The gang’s all gone

and I smoulder on

I, who saw them leave

I cry bereaved

one by one

I saw them stall

rebels without applause

The gang’s all gone

and now I am the only one

no more to give

too late to live

last on the bill

I see them still

rebels without applause

The gang’s all gone

from dark to light

like lost children go

because we must do

and the blue flu

must come for you!

rebels without applause.

Bawdy boys of song

and girls gone wrong

I loved them all.

                                                           -Oscar Tame.