Walking with an Alsatian dog, br The dog barking br And the Englishman in the making br After doing English Hons. br And M.A. in English Literature, br The undergrad not, but the postgrad br On the way going, br Going with and thinking of becoming br An Englishman, br How to be after, br Into the footsteps of them, br Have to an Englishman, br An Englishman br With the dog barking br And the Indian brown sahib br With the belted tiger br And the barks in the bungalow br Reminding him br Of the English accent and stress br Which the British sahib used to be with, br While calling the orderlies br In a broken Hindustani.