'Is mare she neighs the 'ole day long, She paws the 'ole night through, An' she won't take 'er feed 'cause o' waitin' for 'is step, 'Is girl she goes with a bombardier Before 'er month is through; An' the banns are up in church, for she's got the beggar hooked, Which is just what a girl would do. We fought 'bout a dog last week it were No more than a round or two; But I strook 'im cruel 'ard, an' I wish I 'ad n't now, 'E was all that I 'ad in the way of a friend, An' I've 'ad to find one new ; But I'd give my pay an' stripe for to get the beggar back, Which it's just too late to do. So it's knock out your pipes an' follow me! Follow me follow me 'ome! Take 'im away! Take 'im away! 'E's gone where the best men go. For it's "Three rounds blank" an' follow me, Oh, passin' the love o' women, Follow me follow me 'ome! THE SERGEANT'S WEDDIN' 'E WAS warned agin 'er — That's what made 'im look; THE JACKET (Royal Horse Artillery) THROUGH the Plagues of Egyp' we was chasin' Arabi, Gettin' down an' shovin' in the sun; An' you might 'ave called us dirty, an' you might ha' called us dry, An' you might 'ave 'eard us talkin' at the gun. But the Captain 'ad 'is jacket, an' the jacket it was new- An' the wettin' of the jacket is the proper thing to do, One day they gave us orders for to shell a sand redoubt, But the Captain knew 'is dooty, an' he took the crackers out An' the Captain saw the shrapnel, which is six-an'-thirty clear. ('Orse Gunners, listen to my song!) 66 "Will you draw the weight," sez 'e, sez'e, or will you draw the beer?" An' we did n't keep 'im waitin' very long. For the Captain, etc. Then we trotted gentle, not to break the bloomin' glass, But we durs n't 'ardly gallop, for the most was bottled Bass, So we fired economic with the shells we 'ad in 'and, ('Orse Gunners, listen to my song!) But the beggars under cover 'ad the impidence to stand, And the Captain, etc. So we finished 'arf the liquor (an' the Captain took champagne), An' the Arabites was shootin' all the while; An' we left our wounded 'appy with the empties on the plain, An' we used the bloomin' guns for pro-jectile! ('Orse Gunners, listen to my song!) An' the Battery came a-boundin' like a boundin' kangaroo, As the Captain, etc. We was goin' most extended we was drivin' very fine, An' the Arabites were loosin' 'igh an' wide, Till the Captain took the glacis with a rattlin' " right incline," An' we dropped upon their 'eads the other side. Then we give 'em quarter- such as 'ad n't up and cut ('Orse Gunners, listen to my song!) An' the Captain stood a limberful of fizzy somethin' Brutt, But we did n't leave it fizzing very long. For the Captain, etc. We might ha' been court-martialled, but it all come out all right When they signalled us to join the main command. There was every round expended, there was every gunner tight, An' the Captain waved a corkscrew in 'is 'and! But the Captain 'ad 'is jacket, etc. |