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76 But we know as the cartridges finish

And we're filed on our last little shelves,

That the Legion that never was 'listed

Will send us as good as ourselves,

(Good men!)

Five hundred as good as ourselves.

Then a health (we must drink it in whispers),

To our wholly unauthorised horde—

To the line of our dusty foreloopers,

The Gentlemen Rovers abroad.

Yes, a health to ourselves ere we scatter,

For the steamer won't wait for the train,

And the Legion that never was 'listed

Goes back into quarters again.

'Regards!

Goes back under canvas again.

Hurrah!

The swag and the billy again.

Here's how!

The trail and the packhorse again.

Salue!

The trek and the lager again.