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 512 RUDYARD KIPLING'S VERSE

So we finished 'arf the liquor (an' the Captain took cham- pagne),

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 projec///?/ We limbered up an' galloped there were nothin' else to do

('Orse Gunners, listen to my song!) An' the Battery come a-boundin' like a boundin' kangaroo,

But they didn't watch us comin' very long.

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 in- cline,"

An' we dropped upon their 'eads the other side. Then we give 'em quarter such as 'adn't up and cut

('Orse Gunners, listen to my song!) An' the Captain stood a limberful of fizzy somethin' Brutt,

But we didn'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

t tight, An' the Captain waved a corkscrew in 'is 'and!

But the Captain y ad '/V jacket, etc.