And how harrowing the fall And how to sound the warning call And how to cut, and thrust And wound through and through And strike down, and truncate too How to stand a felled body Unwilling to support its own weight When to yield, when to bait To cultivate or to lay waste You laid yourself out too And gleaned like a magpie While the wolf looked on And the blasted pine withdrew Don't do what I did Don't do what I did Don't do what I did How to stand a felled body Unwilling to support its own weight When to yield, when to bait To cultivate or to lay waste