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 SAPPERS

the Waters were dried an' the Earth did appear,

('It's all one,' says the Sapper),

The Lord He created the Engineer,

Her Majesty's Royal Engineer,

With the rank and pay of a Sapper!

When the Flood come along for an extra monsoon,

'Twas Noah constructed the first pontoon

To the plans of Her Majesty's, etc.

But after fatigue in the wet an' the sun,

Old Noah got drunk, which he wouldn't ha' done

If he'd trained with, etc.

When the Tower o' Babel had mixed up men's bat,

Some clever civilian was managing that,

An' none of, etc.

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