Above is a pic of Lt. Colonel James Galbraith, Regimental Colour in hand, alongside Bobbie the regimental dog and some of the other "Last Eleven" survivors of the 66th (Berkshire) Regiment, making their last stand in one of the walled gardens just South of Khig village, a few miles West of the Afghan town of Maiwand.

Thursday, November 18, 2021

SURRENDER (YOUR CHARMING RULES)

 

Great battle report but the insults you hurl on Mulehead and the One True Rule will return as vipers to strike you on your path to Chitral and the sun will surely bleach your bones along side those of the treacherous Umra Khan and Buda Khan for your cheap tricks. 

--Quote from: CPT Shanks on November 16, 2021, 06:39:54 AM

After employing Tibetan Ninja Monks with cloaking ability to rescue his sister and her family from their comfortable guest quarters at the Malakand Cantonments, Capt. Shanks AKA: Gul Akbar Khan -- follower of the False Fakir Mulehead Khan, promoter of the Untrue Rules TMWBK, and notorious frontier brigand -- waxes poetic RE:"Buda Khan" and"Cheap Trick"...

This latest effrontery demands a riposte...

...with appropriate instrumental accompaniment for fans of the BUDOKAN:


SURRENDER (YOUR CHARMING RULES)

(with apologies to Rick Nielsen & Cheap Trick)

Umra told me, yes he told me
I'd meet False Fakirs like you
He also told me to stay away
'Cause you'd make me play those rules
Just the other day I heard 
Of a Malik gettin' axed
Just because he wouldn't accept
His "Leader Trait" rolls as fact


Mulehead’s alright, Akbar’s alright,
They just need to change their ways
Surrender, surrender
Accept the Sword and The Flame 


Mad Guru says Umra’s right
It’s really no surprise
Before he led his tribal host
Umra served in the Corps of Guides
Now I had heard the Guides recruited
Sikhs and Dogras for the war
But Umra Khan is pure Afridi
Of that you can be sure


Mulehead’s alright, Akbar’s alright,
They just need to change their ways
Surrender, surrender
Accept the Sword and The Flame


Whatever happened to the good old days
When most colonials agreed
Larry Brom was our patriarch
And we played his rules with glee
Then Mersey and Osprey gave us 
“The Men Who Would Be Kings”
Packed with color photos, wit and charm
A pox on all those things!


Mulehead’s alright, Akbar’s alright,
They just need to change their ways
Surrender, surrender
Accept the Sword and The Flame
The Flame


Surrender, surrender (Mulehead’s alright, Akbar’s alright)
Accept the Sword and The Flame
Surrender, surrender (Mulehead’s alright, Akbar’s alright)
Accept the Sword and The Flame
Surrender, surrender (Mulehead’s alright, Akbar’s alright)
Accept the Sword and The Flame
Surrender, surrender (Mulehead’s alright, Akbar’s alright)
Accept the Sword and The Flame
Surrender, surrender (Mulehead’s alright, Akbar’s alright)
Accept the Sword and The Flame
Surrender, surrender (Mulehead’s alright, Akbar’s alright)
Accept the Sword and The Flame














6 comments:

  1. I love it!
    Neil

    Toy Soldiers and Dining Room Battles

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    1. Neil!!! Thanks for taking the time to let me know you enjoyed this post! I enjoyed it a lot myself, and it's kinda' grown close to my heart.

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  2. What an EPIC post! I found myself singing along to your words and laughing my ass off. I love Cheap Trick and wore this album out in high school. How did you imbed the music track? I assume it’s the same process for a video?

    These false rule heretics must be taught a lesson…..

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    1. Many thanks for the comment, Sarge!!! Yes, I think it used the "add video file" tool. And a thousand times YES to teaching the False Rule heretic a lesson... written in blood and steel!!! ...and of course lead for the little soldiers.

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  3. Lots of fun! Long may the Flame burn!

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    1. Very happy to hear you enjoyed the "Surrender" opus, pancerni! Thank you for taking the time to leave your comment -- and of course any friend of the Flame is a friend of mine!

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