1. To protect the British Isles
     the English took the sea.

2. To protect the sea
     the English took Gibraltar,
     Canada, and India.

3. To protect India
     the English went to Egypt.

4. To protect Egypt
     the English took the Sudan.

5. To protect the Sudan
     the English forced the French
     to leave Fashoda.

6. To protect the Cape and Natal
     the English took the Transvaal.

7. To protect South Africa
     the English prevented the French
     from giving Agadir
     to Germany.

8. So the English
     are just as good
     or just as bad 
     as the French.