Forsooth came that night, that penultimate night

In weeks of exams when nought had gone right

And those men of first Eng, first Comm and first Arts

Drained two kegs of whiskey, and that was for starts.

All gathered were merry except for the Meds

For that one glass of wine had gone straight to their heads

And they showed the new barmaid their scalpels to hint

That no watered-down Guinness was she e’er to stint.

 

Ramsey, The Siege of the Quad