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Rh 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 tight,

An' the Captain waved a corkscrew in 'is 'and

But the Captain 'ad 'is jacket, etc.