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Rh But fatigue it was their pride, and they would not be denied

To clean the cook-'ouse floor.

The men that fought at Minden, they had anarchistic bombs

Served to 'em by name of 'and-grenades;

But they got it in the eye (same as you will by an' by)

When they clubbed their field-parades.

The men that fought at Minden, they 'ad buttons up an' down,

Two-an'-twenty dozen of 'em told;

But they didn't grouse an' shirk at an hour's extry work,

They kept 'em bright as gold.

The men that fought at Minden, they was armed with musketoons,

Also, they was drilled by 'alberdiers;

I don't know what they were, but the sergeants took good care

They washed be'ind their ears.