Haig is Moving

Haig is moving!
Three plain words are all that matter,
'Mid the gossip and the chatter,
Hopes in speeches, fears in papers,
Pessimistic froth and vapours -
Haig is moving!

Haig is moving!
We can turn from German scheming,
From humanitarian dreaming,
From assertions, contradictions,
Twisted facts and solemn fictions -
Haig is moving!

Haig is moving!
All the weary idle phrases,
Empty blamings, empty praises,
Here's an end to their recital,
There is only one thing vital -
Haig is moving!

Haig is moving!
He is moving, he is gaining,
And the whole hushed world is straining,
Straining, yearning, for the vision
Of the doom and the decision -
Haig is moving!


Sir Arthur Conan Doyle