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 THE WIDOW'S PARTY

have you been this while away,

Johnnie, Johnnie?"

Out with the rest on a picnic lay,

Johnnie, my Johnnie, aha!

They called us out of the barrack-yard

To Gawd knows where from Gosport Hard,

And you can't refuse when you get the card,

And the Widow gives the party.

(Bugle.) Ta—rara—ra-ra-rara!

"What did you get to eat and drink,

Johnnie, Johnnie?"

Standing water as thick as ink,

Johnnie, my Johnnie, aha!

A bit o' beef that were three year stored,

A bit o' mutton as tough as a board,

And a fowl we killed with a sergeant's sword,

When the Widow give the party.

(Copyright, 1892, by Macmillan & Co.)

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