It got beyond all orders an' it got beyond all 'ope;
It got to shammin' wounded an' retirin' from the 'alt.
'Ole companies was lookin' for the nearest road to slope;
It were just a bloomin' knock-out -- an' our fault!
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This poem has been used by me in my narrative medicine seminars to junior doctors, explaining about duty to th patient, rather than to the various licensing bodies such as the GMC - and also the morals of the 'door handle sign'