Of blood they spilled a great part;
The philologist blokes, who seldom crack jokes,
Say that hash was first made on the spot.
They fought all that night neath the pale yellow moon;
The din, it was heard from afar,
And huge multitudes came, so great was the fame,
Of Abdul and Ivan Skavar.
As Abdul's long knife was extracting the life,
In fact he was shouting, "Huzzah!"
He felt himself struck by that wily Calmuck,
Count Ivan Skavinsky Skavar.
The Sultan drove by in his red-breasted fly,
Expecting the victor to cheer,
But he only drew nigh to hear the last sigh,
Of Abdul Abulbul Amir.
There's a tomb rises up where the Blue Danube rolls,
And graved there in characters clear,
Is, "Stranger, when passing, oh pray for the soul
Of Abdul Abulbul Amir."
A splash in the Black Sea one dark moonless night
Caused ripples to spread wide and far,
It was made by a sack fitting close to the back,
Of Ivan Skavinsky Skavar.
A Muscovite maiden her lone vigil keeps,
'Neath the light of the cold northern star,
And the name that she murmurs in vain as she weeps,
Is Ivan Skavinsky Skavar.
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It's a slow evening.
Gerry
