The year was 2026 'Tis worth remembering The men who lived through the days at the colony 'Twas called the liquid death Insurrection A bloody, Oriental war Against all nations Of the Diplomatic Corps The flags of free states and starry How they fluttered in the breeze The fantas and the colas And the flag of the oranges Then came the sound of bugles The roaring sounds of doom And the cities of starry colony Were as empty as a tomb