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Parade-Song of the Camp-Animals Elephants of the Gun-Teams The wisdom of our foreheads, the cunning of our knees; We bowed our necks to service; they neer were loosed again Make way there, way for the ten-foot teams Of the Forty-Pounder train! Gun-Bullocks And what they know of powder upsets them one and all; Then we come into action and tug the guns again Make way there, way for the twenty yoke Of the Forty-Pounder train! Cavalry Horses Is played by the Lancers, Hussars, and Dragoons, And its sweeter than Stables or Water to me, The Cavalry Canter of Bonnie Dundee! And give us good riders and plenty of room, And launch us in column of squadron and see The way of the war-horse to Bonnie Dundee! Screw-Gun Mules The path was lost in rolling stones, but we went forward still; For we can wriggle and climb, my lads, and turn up everywhere, And its our delight on a mountain height, with a leg or two to spare! Bad luck to all the driver-men that cannot pack a load! For we can wriggle and climb, my lads, and turn up everywhere, And its our delight on a mountain height, with a leg or two to spare! Commissariat Camels To help us trollop along, But every neck is a hair-trombone (Rtt-ta- ta-ta! is a hair-trombone!) And this is our marching-song: Cant! Dont! Shant! Wont! Pass it along the line! Somebodys pack has slid from his back, Wish it were only mine! Somebodys load has tipped off in the road Cheer for a halt and a row! Urr! Yarrh! Grr! Arrh! Somebodys catching it now! All the Beasts Together Serving each in his degree; Children of the yoke and goad, Pack and harness, pad and load. See our line across the plain, Like a heel-rope bent again, Reaching, writhing, rolling far, Sweeping all away to war! While the men that walk beside, Dusty, silent, heavy-eyed, Cannot tell why we or they March and suffer day by day. Children of the Camp are we, Serving each in his degree; Children of the yoke and goad, Pack and harness, pad and load. |
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